Background
Alexander was born in Moscow on the 17th of January 1888. His father was a merchant and his mother was from the middle class.
Alexander was born in Moscow on the 17th of January 1888. His father was a merchant and his mother was from the middle class.
Alexander completed his degree work under the guidance of Alexey Fortunatov (Russian agronomist and statistician), and his classmate and friend was Nikolai Vavilov (Russian and Soviet geneticist, botanist and plant breeder).
During the work of Alexander was writing more than 150 works on various issues of agriculture.