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GROSSGEYM, Aleksandr was born on March 6, 1888 in village Likhovka, former YekaterinoslavF Province.
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Aleksandr GROSSGEYM
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Aleksandr GROSSGEYM, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Botanist and geographer. Doctor of Biological Sciences from 1935; professor from 1929. Gold Medal of Russian Geographic Social; Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sei Vice-Lieutenant Komarov Prize (1946); Stalin Prize (1948). member, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sciences from 1946; member, Azer Academy of Sciences from 1945.
Education
1907-1911 studied at Khar’kov University. 1912 graduate Natural Sciences Department, Physics and Mathematics Faculty, Moscow University.
Career
1917-1930 with Tiflis Polytech Institute. From 1929 professor, 1934-1946 professor and head, Chair of Plant Morphology and Taxonomy, Azer University. From 1930 simultaneously head, Chair of Botany, Azer Teachers’ Training Institute.
1914-1926 botanist and florist, Tiflis Botanical Garden. 1927-1930 botanist for study of Azer pastures, People's Commissariat of Agriculture 1931-1932 section head, Azer Research Institute in Baku.
1932-1936 head, Botany Section, Azer Department, Transcaucasian Branch, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sciences. 1936-1945 director, Institute of Botany, Azer Branch, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sciences. 1947-1948 head, Caucasian Flora Section, Institute of Botany, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sciences and professor, Leningrad University.
Explored various Caucasian and Transcaucasian regions. Accomplished expeditions to Centr Asia and Northern Iran. Research dealt with taxonomy and geography of Caucasian flowering plants.
Described a great number of new flora species and advanced a new phylogenetic taxonomy of flowering plants. A plant genus and many plant species were named for him. Honorary member, All-Union Botanical Social.
Member, Moscow Social of Nature Researchers and member, All-Union Geographic Social. Wrote over 250 research works.
Religion
Religious faith contradicts people’s efforts to obtain the truth about nature and a human being.
Views
Marxism–Leninism as the only truth could not, by its very nature, become outdated.
Membership
Member, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sciences from 1946. Member, Azer Academy of Sciences from 1945.
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Nationality
Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics
Awards
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Gold Medal of Russian Geographic Social. Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sei Vice-Lieutenant Komarov Prize (1946). Stalin Prize (1948).Gold Medal of Russian Geographic Social. Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sei Vice-Lieutenant Komarov Prize (1946). Stalin Prize (1948).