Background
Fyodor Panayev was born in 1856 in the settlement of Yug, in the Permanent Governorate of the Russian Empire.
Fyodor Panayev was born in 1856 in the settlement of Yug, in the Permanent Governorate of the Russian Empire.
He graduated from Permanent Uyezd College and worked as a teacher in Shadrinsk and in Solikamsk Parish College (1878—1891). In Solikamsk he studied the local folklore and published several papers in "Proceedings of Ural Society of natural science fans" (Russian: "Записки Уральского Общества Любителей Естествознания").
In 1883, his book "The anthology of proverbs, sayings, riddles, songs and epics, collected in Solikamsk Uyezd" (Russian: "Сборник пословиц, поговорок, загадок, песен и былин, собранных в Соликамском уезде") was published in Yekaterinburg. Since 1891 Panayev lived in Permanent In the book "Brief geographical and physical essay on the city of Solikamsk" published in 1882, Panayev studied "Solikamsk Chronicle" and archive records of the middle of the 18th century about cruel frosts in Western Europe and made a conclusion about essential changing of climate in 18th—19th centuries:
Since 1881 Panayev was a director of Permanent Meteorological Station.
lieutenant was an enclosed ground in the centre of city, where turrets with instruments were placed.
Air temperature, humidity, pressure, wind velocity and direction, precipitation were measured there. Measurement results were sent to Chief Geophysical Observatory.
On this results Panayev wrote several books on climatology. Panayev"s climatological calendar and observation diaries are nowadays stored in Permanent Krai Museum.
Panayev was one of the authors os "Illustrated guide-book on the Kama River and Vishera River with Kolva River" edited by Pavel Syuzev and published in 1911 by Printing-House of Permanent Governorate Board.
In 1922 Panayev with zoologist South. L. Ushkov founded a nature study corner, which was reorganized to Permanent Zoo in 1928. Panayev died in 1933 and was buried at the Yegoshikha Cemetery.