Background
Karpachevskiy, Lev Oskarovich was born on December 27, 1931 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Son of Oskar Adolfovich Khavkín and Debora Aleksandrovna (Karpachevskaya) Khavkina.
Karpachevskiy, Lev Oskarovich was born on December 27, 1931 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Son of Oskar Adolfovich Khavkín and Debora Aleksandrovna (Karpachevskaya) Khavkina.
Master of Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1954. Doctor of Biological Sciences, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1972. Candidate Sciences, Altay Agricultural Institute, Barnaul, Russia, 1960.
Engineer, soil scientist, Altay Department Agriculture, Barnaul, Russia, 1954-1955;
researcher, Sukachev Institute Forest, Moscow, 1958-1969;
senior researcher, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1969-1990;
professor, Lomonosov Moscow State University, since 1990. Chief of soil group Kamchatka's expedition Institute Forest, Moscow, 1959-1963,Malinki Biogeoclimatic Station, Institute Forest, 1963-1969. Chief of protective forest planting Volgograd expedition, 1969-1974.
Chief of biogeocenoticexpdn. on Sikhote-Alin, Kamchatka, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1975-1991.
Member Russian Science Society (secretary subcommission on forest soils since 1966), Ukrainian Academy Ecology (academician since 1995).
Married Nina Ivanovna Shevyakova, July 3, 1954. Children: Natalia Lvovna Karpachevskaya, Mikhail Lvovich Karpachevskiy.