Background
He was born in Tula, Russia, and studied in Moscow before joining the staff of the Leningrad Zoological Museum in 1898, remaining there until his death.
ornithologist university professor Zoologist
He was born in Tula, Russia, and studied in Moscow before joining the staff of the Leningrad Zoological Museum in 1898, remaining there until his death.
Moscow State University.
He studied birds in southeastern Russia, Siberia and the Altai Mountains. He published in English, German, and Russian, and wrote Notes on systematics and distribution of certain palaearctic birds, an influential article on bird relationships.
Russian Academy of Sciences. Academy of Sciences of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics.