Background
Medvedev, Lev Nikandrovich was born on January 31, 1935 in Tiumen, Russia.
Medvedev, Lev Nikandrovich was born on January 31, 1935 in Tiumen, Russia.
Magister in Biology, Moscow State University, 1957. Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, Institute Zoology Academy of Sciences Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, St. Petersburg, 1963. Doctor of Science in Biology, Institute Zoology Academy of Sciences Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, St. Petersburg, 1974.
Lecturer Tiumen Teachers Training Institute, 1957—1959. Expert State Research Coordination Committee, 1962—1963. Senior researcher Botanical Institute, 1964—1975.
Chief, laboratory insect morphology and taxonomy Institute Ecology and Evolution RAS, since 1975. Chief editor Russian Entomological Journal. Member Fauna of Arabia Editorial Board.
Chief Soviet-Mongolian Biological Expedition, 1973—1979, Soviet-Vietnamese Biological Expedition, 1981—1986.
Fellow: Russian Entomological Society.
Married Elga Stepanovna Lebed. Children: Sergey, Vladimir.