Background
ISACHENKO, Boris was born on June 14, 1871 in Saint St. Petersburg.
ISACHENKO, Boris was born on June 14, 1871 in Saint St. Petersburg.
1895 graduate National Sciences Department, Faculty of Physics and Mathematics, Saint St. Petersburg University.
1895 studied the botanical gardens of Vienna, Triest, Heidelberg, Amsterdam and Berlin. Studied North Sea algae on Helgoland Island. 1895-1900 assistant professor, 1900-1918 associate professor
1918-1929 head, Chair of Microbiology,Saint St. Petersburg (Leningrad) University. 1902-1935 professor, Leningrad Agric Institute. 1917-1930 director, Main Botanical Garden (now Botanical Institute), Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sciences.
1930-1937 head, Laboratory of General Microbiology-, AllUnion Institute of Experimental Medical From 1937 director, Institute of Microbiology, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sciences. 1896 visited Germany.
1898 - France and Holland. 1900 - France; 1902 - Austria, France, Germany, Hungary and Switzerland. 1904 - Belgium and Germany.
1906 and 1910 - Germany. 1912 - France; 1922 - Czechoslovakia, England, France, Germany and Holland. 1924 - England; 1926 Spain, Canada and United States of America.
1928 - Germany, France and Italy. Did research on the propagation of microorganisms in nature and their role in geological processes. Also studied individual groups of microorganisms.
His research on marine microbiology received wide acclaim. 1914 made first study of the microflora of the Arctic Ocean as part of a project which was subsequently extended to the Sea of Japan, the Baltic Sea, the Kara Sea, the Sea of Marmora, the Black Sea, the Caspian Sea and the Sea of Azov. 1927 did research on salt-water lakes and medicinal muds.
Established the role of Actinomyces in imparting an earthy odor to water. Described new microorganism (Bact Issatschenkoi) which causes epizooty in mice and was subsequently used for rodent extermination. Studied the role of microorganisms in the formation of calcium.
1900 read one of first Russian courses on microbiology at Saint St. Petersburg University and Agric Institute. Wrote 234 works, including some 50 on seed-growing and a number of monographs and textbook chapters on microbiology.
Religiously inspired people justify violence, resist social changes, and attack on science.
Marxism–Leninism as the only truth could not, by its very nature, become outdated.
Member, Ukraine Academy of Sciences from 1945. Member, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sciences from 1946.
