Background
BABAYANTS, Ruben was born in 1889.
BABAYANTS, Ruben was born in 1889.
1916 graduated Natural Science Department, Physico-Mathematical Faculty, Pctrograd University. 1916-1920 studied at Pctrograd Military Medicine Academy. 1924 graduated 1st Leningrad Medicine Institute.
1925-1926 ass professor, 1st Leningrad Med Institute. 1926-1931 supernumerary associate professor, Department of Hygiene, Leningrad Postgraduate Med Institute. 1927-1939 head, Department of Hygiene, Institute of Communal Construction.
1939-1941 head, Department of Communal Hygiene, 1941-1962 head, Department of General Hygiene, 1944-1951 dean, 1953-1962 deputy director for research, Leningrad Health Hygiene Med Institute. Developed new standards for sanitary evaluation of soil and urban atmosphere, scales for comparative evaluation of air pollution, methods of taking samples and rendering refuse harmless, and methods of evaluating soil mineralization. Worked on improving health conditions in Leningrad.
Co-founder and bd member, Leningrad Section, Social of Hygienists. Bd member, All-Union Social of Hygienists. Co-ed, "Hygiene” section, Bol'shaya meditsinskaya entsiklo- pediya (Large Medical Encyclopedia), 2nd ed.
Member, ed council, journal ’’Gigiyena i sanitariya”.
Correspondent member, USSR Academy of Med Sciences.