Background
Reformatskii, Sergei was born on April 1, 1860 in the village of Borisoglebskoe, now Ivanovo Oblast’.
Reformatskii, Sergei was born on April 1, 1860 in the village of Borisoglebskoe, now Ivanovo Oblast’.
Graduated from Kazan’ University, 1882. Pupil of A. M. Zaitsev.
Taught at the same university, 1882-1889. In 1889-1890, worked in Heidelberg at the V. Meyer and V. Ostwald Laboratory. Professor of Kiev University, 1891-1934.
Professor at the Kiev Higher Women’s Courses, 1906-1919. Many scientific works, including Nachalnyi Kurs Organicheskoi Khimii (17 reprints from 1930). Chairman of the Physico-Chemical Society at Kiev University, 1910-1916, 1920-1933.
Religion is bad because it obstructs scientific research.
Marxism–Leninism as the only truth could not, by its very nature, become outdated.