Background
Kozhevnikov, Yuri Pavlovicz was born on July 22, 1942 in Volkhov, Leningrad, Russia. Son of Pavel Alexeevicz Kozhevnikov and Vera Pavlovna (Makkaveeva) Shevczuk.
Kozhevnikov, Yuri Pavlovicz was born on July 22, 1942 in Volkhov, Leningrad, Russia. Son of Pavel Alexeevicz Kozhevnikov and Vera Pavlovna (Makkaveeva) Shevczuk.
Student, Leningrad State University, 1970. Candidate of science, Leningrad State University, 1978. Doctor of Science, University St. Petersburg, 1998.
Joiner, fireman, 1958-1961. Prisoner, 1961-1964; mill worker, 1965. Aspirant Botanical Institute, St. Petersburg, 1970-1974, junior science worker, 1977-1990, senior science worker, 1990-1999, chief science worker, since 1999.
Junior science worker Institute Biological Problems, Magadan, 1974-1977.
Member New York Academy of Sciences.
Married Irina Anatoljevna Zadorozhnjuk, 1974 (divorced 1976). Married Masako Hamaguchi, June 6, 1984. 1 child, Akiko Hamaguchi.