Vladimir Sukachev
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, (then Kharkov Governorate
, Russian Empire
) – died February 9, 1967 in Moscow
) is a Ukrainian
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n geobotanist, engineer, geographer, corresponding member (1920) and full member (1943) of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
Suckachev attended St. Petersburg Forest Institute
(now named after him) where he studied under G.I. Tanfilyev and Vasily Dokuchaev. He graduated in 1902 and remained several years with the institute as an assistant and instructor. In 1919 he created a new department of dendrology
and systematics of the plants, which he chaired until 1941.
1941-1943 he managed the department of the biological sciences of the Ural Forestry Institute in Sverdlovsk
. He organized the Institute of the Forest in the system of USSR Academy of Sciences (1944, now the Institute of Forest and Wood of Siberian Department of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Krasnoyarsk
), which he led up to 1959. He also led the Laboratory of Forestry USSR Academy of Sciences (1959) and the Laboratory of Biogeocenology with the Botanical Institute of the AS USSR (1965).
1955-1967, he was president of the Moscow Naturalists Society. He was a founding member of the Russian Botanical Society (1915) and 1946-1963 its president (from 1964 honorary president). He was elected foreighn member of the Polish Academy of Sciences
in 1959 and corresponding member of the Czechoslovak Agricultural Academy in 1927.
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
, (then Kharkov Governorate
Kharkov Governorate
Kharkiv Governorate or Kharkov Governorate was a governorate of the Russian Empire originally founded in 1780. It was renamed to Sloboda Ukraine Governorate in 1797 and back to Kharkiv Governorate in 1835....
, Russian Empire
Russian Empire
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) – died February 9, 1967 in Moscow
Moscow
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) is a Ukrainian
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
-Russia
Russia
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n geobotanist, engineer, geographer, corresponding member (1920) and full member (1943) of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
Suckachev attended St. Petersburg Forest Institute
Sukachev Institute of Forest
Institute of Forest SB RAS is the first academic institution of forest profile in Russia. It was founded in 1944 in Moscow by an outstanding native biologist academician Vladimir Nikolayevich Sukachev. The institute was named after him in 1967...
(now named after him) where he studied under G.I. Tanfilyev and Vasily Dokuchaev. He graduated in 1902 and remained several years with the institute as an assistant and instructor. In 1919 he created a new department of dendrology
Dendrology
Dendrology or xylology is the science and study of wooded plants . There is no sharp boundary between plant taxonomy and dendrology. However, woody plants not only belong to many different plant families, but these families may be made up of both woody and non-woody members. Some families include...
and systematics of the plants, which he chaired until 1941.
1941-1943 he managed the department of the biological sciences of the Ural Forestry Institute in Sverdlovsk
Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg is a major city in the central part of Russia, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Situated on the eastern side of the Ural mountain range, it is the main industrial and cultural center of the Urals Federal District with a population of 1,350,136 , making it Russia's...
. He organized the Institute of the Forest in the system of USSR Academy of Sciences (1944, now the Institute of Forest and Wood of Siberian Department of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Krasnoyarsk
Krasnoyarsk
Krasnoyarsk is a city and the administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the Yenisei River. It is the third largest city in Siberia, with the population of 973,891. Krasnoyarsk is an important junction of the Trans-Siberian Railway and one of Russia's largest producers of...
), which he led up to 1959. He also led the Laboratory of Forestry USSR Academy of Sciences (1959) and the Laboratory of Biogeocenology with the Botanical Institute of the AS USSR (1965).
1955-1967, he was president of the Moscow Naturalists Society. He was a founding member of the Russian Botanical Society (1915) and 1946-1963 its president (from 1964 honorary president). He was elected foreighn member of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Polish Academy of Sciences
The Polish Academy of Sciences, headquartered in Warsaw, is one of two Polish institutions having the nature of an academy of sciences.-History:...
in 1959 and corresponding member of the Czechoslovak Agricultural Academy in 1927.
Selected works
- Сукачёв В.Н. Биогеоценология и фитоценология // Докл. АН СССР. 1945. Т. 47, № 6. С. 447–449. *Сукачёв В.Н. О соотношении понятий "географический ландшафт" и "биогеоценоз" // Вопросы географии. М. : Географгиз, 1949. Вып. 16. С. 45–60.
- Сукачёв В.Н. Общие принципы и программа изучения типов леса // Сукачёв В.Н., Зонн С.В. Методические указания к изучению типов леса. 2-е изд. М. : Изд-во АН СССР, 1961. С. 9–75.
- Сукачёв В.Н. Биогеоценоз как выражение взаимодействия живой и неживой природы на поверхности Земли : соотношение понятий "биогеоценоз", "экосистема", "географический ландшафт" и "фация" // Основы лесной биогеоценологии / под ред. В.Н. Сукачёва, Н.В. Дылиса. М. : Наука, 1964. С. 5–49.
- см. также: Сукачёв В.Н. Избранные труды в трех томах / под ред. Е.М. Лавренко. – Л. : Наука. –Т. 1 : Основы лесной типологии и биогеоценологии. – 1972. – 419 с. ; Т. 2 : Проблемы болотоведения, палеоботаники и палеогеографии. – 1973. – 352 с. ; Т. 3 : Проблемы фитоценологии. – 1975. – 543 с.
- Sukachov V.N. 1928. Principles of classification of the spruce communities of European Russia // J. Ecology. Vol. 16, N 1. P. 1–18.