Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov in medallic art and philately. To the 130th anniversary of his birth

  • Ya. B. Blume Institute of Food Biotechnology and Genomics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine, 04123, Kyiv, Osipovskogo str., 2а
  • V. Yu. Barshtein Institute of Food Biotechnology and Genomics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine, 04123, Kyiv, Osipovskogo str., 2а

Abstract

This paper devoted to investigation and putting into scientific circulation art medals and philately objects dedicated to Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov and containing the information for the study of the history of biology. The special attention is paying to Ukraine’s role in the fate of this outstanding scientist. The first observations and conclusions of talented student relate to the period of his practice at Poltava research station. His brilliant scientific career ended with the arrest in Ukraine in 1940. Philatelic products devoted to Vavilov’s law of homology series in genetical mutability and routes of his scientific expeditions. Among the medals – prestigious award of Russian academy of sciences named by Vavilov. The art medals and philately objects providing information for the study of the history of biology have been described in the article. Some of them are introduced into scientific circulation for the first time.

Keywords: Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov, history of biology, art medal, postage stamp, art marked cover.

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