Leonid Portenko (1896–1972)—world-famous naturalist, participant of expeditions to the Arctic and Far East
A native of Cherkasy Oblast from the family of a Ukrainian surveyor. A world-class naturalist from Ukraine (who is mentioned manipulatively only as a Soviet→Russian zoologist). He began his career in Kyiv in institutions established by the Ukrainian People’s Republic. In 1918, L. Portenko wrote his...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:fba7c74349e0496aa5e7949b79df7379 2023-05-15T14:54:22+02:00 Leonid Portenko (1896–1972)—world-famous naturalist, participant of expeditions to the Arctic and Far East V. Prydatko-Dolin 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.15407/gb2106 https://doaj.org/article/fba7c74349e0496aa5e7949b79df7379 EN UK eng ukr National Museum of Natural History, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine http://museumkiev.org/public/visnyk/21_2021/gb2106-prydatko.html https://doaj.org/toc/2617-6157 https://doaj.org/toc/2617-6165 doi:10.15407/gb2106 2617-6157 2617-6165 https://doaj.org/article/fba7c74349e0496aa5e7949b79df7379 Geo&Bio, Vol 21, Pp 35-57 (2021) portenko leonid ukraine kyiv leningrad moscow arctic far east mammals birds stalinist repressions Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Geology QE1-996.5 article 2021 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.15407/gb2106 2022-12-30T20:11:42Z A native of Cherkasy Oblast from the family of a Ukrainian surveyor. A world-class naturalist from Ukraine (who is mentioned manipulatively only as a Soviet→Russian zoologist). He began his career in Kyiv in institutions established by the Ukrainian People’s Republic. In 1918, L. Portenko wrote his first articles in Ukrainian and acted as a secretary for several Ukrainian societies. L. Portenko was one of the founders of the Ukrainian Zoological Society and the Ukrainian Zoological Journal. He had participated in expeditions to the Black Sea coast, Carpathians, Siberia, Arctic, and Far East. He was a talented ornithologist, mammalogist, zoogeographer, systematist, expert in museology and conservation, and a self-taught photographer and animal-artist. L. Portenko wintered at Dezhnev Cape and Wrangel Island (Arctic). He considered Dr. P. Sushkin (Kharkiv-Leningrad) and Dr. M. Menzbir (Leningrad) as his teachers. L. Portenko had spent near two-thirds of his life in the former Russian SFSR, and worked manly in the Zoological Institute (Leningrad). He was a doctor and a professor and authored over 170 scientific works, including several monographs. His students were from Ukraine, Russia, and Bulgaria. Among them was the talented ornithologist of the North—Dr. O. Kyshchynsky, who was the son of a Ukrainian who died in the Gulag. This essay examines also the Stalinist repressions in around L. Portenko. The Chukchi’s shrew and the Wrangel’s lemming were named to honour the scientist. Near forty species and subspecies of birds were described and named by Portenko, including some to honour the memory of famous scientists (B. Stegman, M. Menzbir, R. Hecker, etc.), and Chukchi Tayan. He became a classic scientist during his life. Dr. Portenko made a significant contribution to the study of zoogeographical zonation of Podillia (Ukraine) and he proved the unity of vertebrate fauna of the Circumarctic tundra. He justified the need to allocate the Holarctic zoogeographical region. L. Portenko donated dozens of books to the ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Chukchi Tundra Wrangel Island Siberia Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Wrangel Island ENVELOPE(-179.385,-179.385,71.244,71.244) GEO&BIO 2021 21 35 57 |
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A native of Cherkasy Oblast from the family of a Ukrainian surveyor. A world-class naturalist from Ukraine (who is mentioned manipulatively only as a Soviet→Russian zoologist). He began his career in Kyiv in institutions established by the Ukrainian People’s Republic. In 1918, L. Portenko wrote his first articles in Ukrainian and acted as a secretary for several Ukrainian societies. L. Portenko was one of the founders of the Ukrainian Zoological Society and the Ukrainian Zoological Journal. He had participated in expeditions to the Black Sea coast, Carpathians, Siberia, Arctic, and Far East. He was a talented ornithologist, mammalogist, zoogeographer, systematist, expert in museology and conservation, and a self-taught photographer and animal-artist. L. Portenko wintered at Dezhnev Cape and Wrangel Island (Arctic). He considered Dr. P. Sushkin (Kharkiv-Leningrad) and Dr. M. Menzbir (Leningrad) as his teachers. L. Portenko had spent near two-thirds of his life in the former Russian SFSR, and worked manly in the Zoological Institute (Leningrad). He was a doctor and a professor and authored over 170 scientific works, including several monographs. His students were from Ukraine, Russia, and Bulgaria. Among them was the talented ornithologist of the North—Dr. O. Kyshchynsky, who was the son of a Ukrainian who died in the Gulag. This essay examines also the Stalinist repressions in around L. Portenko. The Chukchi’s shrew and the Wrangel’s lemming were named to honour the scientist. Near forty species and subspecies of birds were described and named by Portenko, including some to honour the memory of famous scientists (B. Stegman, M. Menzbir, R. Hecker, etc.), and Chukchi Tayan. He became a classic scientist during his life. Dr. Portenko made a significant contribution to the study of zoogeographical zonation of Podillia (Ukraine) and he proved the unity of vertebrate fauna of the Circumarctic tundra. He justified the need to allocate the Holarctic zoogeographical region. L. Portenko donated dozens of books to the ... |
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Leonid Portenko (1896–1972)—world-famous naturalist, participant of expeditions to the Arctic and Far East |
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Leonid Portenko (1896–1972)—world-famous naturalist, participant of expeditions to the Arctic and Far East |
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