Leonid Portenko (1896–1972)—world-famous naturalist, participant of expeditions to the Arctic and Far East

• Published in: GEO&BIO
• Main Author: V. Prydatko-Dolin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Ukrainian
• Published: National Museum of Natural History, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 2021
• Subjects: portenko leonid; ukraine; kyiv; leningrad; moscow; arctic; far east; mammals; birds; stalinist repressions; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Geology; QE1-996.5; Arctic; Wrangel Island; Chukchi; Tundra; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15407/gb2106; https://doaj.org/article/fba7c74349e0496aa5e7949b79df7379

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...