THE NOVOROSSIYSK BIOLOGICAL SCIENTIFIC STATION’S HISTORY (1920–1970)

Authors

  • G. A. Nagaeva Novorossiysk Polytechnic Institute (branch) FSBEI HE «KubSTU»

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29006/1564-2291.JOR-2021.49(1).1

Keywords:

Novorossiysk biological research station, research, algology, ichthyology, sea sanitation, ecology

Abstract

The article deals with the history of the creation and activity of the Novorossiysk Biological Scientific Station from the moment of the project's inception in 1920 to the transition to the management of the Kuban State University in 1972. The first years of its work were very difficult. The station did not have its own accommodation, equipment was poor. There were only two employees on the staff. It was almost impossible to work in such conditions. Thanks to the painstaking work of Professor V.M. Arnoldi, as well as his followers, scientists V.A. Vodyanitsky and N.V. Morozova-Vodyanitskaya, scientific research was carried out at the Station from the first days.In the following years, the content of the material and technical base changed qualitatively, which allowed scientists to conduct research in the field of phycology, ichthyology, zoology, botany, hydrology, and meteorology. The names of scientists are associated with the history of the Station: S.M. Malyatsky, N.M. Knipovich, E.A. Poteryaev, E.I. Drapkin, E.S. Zinova, A.A. Kalugina-Gutnik, S.G. Kryzhanovsky, S.K. Troitsky, V.L. Komarov and many others.The paper explains the sequence of subordination of the Station to various organizations in the historical perspective. Finally, it is concluded that scientists of the Novorossiysk Biological Station from the first days of its foundation were engaged in research in two main areas: academic and applied. Despite the fact that during certain periods of the Station's operation, the solution of practical problems in order to optimize economic activity in the sea area was considered primary, fundamental research never stopped.

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2021-04-26

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Vol. 49 No. 1 (2021): Journal of Oceanological Research

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