Proceedings of the National Museum of Natural History, 2013, Nr 11, pages 115-134 Vsevolod Velykaniv as Investigator of Fauna of Ukraine in 1920–1930s: Biography, Collections, Publications Zagorodniuk, I. Summary:
Historical exploration of life and scientific work of one of the foremost researchers of the fauna of Ukraine in 1920–1930s. Information about Velykaniv’s life (about 1898–1937) and his zoological collections and published articles is presented. Velykaniv is a collector of hundreds samples of mammals, birds and insects from Chernigiv, Kharkiv and Voronezh oblasts, and also (according to known records in his diaries) he described the fauna (especially birds) of Crimea and Arkhangelsk. In terms of taxonomic groups, his publications were devoted mainly to the bats, rodents, owls, and herons. The main areas and years of research, according to the publications and collection samples, are Nizhyn district in 1923–1930 and 1934, and Kherson region in 1934–1936. It is assumed that the researcher was repressed in 1937. Keywords:
history of zoology, museology, faunistics, Chernigiv oblast, Kherson oblast, Velykaniv. Address:
National Museum of Natural History of NAS of Ukraine, Bohdan Khmelnytsky St. 15, Kyiv, 01030 Ukraine; e-mail: zoozag@ukr.net summary ukr., summary ros., summary eng, pdf return
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