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'''Nikolai Alekseyvich Zarudny''' ({{lang-ru|Николай Алексеевич Зарудный}};<ref group="note">{{lang-rus|Николай Алексеевич Зарудный|r=Nikolay Alekseevich Zarudny}}. His name has been transliterated a number of other ways; especially with ''Sarudny'' or ''Sarudney'' in older works.</ref> 13 September 1859 – 17 March 1919<ref name="Palmer"/>) was a [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]]-[[Russians|Russian]] explorer and zoologist who studied the the flora and fauna of [[Central Asia]].
'''Nikolai Alekseyvich Zarudny''' ({{lang-ru|Николай Алексеевич Зарудный}};<ref group="note">{{lang-rus|Николай Алексеевич Зарудный|r=Nikolay Alekseevich Zarudny}}. His name has been transliterated a number of other ways; especially with ''Sarudny'' or ''Sarudney'' in older works.</ref> 13 September 1859 – 17 March 1919<ref name="Palmer"/>) was a [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]]-[[Russians|Russian]] explorer and zoologist who studied the flora and fauna of [[Central Asia]].


He was born in Gryakovo, [[Ukraine]] (then part of the [[Russian Empire]]). He wrote his first [[ornithology]] book in 1896 and made five expeditions in the Caspian region between 1884 and 1892.<ref name="Palmer" /> He led other expeditions to [[Iran|Persia]] supported by the [[Russian Geographical Society]] and the [[Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences]]. He collected nearly 3,140 specimens of birds and 50,000 insects. After the [[Russian Revolution]], his collection was [[nationalization|nationalized]] by the [[Bolshevik]]s and moved to the museum at the [[National University of Uzbekistan|University of Tashkent]]. For his work, the [[Russian Geographical Society]] awarded him the Przhevalsky Medal.<ref name="Iranica" /> His last work on the ornithology of [[Turkestan]] region was not completed as he died of accidental poisoning. He published 218 monographs in the course of his life and named many species.<ref name="Iranica" /> Among the species and other [[taxon|taxa]] named after Zarudny are [[Zarudny's jird]], [[Zarudny's rock shrew]], [[Zarudny's worm lizard]], ''[[Schizothorax zarudnyi]]'', and the distinctive Asian subspecies of the [[desert sparrow]] (''Passer simplex zarudnyi'').<ref name="j1" />
He was born in Gryakovo, [[Ukraine]] (then part of the [[Russian Empire]]). He wrote his first [[ornithology]] book in 1896 and made five expeditions in the Caspian region between 1884 and 1892.<ref name="Palmer" /> He led other expeditions to [[Iran|Persia]] supported by the [[Russian Geographical Society]] and the [[Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences]]. He collected nearly 3,140 specimens of birds and 50,000 insects. After the [[Russian Revolution]], his collection was [[nationalization|nationalized]] by the [[Bolshevik]]s and moved to the museum at the [[National University of Uzbekistan|University of Tashkent]]. For his work, the [[Russian Geographical Society]] awarded him the Przhevalsky Medal.<ref name="Iranica" /> His last work on the ornithology of [[Turkestan]] region was not completed as he died of accidental poisoning. He published 218 monographs in the course of his life and named many species.<ref name="Iranica" /> Among the species and other [[taxon|taxa]] named after Zarudny are [[Zarudny's jird]], [[Zarudny's rock shrew]], [[Zarudny's worm lizard]], ''[[Schizothorax zarudnyi]]'', and the distinctive Asian subspecies of the [[desert sparrow]] (''Passer simplex zarudnyi'').<ref name="j1" />

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Nikolai Alekseyvich Zarudny (Template:Lang-ru;[note 1] 13 September 1859 – 17 March 1919[1]) was a Ukrainian-Russian explorer and zoologist who studied the flora and fauna of Central Asia.

He was born in Gryakovo, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire). He wrote his first ornithology book in 1896 and made five expeditions in the Caspian region between 1884 and 1892.[1] He led other expeditions to Persia supported by the Russian Geographical Society and the Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He collected nearly 3,140 specimens of birds and 50,000 insects. After the Russian Revolution, his collection was nationalized by the Bolsheviks and moved to the museum at the University of Tashkent. For his work, the Russian Geographical Society awarded him the Przhevalsky Medal.[2] His last work on the ornithology of Turkestan region was not completed as he died of accidental poisoning. He published 218 monographs in the course of his life and named many species.[2] Among the species and other taxa named after Zarudny are Zarudny's jird, Zarudny's rock shrew, Zarudny's worm lizard, Schizothorax zarudnyi, and the distinctive Asian subspecies of the desert sparrow (Passer simplex zarudnyi).[3]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Russian: Николай Алексеевич Зарудный, romanized: Nikolay Alekseevich Zarudny. His name has been transliterated a number of other ways; especially with Sarudny or Sarudney in older works.

References

  1. ^ a b Palmer, T. S. (1920). "Notes and News" (PDF). Auk. 37 (4): 638.
  2. ^ a b Ananjeva, Natalia (7 April 2008). "Zarudniǐ, Nikolaĭ Alekseevich". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica.
  3. ^ Kirwan, Guy M.; Schweitzer, Manuel; Ayé, Raffael; Grieve, Andrew (2009). "Taxonomy, identification and status of Desert Sparrows". Dutch Birding. 31: 139–158. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2011.

Further reading

  • Bobrinksy, N. A. (1940). N. A. Zarudny (1859–1919): Zoologist and Traveler (transl.) (in Russian). Moscow: Moscow Soc. Nat. Expl. Ser. Histor.
  • Steinbacher, F. (1926). "N. A. Sarudny und seine letzten Arbeiten". Journal für Ornithologie (in German). 74 (2): 490–496. doi:10.1007/BF02004933.
  • Johansen, Hans (1952). "Ornithology in Russia". The Ibis. 94 (1): 1–48. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1952.tb01786.x.