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'''Nikolai Alekseyvich Zarudny'''<ref>His name has been spelled a number of other ways; especially as ''Sarudny'', in older works in English.</ref> (September 13, 1859 – March 17, 1919<ref name="Palmer">{{cite journal|year=1920|volume=37| page=638| url=http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Auk/v037n04/p0636-p0642.pdf|last=Palmer|first=T. S.|journal=Auk|issue=4|title=Notes and News}}</ref>) was a [[Russians|Russian]] explorer and zoologist who studied the fauna, especially the birds of [[Central Asia]]. He was born in [[Gryakovo]], in [[Ukraine]]. He wrote his first [[ornithology]] book in 1896 and made five expeditions in the Caspian region from 1884 and 1892.<ref name="Palmer"/> He led other expeditions to [[Iran|Persia]] supported by the Russian Geographic Society and the St. Petersburg Zoological Institute. He collected nearly 3,140 specimens of birds and 50,000 insects. After the [[Russian Revolution (1917)|Russian Revolution]], his collection was [[nationalization|nationalized]] by the [[Bolshevik|Bolsheviks]] and moved to the museum at the University of Tashkent. For his work the [[Russian Geographical Society]] awarded him the Przhevalsky Medal.<ref name="Iranica">{{cite encyclopedia|last=Ananjeva|first=Natalia|date=7 April 2008|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/ZARUDNI%C4%AC-NIKOLAI_ALEXSEEVICH |title=Zarudniǐ, Nikolaĭ Alekseevich|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Iranica]]|editor=Yarshater, Ehsan}}</ref> While at [[Tashkent]], 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]], ''[[Diplometopon zarudnyi]]'', ''[[Schizothorax zarudnyi]]'', and the distinctive Asian subspecies of the [[Desert Sparrow]] (''Passer simplex zarudnyi'').
'''Nikolai Alekseyvich Zarudny'''<ref>His name has been spelled a number of other ways; especially as ''Sarudny'', in older works in English.</ref> (September 13, 1859 – March 17, 1919<ref name="Palmer">{{cite journal|year=1920|volume=37| page=638| url=http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Auk/v037n04/p0636-p0642.pdf|last=Palmer|first=T. S.|journal=Auk|issue=4|title=Notes and News}}</ref>) was a [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]]-[[Russians|Russian]] explorer and zoologist of [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]] origin, who studied the fauna, especially the birds of [[Central Asia]]. He was born in [[Gryakovo]], in [[Ukraine]]. He wrote his first [[ornithology]] book in 1896 and made five expeditions in the Caspian region from 1884 and 1892.<ref name="Palmer"/> He led other expeditions to [[Iran|Persia]] supported by the Russian Geographic Society and the St. Petersburg Zoological Institute. He collected nearly 3,140 specimens of birds and 50,000 insects. After the [[Russian Revolution (1917)|Russian Revolution]], his collection was [[nationalization|nationalized]] by the [[Bolshevik|Bolsheviks]] and moved to the museum at the University of Tashkent. For his work the [[Russian Geographical Society]] awarded him the Przhevalsky Medal.<ref name="Iranica">{{cite encyclopedia|last=Ananjeva|first=Natalia|date=7 April 2008|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/ZARUDNI%C4%AC-NIKOLAI_ALEXSEEVICH |title=Zarudniǐ, Nikolaĭ Alekseevich|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Iranica]]|editor=Yarshater, Ehsan}}</ref> While at [[Tashkent]], 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]], ''[[Diplometopon zarudnyi]]'', ''[[Schizothorax zarudnyi]]'', and the distinctive Asian subspecies of the [[Desert Sparrow]] (''Passer simplex zarudnyi'').


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Revision as of 21:08, 2 June 2011

Nikolai Alekseyvich Zarudny[1] (September 13, 1859 – March 17, 1919[2]) was a Ukrainian-Russian explorer and zoologist of Ukrainian origin, who studied the fauna, especially the birds of Central Asia. He was born in Gryakovo, in Ukraine. He wrote his first ornithology book in 1896 and made five expeditions in the Caspian region from 1884 and 1892.[2] He led other expeditions to Persia supported by the Russian Geographic Society and the St. Petersburg Zoological Institute. 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.[3] While at Tashkent, 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.[3] Among the species and other taxa named after Zarudny are Zarudny's Jird, Zarudny's Rock Shrew, Diplometopon zarudnyi, Schizothorax zarudnyi, and the distinctive Asian subspecies of the Desert Sparrow (Passer simplex zarudnyi).

References

  1. ^ His name has been spelled a number of other ways; especially as Sarudny, in older works in English.
  2. ^ a b Palmer, T. S. (1920). "Notes and News" (PDF). Auk. 37 (4): 638.
  3. ^ a b Ananjeva, Natalia (7 April 2008). "Zarudniǐ, Nikolaĭ Alekseevich". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica.
  • Bobrinksy, N. A. (1940). (in Russian). Moscow. {{cite book}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • 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.

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