Boris Stepanovich YUDIN
(1928-1986)
Prominent zoologist Boris S.YUDIN was
born on August 21,1928
in Tomskaya Region in Western Siberia. In 1951
he finished Tomsk State University, moved into Novosibirsk and started
to work in Biological Institute of Siberian Branch of USSR, where he worked
all his life.
His supervisor was one of the outstanding scientist - Professor
Sergei U. Stroganov. In 1960 he
defended his Ph.D. Thesis “Ecology of shrews of Western Siberia
and their practical significance”.
From 1961 he was a Scientific
Secretary of the Institute, from 1965
to 1972 - Vice-Director. From
1965
till 1981 he headed the Zoological
Museum of the Institute, from 1970
he was head of laboratory.
Boris S.Yudin died in March 9, 1986
in
Novosibirsk after a hard illness.
Boris S.YUDIN is an author of more
than 100 publications including number of fundamental monographs:
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Yudin B. S. Ecology of shrews of Western Siberia
//
The questions of ecology, faunology and taxonomy of animals. Novosibirsk.
1962. P.33-134.
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Yudin B. S., Krivosheev V. G., Belyaev V. G. A
small mammals of the Far East North // Nauka Publ. Novosibirsk.
1976.
269 p.
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Yudin B. S., Galkina L. I., Potapkina A. F.
The
mammals of Altai-Sayany Mountain Country // Nauka Publ. Novosibirsk.
1979. 293 p.
The detail description of fauna of Siberia and Far East is given in them.
Deposit of B. S.Yudin in development of systematic of Insectivore Mammals
of Siberia is especially valuable. He have published a Key to identification
of this group, which is most hard for taxonomics studies:
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Yudin B.S. Insectivorous mammals of Siberia
(key) // Nauka Publ. Novosibirsk. 1971. 171 p.
The results of long standing work are reflected in the basic
monograph published after his dead by his colleagues and his wife Svetlana
A.Yudina based on the manuscript of Boris S.Yudin:
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Yudin B.S. Insectivorous mammals of Siberia
// Nauka Publ. Novosibirsk. 1989. 360 p.
A collection of Zoological Museum of Biological Institute of Siberian Branch
of USSR, which was founded by Sergei U.Stroganov and significantly added
by B.S.Yudin along with other colleagues of the Institute, served as a
factual basis for Yudin’s studies of Insectivore Mammals. Siberian
Zoological Museum have a unique collection of Insectivores thanking
for efforts of all this prominent scientists. Collection contains about
50 000 examples and is the most full among other ones in
Russia.
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