145th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF KONSTANTIN IVANOVICH SKRYABIN (1878-1972)

Konstantin Ivanovich Skryabin is an outstanding Helminthologist, Academician of three Academies of Sciences (V. I. Lenin All-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences, USSR Academy of Sciences, USSR Academy of Medical Sciences), Hero of Socialist Labor, Lenin and Stalin (twice) prize winner, and Recipient of six Orders of Lenin. In 2023, the 145th Anniversary of his birth will be celebrated on December 7, 1878. Konstantin Ivanovich received the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in 1905 at the Yuryev Veterinary Institute (now the University of Tartu, Estonia). After completing his studies until 1911, he worked as a local city veterinarian for the first 2 years in Chimkent, and then in Aulie-Ata (later Dzhambul, now Taraz) of Turkestan where he collected an extensive helminthological collection. From 1912 to 1914 he worked on probation in the field of helminthology abroad, namely, in Germany, Switzerland, and France. Upon returning to Russia, he remained to work at the Veterinary Laboratory of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in St. Petersburg. From 1917 to 1920, K. I. Skryabin became the first Professor of the first Department of Parasitology in Russia at the Don Veterinary Institute in Novocherkassk. He organized not only pedagogical, but also scientific work; the idea of organizing helminthological expeditions was born here. In 1920, upon his return to Moscow, he became the Head of the Helminthological Department of the State Institute of Experimental Veterinary Medicine (SIEVM). All subsequent vigorous scientific activity of Konstantin Ivanovich was aimed at strengthening the positions of helminthology as a science in Russia, and expanding the network of educational and scientific organizations. K. I. Skryabin and his students created a huge number of works: articles and monographs. His publications list includes about 700 titles including a number of fundamental multivolume papers. Konstantin Ivanovich Skryabin died on October 17, 1972. He was buried at the Novo-Dyevitchiye cemetery in Moscow.