V. R. Dolnik

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Viktor Rafaeljevich Dolnik
Виктор Рафаэльевич Дольник

Born January 13, 1931(1931-01-13)
Sverdlovsk, USSR
Residence Flag of Russia Russian Federation
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Nationality Flag of Russia Russian
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Fields Biologist, ornithologist, ethologist
Institutions Zoological Institute Of Russian Academy of Science
Alma mater Leningradsky University

Dolnik, Victor Rafaeljevich (born in 1938). Russian ornithologist, Ph. D, Sc. D nat., prof., chief research fellow at Zoological institute of Russian Academy of science. Vice -president of Russian ornithologists' Union, honorary of American ornithological union, Corresponding member of German and Netherlandish ornithological unions

[edit] Biography

Dolnik was born in Sverdlovsk in 1938. In 1960 graduated from Leningrad state University. For 30 years he has been the chief of ornithlolgical station "Rybachy" (literally "Fishers`" - after a village, where it's situated). He gained a PhD degree in 1967, and the Sc.D in 1976. He has been a professor since 1983.

[edit] Works

He has about 200 written works. He is the author (in cooperation with Kozlov M.A.) of a textbook on zoology for secondary schools. He is best known to the general public for a series of articles concerning human ethology (1980-90s). These articles later were compiled into a book "The mischievous child of the biosphere" (1994).


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