THE 70th ANNIVERSARY OF PROCEEDINGS OF IBIW RAS AS AN OCCASION TO REMEMBER THE HISTORY OF THE ORGANIZATION OF ACADEMIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE IN BOROK

Abstract

In 2020, the journal “Proceed-ings of Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters Rus-sian Academy of Sciences” celebrates its 70th anniversary. The article discusses the organization of an academic institution in 1938 in Borok to conduct biological research and the role of Aleksandr Petrovich Shennikov, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, in this process.