Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Shmuk

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Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Shmuk (

Stalin Prize
in 1942.

In 1913 Shmuk finished his studies at the

makhorka). He is known primarily for his three volume work The Chemistry and Technology of Tobacco and for his development of a tobacco quality index which is calculated as the ratio between soluble carbohydrates and proteins.[1]
In 1935 he became a member of the All-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences of the Soviet Union. He finished his career at the Soviet Academy of Science's Institute of Biochemistry. [2]

Selected publications

Shmuk, A., “State Institute Tobacco Investigations”, Krasnodar (U.S.S.R.) Bull., 69, 15 (1930)
Shmuk, A., Vscsoyus. Inst. Tabach. i. Makhoroch Prom. No. 139, 3 (1937)
Shmuk, A., Bull. Acad. Sci. USSR, 6 (1937)
Shmuk, A., Papers, Acad. Sci. USSR, 2 (1940)
Shmuk A., Smirnov A., Ilyin G. "Formation of nicotine in plants grafted on tobacco" CR (Doklady) Acad. Sci. URSS. (1941)
Shmuk, A., Papers, V. I. Lenin, All-Union Academy of Agricultural Science, 1, 2 and 3 (1945)
Shmuk, A., The Chemistry and Technology of Tobacco, Vols 1,2,3 Pishchepromizdat, Moscow, 1953)

Note: Shmuk appears in the English-language literature various as Schmuck, Shmuck, and Shmuk.

References

  1. ^ "E.C. Bourlas, Debardeleben, M.Z. and Mendell, S. Factors Influencing Tobacco Leaf Quality: An Investigation of the Literature". Archived from the original on 17 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Entry for Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Shmuk in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia".

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