Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Paleontological Institute

Палеонтологический институт РАН
Established	1930
Location	Moscow , Russia
Website	http://www.paleo.ru/

The Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (PIN; Russian: Палеонтологический институт РАН) in Moscow is among a paleontological institute. An affiliate of the Russian Academy of Sciences, it includes collections from all over the former Soviet Union, as well as from other countries.

Museum

The Museum of Paleontology named after

is run by the institute, and contains public exhibits.

During World War II, the museum operated under a skeleton staff between 1941 and 1943 as the threat of the Battle of Moscow anticipated an invasion by the German army. Some specimens were packed up to prevent damage or destruction in air raids.^[1]

Notable staff

• Evgeny Maleev
• Ivan Efremov
• Alexey Bystrow
• Tatiana Dobrolyubova
• Boris Sokolov
• Kirill Eskov
• Alexandr Rasnitsyn

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences.

• (in English and Russian) Laboratory of Arthropods
• (in English) Paleontological Institute pages at the University of California Museum of Paleontology website

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