Vladimir Sokolov (scientist)

Vladimir Sokolov (1 February 1928 – 19 April 1998) was a Russian scientist in the field of

Sokolov was professor and head of the Department of Vertebrate Zoology at the Faculty of Biology at Moscow State University; director of the Institute of Evolutionary Animal Morphology and Ecology at the Russian Academy of Sciences; and deputy chairman of Chemical, Technological and Biological Sciences at the USSR Academy of Sciences.^[2]

He is the grandfather of Evgeny Lebedev, owner of the London Evening Standard and The Independent (with and after his father, Alexander Lebedev, an ex-KGB officer).

Life

Sokolov was born in Moscow, the son of a zoology professor.

He graduated from Moscow State University in 1950 with aspirations to become a

During his work Sokolov organised numerous zoological expeditions in the Soviet Union, as well as abroad to Bolivia, Cuba, Ethiopia, Mexico, Mongolia, Peru and Vietnam. His research interests were diverse. He studied radiobiology in the wake of the Chernobyl disaster, as well as the ethology and the systematics of mammals.

A species of

• Honoured Worker of Science of the Russian Federation (1998).
• Demidov Prize of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1996).
• Twice Laureate of the
  State Prize of the USSR
  (1984, 1990).
• Winner of the Demidov Prize (1997).
• Awarded the Order of Lenin (1981).
• Awarded the Orders of the Red Banner of Labour (1975).
• Academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1974).

Selected publications

Sokolov published about 1000 scientific papers.

• V.E. Sokolov: Nature Reserves of the USSR: National Parks and Reserves (Zapovedniki SSSR) (Russian Edition) (Russian) Hardcover – December 31, 1998.
• V.E. Sokolov: The Rare Animals of Mongolia Paperback – May, 1998.
• V.E. Sokolov et al.: Ecological and Genetic Consequences of the Chernobyl Atomic Power Plant Accident. Plant Ecology September 1993, Volume 109, Issue 1, pp 91–99, Springer.

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