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Ivan Michurin

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Ivan Michurin

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Also known as Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, Miciurin, Ivan Mitsjoerin

Russian botanist (1855-1935)

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Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin was a Russian botanist and geneticist whose field of work included biology and botany. Born on October 15, 1855, he held citizenship in the Russian Empire, the Russian Republic, the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, and the Soviet Union. He was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and VASKhNIL. Michurin received the Order of Lenin and the Order of the Red Banner of Labour.

His literary output includes the work *Vegetative Hybridization And Mentors*. He died on June 7, 1935, in Michurinsk, where he is also buried. Michurin spoke Russian and is referenced by 46 other encyclopedia articles.

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  • Vegetative Hybridization And Mentors

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Russia
Active from
1973-03-05

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Key facts

Born
Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin , October 27 [ O.S. October 15 ] 1855, Dolgoye, Pronsky Uyezd , Ryazan Governorate , Russian Empire
Died
June 7, 1935 (1935-06-07) (aged 79), Michurinsk , Tambov Oblast , RSFSR , Soviet Union
Known for
Genetic selection of plants
Fields
Botany
Institutions
VASKhNIL

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Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin (Russian: Иван Владимирович Мичурин; October 27 [O.S. October 15] 1855 – June 7, 1935) was a Russian practitioner of selection to produce new types of crop plants, Honorable Member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, and academician of the Lenin All-Union Academy of Agriculture.

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