Saratov State University

90 years of the Biology Faculty of the Saratov State University

Authors: Yudakova O. I.

The Biological Faculty of the Saratov State University turns 90 years old in 2021. The first students were enrolled at the Faculty in the 1931–1932 academic year. However, the faculty’s history began long before its opening, when the Department of Botany and the Department of  Zoology with Comparative Anatomy were organized in the new Saratov Imperial Nikolaev University in 1909.

Early start and short life of an entomologist (110th Anniversary of Andrey Andreevich Richter)

Authors: Richter Y. A., Richter T. Y., Anikin V. V.

At the end of 2019 an old collection of insects was found in the Zoological Museum of Saratov State University. It was collected in the vicinity of Saratov, in the Lower Volga region, as well as in the North Caucasus and Transcaucasia, by young Andrey A. Richter while he was studying at school and Saratov University (1926–1930). The collection (185 specimens) was not processed, with most insects left unidentified. Nevertheless, it has been well preserved. Its examination has already produced first results important for better understanding of A. A. Richter biography.

The Centennial of Sofya Borisovna Pirkes

Authors: Zakharova T. V.

The article provides a short biographic excourse and description of scientific and academic achievements of Sofya Borisovna Pirkes, the former associate professor of the Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry of the Institute of Chemistry of Saratov State University.

110 years of Zoological Department of Saratov State University

Authors: Shlyakhtin G. V.

The paper shows the history of formation and development of Zoological departments of the Saratov State University – from the creation of the first Department of Zoology at the opening of the University in 1909 to the modern period. The role of the heads of department and their employees in the formation of the educational and scientific process, providing the departments with the necessary equipment and establishing of the Zoological Museum is considered in historical aspect.