Azerbaijan National Academy of Science

The way to the central building of ANAS Institute of Botany decorate by majestic plane trees. At the entrance are two busts: on the left - founder of "Ekinchi" ("The Sower") newspaper which is published in the Russian Empire in the Azerbaijani language for the first time, in which provided the latest at the time the information on agriculture and agronomy; on the right is leading researcher of Caucasian flora and vegetation Academician Alexander Grossgeim, the founder and first Director of the Institute (1936-1947), later worked at the Botanical Institute (IB)of USSR Academy of Sciences and at Leningrad University. And he is known as the author of popular science books about the joint expedition of Azeri and Leningrad botanists "In the Talish mountains", recognizable characters prototypes which were scientists of the IB ...

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