Aleksandr Palladin

Biochemist in Soviet Union (1885–1972)

Aleksandr Vladimirovich Palladin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Палла́дин; Ukrainian: Олександр Володимирович Палладін, 10 September 1885 – 6 December 1972) was a Soviet and Ukrainian biochemist, professor and academician. He is known for establishing the Palladin Institute of Biochemistry and heading the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in the post World War II period.²

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Born Sep 10, 1885, died Dec 6, 1972.¹

About

Aleksandr was born in a family of the Russian academician and biochemist Vladimir Palladin and was a student of a Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov.

After graduating Saint Petersburg State University in 1908, next year Palladin also studied at Heidelberg University. After that during 1909–1916 he worked in several institutes in Saint Petersburg. In 1916 Palladin became a professor of Novaya Aleksandria Institute of Agrarian Business and Forestry (today Kharkiv National Agrarian University of Dokuchayev) that was relocated from Puławy in Vistula Land (Congress Poland) to Kharkiv.

Soon after the Red Army recovered the city of Kharkiv from the White Army, in 1921 he became a head of physiological chemistry department of the Kharkiv Medical Institute (today Kharkiv National Medical University) and at the same time staying at the agrarian institute as well for few more years.

From Wikipedia’s article on Aleksandr Palladin, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

National Academy of Sciences of UkraineChair¹³
National Academy of Sciences of UkrainePresident¹³

Early life and education

Date not recordedFaculty of Physics and Mathematics of the Saint Petersburg University³
Date not recordedHeidelberg University³
Date not recordedKharkiv National Agrarian University named after V.V. Dokuchayev³

Career

Occupation: politician, biochemist, chemist, neurologist.⁸

Date not recordedWorked at National University of Kharkiv⁴
Date not recordedPresident, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine⁴
Date not recordedWorked at Palladin Institute of Biochemistry⁴
Date not recordedWorked at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv⁴
Date not recordedFounded The Ukrainian Biochemical Journal⁵
Date not recordedDeputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union⁶
Date not recordedChair, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine⁷

Personal life

BornSep 10, 1885, Moscow⁹
DiedDec 6, 1972, Kyiv¹⁰
CitizenshipSoviet Union, Russian Empire¹¹

Awards

1971Order of the October Revolution¹²
1965Order of Lenin¹²
1955Hero of Socialist Labour¹²
1955Order of Lenin¹²
1953Order of Lenin¹²
1948Order of Lenin¹²
1945Order of Lenin¹²
1945Order of the Red Banner of Labour¹²
1944Order of Lenin¹²
1944Order of the Red Star¹²

More awards (3)

1941Order of the Red Banner of Labour¹²
Date not recordedHonored Scientist of Ukraine¹²
Date not recordedOrder of Cyril and Methodius, 1st Class¹²

Sources

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