Dmitry Sabinin

Dmitry Anatolievich Sabinin (1889–1951) – Soviet botanist, plant physiologist, Vice-Rector (1923–1924), Head of the Department of Plant Physiology (1924–1929) of Perm University, Head of the Department of Plant Physiology of Moscow State University (1932–1948), Head of the Laboratory of the Institute of Plant Physiology of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1938–1941).

Dmitry Anatolyevich Sabinin
Born	17 November (29), 1889 Saint Petersburg, The Russian Empire
Died	22 April 1951 (age 61) Golubaya Bukhta, near Gelendzhik, Krasnodar Territory, The USSR
Nationality	The Russian Empire, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1918–1925).svg RSFSR (1917–1922), USSR
Known for	Criticism of the works of T. D. Lysenko
Awards	K. A. Timiryazev Prize
Academic background
Education	Doctor of Biological Sciences (1935)
Alma mater	Saint Petersburg University (1913)
Academic advisors	V. I. Palladin, A. A. Richter
Academic work
Discipline	Botany, Plant Physiology
Institutions	Perm University, Research Institute of Cotton Growing in Tashkent, All-Union Institute of Fertilizers, Agrochemistry and Agrosoil Science, Moscow State University, Institute of Plant Physiology of the USSR Academy of Sciences
Notable students	P. A. Genkel, O.A. Semikhatov

Biography

Born on 17 November (29), 1889 in St. Petersburg.

In 1913, he graduated from Imperial Saint Petersburg University.

In 1918, he was invited to Perm University as a senior assistant at the Department of Plant Physiology. Participated in the creation of a plant physiology laboratory, in the work of the Kama Biological Station, and the Biological Research Institute at Perm University. In 1923, he received the title of professor and a year later was appointed head of the department of plant physiology.^[1]

From February 1923 to 17 December 1924,^[2] he worked as Vice-Rector (head of the scientific and educational department) of Perm University.

As of 1929, he was head of the laboratory of the Research Institute of Cotton Growing in Tashkent, and since 1932, he was head of the laboratory of the All-Union Institute of Fertilizers, Agrochemistry, and Agrosoil Science.

From 1932 to 1948, he was a professor and head of the Plant Physiology department at Moscow State University.^[3] While teaching at Moscow State University for over ten years, he openly criticized Lysenkoism / the teachings of T. D. Lysenko.

From 1938 to 1941, he was head of the laboratory of Institute of Plant Physiology of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

In 1948, he was appointed director of The Botanical Garden of Moscow State University. After the August session of the All-Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences in 1948, which ushered in the era of the official recognition of Lysenkoism, he was relieved of his position as head of the botanical garden and the department of plant physiology of the biological faculty by order of the Minister of Higher Education of the USSR No. 1208 of 23 August 1948, "for the fight against the Michurinists" (a Stalin-era euphemism, it meant he dared to criticize T.D. Lysenko, who was a Stalin protégé).^[4]

From 1949 to 1951, he headed the Black Sea Station of the Institute of Oceanology of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

He committed suicide in 1951 in Golubaya Bukhta near Gelendzhik (he shot himself).^[5]

Daughter Marina (1917–2000) was a musicologist.

Scientific activity

One of the most important phytophysiologists of the 20th century, D.A. Sabinin was the first among biologists back in the early 1940s who understood the enormous role of nucleic acids in plant ontogeny. His classic works on mineral nutrition, in which he substantiated the specific role of the root not only as a passive organ that absorbs water and minerals but also as the most important biochemical laboratory of the plant, were important stages in the development of plant physiology as a science. In 1945, for the monograph "Mineral Nutrition of Plants" (1940), he was awarded the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. K. A. Timiryazev.^[6]

D. A. Sabinin brought up a galaxy of students who played a huge role in the post-war development of plant physiology in the USSR: M. A. Ali-Zade, S. S. Andreenko, T. F. Andreeva, S. S. Baslavskaya, A. K. Belousova, P. A. Genkel, V. N. Zholkevich, M. G. Zaitseva, I. I. Kolosov, L. I. Krasovsky, B. G. Minina, N. G. Potapov, Yu. A. Samygin, O. A. Semikhatova, M. B. Shternberg, N. Z. Stankov, O. M. Trubetskova, A. F. Kleshnin, N. K. Tilgor, O. F. Tueva, Yu. L. Tselniker, V. V. Tserling, and many others.

Main works

• Mineral nutrition of plants. Moscow, 1940;
• Physiological bases of plant nutrition. Moscow, 1955;
• Physiology of plant development. Moscow., 963;
• Selected works on the mineral nutrition of plants. Moscow.,1971.

Memory

He was buried on the territory of the Southern Branch (in the past – the Black Sea Station) of the Institute of Oceanology in Golubaya Bukhta.

In 1989, taking into account the importance of D. A. Sabinin in the restoration and development of domestic biology, his fruitful pedagogical activity as a professor at Moscow University, the Academic Council of the Faculty of Biology, on the 100th anniversary of his birth, established an annual award for the faculty members for the best work on biology, awarded to researchers or research teams.^[7]

In 2005, the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory named the newly discovered minor planet (registered in the international catalog under number 6591) "Sabinin" in honor of Dmitry Anatolyevich Sabinin.^[8][9]

In honor of Dmitry Anatolyevich, the plant genus Sabinia (2018)^[10] [= Caroxylon Thunb.].

References/Notes

1. Suvorov V. I. Sabinin Dmitry Anatolyevich // Professors of Perm State University: (1916–2001) of 26 December 2014 on the Wayback Machine / Ch. ed. V. V. Malanin . – Perm: Publishing House of Perm. un-ta, 2001. – 419 p. – S. 164.
2. Kaptsugovich I. S. Restructuring of higher education in the recovery period. Further development of the university. 1921–1925 // Perm State University. Gorky: Historical essay. 1916–1966. / Ed. F. S. Gorovoy . Perm Book publishing house, 1966. – 292 p. – S. 30.
3. . 20 November 2018. Archived from the original on 20 November 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
4. . 29 November 2018. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
5. "Ю. Л. Цельникер. "Я не мог поступить иначе"". modernproblems.org.ru. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
6. . 14 August 2014. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
7. . 13 March 2022. Archived from the original on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
8. Golovkin B. N., Kirichenko E. B. Chronicle of plant science: from Aristotle to the present day. – GBS RAS. – M. , 2007. – 85 p. – 300 copies. — ISBN 5-201-14556-3.
9. . 1 October 2015. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
10. Fedorova T. A. The genus Sabinia – Sabinia // Flora of the Lower Volga region. – M .  : Partnership scientific. ed. KMK, 2018. – V. 2, part 1: Separate-petal dicotyledonous flowering plants (Salicaceae – Droseraceae) / holes. ed. N. M. Reshetnikova. – S. 179. – 497 p. – (Guidelines for the flora and fauna of Russia; issue 13). – 700 copies. – ISBN 978-5-907099-55-5 . – ISBN 978-5-907099-90-6 (vol. 2, part 1).

Further reading

• Chailakhyan M. Kh. Life and work of Professor D. A. Sabinin // Plant Physiology. 1965. T. 12. Issue. 5;
• Genkel P.A. Dmitry Anatolievich Sabinin. 1889–1951. — M .: Nauka , 1980. — 184 p. – ( Scientific and biographical series ). — 14,000 copies.
• Dmitry Anatolyevich Sabinin in the memoirs of his contemporaries: Collection / Ed. ed. V. N. Zholkevich. – Mоscow : Nauka, 1992. – 232 p. — (Scientists of Russia. Essays, memoirs, materials). – 450 copies.

External links

1. Sabinin Dmitry Anatolievich Chronicle of Moscow University. Date of access: 13 April 2018.
2. Dmitry Anatolyevich Sabinin (1889–1951) // Shnol S. Heroes, villains, conformists of domestic science. Internet library Xliby.ru.
3. Nechaeva E.P. Minor planet Sabinin // Society of Plant Physiologists of Russia.
4. Nechaeva E.P. Dmitry Anatolyevich Sabinin in Golubaya Bay // Questions of modern algology.
5. Sabinin Dmitry Anatolyevich // Great Soviet Encyclopedia: [in 30 volumes] / ch. ed. A. M. Prokhorov . – 3rd ed. – M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969–1978. , [bse.sci-lib.com/article098651.html].
6. Sabinin Dmitry Anatolyevich // Famous, great, brilliant people.
7. Suvorov V. I. Sabinin Dmitry Anatolyevich // Professors of the Perm State University: (1963–2001) 26 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine / Ch. ed.: V. V. Malanin . Perm: Perm Publishing House. un-ta, 2001. 419 p. S. 164.
8. Sabinin Dmitry Anatolyevich // Lomonosov Knowledge Foundation.
9. Tselniker Yu. L. Paths not traveled by D. A. Sabinina (memoirs and reflections) // Project "Social history of domestic science". Institute of the History of Natural Science and Technology. S. I. Vavilov RAS.
10. Tselniker Yu. L. "I could not do otherwise." About the fate of Professor D. A. Sabinin // Electronic library "Modern problems".