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Khachatur Koshtoyants

1900 – 1961

Soviet Russian physiologist and professor

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About Khachatur Koshtoyants

Lived 1900 – 1961 (aged 60). Khachatur Koshtoyants was a Russian physiologist and academic.

Khachatour Koshtoyants (; ; September 26, 1900 – April 2, 1961) was a Soviet physiologist, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union (since 1939),

He was a Laureate of the 1947 Stalin Prize. He graduated from the Lomonosov Moscow State University in 1926. From 1929 he worked in his alma mater. In 1935 he received the title of Professor.

From 1943 Koshtoyants headed the Department of Physiology of Animals at the Lomonosov Moscow State University. Also from 1936 he worked at the Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union. From 1946 to 1953 he was Director of the Vavilov Institute for the History of Science and Technology.

He died in Moscow in 1961.

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Important facts

Born

13 September 1900, Gyumri

Birth century

19th century

Died

2 April 1961, Moscow

Occupation

Physiologist, academic

Nationality

Russian Empire, Soviet Union

Education

Second Moscow State University

Positions held

Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union

Employers

Moscow Pedagogical State University, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Lomonosov Moscow State University, S.I. Vavilov Institute for the History of Natural Science and Technology

Awards

Stalin Prize, 2nd degree; Order of Lenin; Order of the Badge of Honour; Order of the Red Banner of Labour; Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"; Mikhail Lomonosov Award; Orbeli Prize

Also known as

Khachatur Sedraki Koshtoyants, Koshtoyants, Khachatur Sedraki, Khachatur S. Koshtoyants

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Khachatur Koshtoyants's

August Gutzmer

1860 – 1924

Mathematician

D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson

Frequently asked questions

Who was Khachatur Koshtoyants?

soviet Russian physiologist and professor

When was Khachatur Koshtoyants born?

Khachatur Koshtoyants was born on 13 September 1900 in Gyumri.

When did Khachatur Koshtoyants die?

Khachatur Koshtoyants died on 2 April 1961 in Moscow.

What was Khachatur Koshtoyants's occupation?

Khachatur Koshtoyants was a physiologist and academic.

What nationality was Khachatur Koshtoyants?

Khachatur Koshtoyants was Russian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Khachatur Koshtoyants

· Wikidata: Q1032365

· DBpedia: Khachatour Koshtoyants

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