V. R. Dolnik

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name = Viktor Rafaeljevich Dolnik
Виктор Рафаэльевич Дольник


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birth_date = birth date|1931|01|13|mf=y
birth_place = Sverdlovsk, USSR
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nationality = flagicon|RUS Russian
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field = Biologist, ornithologist, ethologist
work_institution = Zoological Institute Of Russian Academy of Science
alma_mater = Leningradsky University
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Dolnik, Victor Rafaeljevich (born in 1938). Russian ornithologist, Ph. D, Sc. D nat., prof., chief research fellow at Zoological institute of Russian Academy of science. Vice -president of Russian ornithologists' Union, honorary of American ornithological union, Corresponding member of German and Netherlandish ornithological unions

Biography

Dolnik was born in Sverdlovsk in 1938. In 1960 graduated from Leningrad state University.For 30 years he has been the chief of ornithlolgical station "Rybachy" (literally "Fishers`" - after a village, where it's situated).He gained a PhD degree in 1967, and the Sc.D in 1976. He has been a professor since 1983.

Works

He has about 200 written works. He is the author (in cooperation with Kozlov M.A.) of a textbook on zoology for secondary schools.He is best known to the general public for a series of articles concerning human ethology (1980-90s). Thesearticles later were compiled into a book "The mischievous child of the biosphere" (1994).