- Igor Akimushkin
Igor Ivanovich Akimushkin (
May 1 ,1929 – 1993) was aRussia nzoologist andwriter .Born in
Moscow , he graduated the biological faculty ofMoscow State University in 1952.His first books, "Traces of Rare Animals" and "Following the Legends", were published in 1961.Igor Akimushkin wrote a large number of popular science books and made a significant contribution to science and made some discoveries by exploring the marine life. Most of his works were translated to other languages. The
cephalopod name Cycloteuthis akimushkini Filippova was named in honour of Igor Akimushkin in 1968 . [ [http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/personetymol/index.htm Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names (BEMON)"] ]His most well known book is "The Animal World".
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* [http://www.rgdb.ru/archiv/akimush.asp Игорь Иванович Акимушкин]
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