Boris Mikhailovich Zhitkov

His father Mikhail Ivanovich was a military engineer who had seen action at Sevastopol during the Crimean War (1853-1856).

In 1922 he founded a biological station at Losino-Ostrovsky (Losino-Pogonny Island) where he employed several of his students including B.

A. Kuznetsov, N. P. Lavrov, E. P. Spangenberg, S. P. Naumov, A. N. Formozov, D. N. Danilov, P. B. Yurgenson, N. K. Vereshchagin, S. S. Folitarek, I. Yu.

Zhitkova, S. F. Chirkova, V. G. Stakhrovsky, N. P. Naumov, A. P. Razorenova, S. V. Lobachev, D. M. Vyazhlinsky, L. I. Girshfeld, V. G. Geptner, S. I. Ognev, G. L. Grave, and Ya.

He was also involved in the introduction of animals (then termed acclimatization) for fur including the muskrat and nutria (1928-1932).

Zoology students at Moscow. Seated third from left Professor B. M. Zhitkov. Standing left to right, G.A. Feigin, unidentified, S.P. Naumov, E. P. Spangenberg and others