Boris Mikhailovich Zhitkov

He established a biological research station where many founding figures of Soviet zoology were trained.

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

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