Botanical Atlas. N.P. Zhivotovsky

Botanical Atlas N.P. Zhivotovsky (1846–1888) - one of the famous books on natural sciences in pre -revolutionary Russia. For almost twenty years, its author gave the pedagogical museum of St. Petersburg, published a variety of works on botany and natural sciences. Zhivotovsky studied at the natural department of the Physics and Mathematics Faculty of St. Petersburg University, which he graduated in 1868 and soon entered the Main Directorate of Military Educational Institutions. In 1871, a permanent commission of the pedagogical museum was established. Nikolai Zhivotovsky became the secretary of the commission and the head of the museum. For more than fifteen years, Zhivotovsky worked in this position, fully devoting himself to his beloved business.
In 1883, Zhivotovsky fulfilled the treasured dream: he created a training botanical garden at the Pedagogical Museum on donations, which made it possible for teachers of secondary educational institutions to use the necessary living plants in the course of the course, as well as arrange educational excursions to familiarize students with plant groups and plant phenomena kingdoms.
Thiva’s works are various natural-historical atlases and tables, popular books for the people on natural science, etc. And are the fruit of their scientific activity, to which he devoted all his free time from service