The Russian Bat Research Group (RBRG) was established following the resolution of the VIIth All-Russian Bat Research Conference (13-16 April 1999) as an executive branch of the Chiropterological Commission of the All-Russian Theriological Society (Russian Academy of Sciences). Accumulation of information about on-going bat research in Russia and adjacent territories, and also about bat research conducted by Russian chiropterologists outside Russia; Elaboration and conduction of field research projects in ecology and distribution of Russian bats and elaboration of conservation measures; Distribution of knowledge about bats, their biology and conservation requirements among common public within Russia. To become a member of the Russian Bat Research group you only have to inform the coordinator of your wish to help in the investigation and protection of Russian bats. ... [Information of the supplier]
The Zoological Institute is one of the oldest scientific institutions in St. Petersburg. In 2007 the institute became 175 years old although history of establishment of collections at the institute and the museum began much earlier, i.e. since the time of Peter the Great, who purchased exhibits for the Kunstkammer, the first Russian museum established by him in 1714. The first museum catalogue (1742) lists approximately 4000 representatives of mammals, birds, amphibians, fishes, insects and invertebrates, deposited in scientific collections of the Kunstkammer. The 18th century was the age of great expeditions including the famous academic expeditions of P.S. Pallas in the southern regions of Russia and Siberia. Extensive material collected during numerous marine and land expeditions of the early 19th century filled depository of the Kunstkammer. The official opening of the Zoological Museum took place in July 1832, which is accepted as the time of its foundation. Later the museum was transformed into the Zoological Museum of the Academy of Sciences. Its scientific collections comprise approximately 60,000,000 items. The Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a leading research institution is one of the most significant zoological institutions in the world. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
The Laboratory of Arthropods, Palaeontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences is dedicated to research on to fossil insects (Palaeoentomology). Fossil insect studies in Russia started just before the establishment of the Palaeontological Institute. They were initiated by a renowned entomologist A.V. Martynov (1879-1938), who became a founder of the Laboratory of Entomology in this Institute. During the years of its existence, the Laboratory of Arthropods accumulated the most extensive collection of fossil insects and arachnids comprising approximately 200,000 specimens and being one of the best collections in the World. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
