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Entomology in the Royal Apartments: Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich and His Scientific Circle
 
PIIS020596060022969-7-1
DOI10.31857/S020596060022969-7
Publication type Article
Status Published
Authors
Tatiana Yusupovа 
Affiliation: St. Petersburg Branch of S. I. Vavilov Institute for the History of Science and Technology, Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: St. Petersburg, Universitetskaia nab., 5
Maxim Vinarskii
Affiliation: St. Petersburg Branch of S. I. Vavilov Institute for the History of Science and Technology, Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: St. Petersburg, Universitetskaia nab., 5
Journal nameVoprosy istorii estestvoznaniia i tekhniki
EditionVolume 43 Issue 4
Pages747-771
Abstract

The article discusses the history of research in the field of entomology (lepidopterology, the discipline studying butterflies, Lepidoptera), carried out in the late 19th century by Nikolai Mikhailovich, Grand Duke of Russia (1859–1919), and his closest associates who formed a scientific circle (“kruzhok”). We review the origins of the Grand Dukeʼs fascination with natural science, his research in the field of lepidopterology, and his activities devoted to assembling the largest private collection of butterflies in Russia. Nikolai Mikhailovich’s publications in entomology as well as his work on the voluminous Mémoires sur les Lépidoptères in 9 volumes (1884–1901) are characterized. The authors discuss the motives for creating the Grand Dukeʼs entomological circle, its lines of work and membership, its achievements, and the causes of its dissolution at the very end of the 19th century. Nikolai Mikhailovich together with the small community of enthusiasts, brought together by him, played an important role in the development of entomology (descriptive lepidopterology) in the Russian Empire. The history of the kruzhok’s formation and activities is of undoubted interest for the historians of science as a successful example of the “private” form of organization of scientific research, an alternative to government and public initiatives.

KeywordsGrand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich, lepidopterology in Russia in the 19th century, scientific circle, institutionalization of science, lepidopterological collection, Mémoires sur les Lépidoptères
Received28.03.2022
Publication date12.12.2022
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