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Vladimir Beshkov
Vladimir Atanasov Beshkov ( bg, Владимир Анастасов Бешков; 10 September 1935 – 23 October 2019) was a Bulgarian zoologist and herpetologist who worked at the Institute of Zoology to the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Biography Vladimir Beshkov was born in Sofia on 10 September 1935 in the family of the Bulgarian geographer Prof. Anastas Beshkov, a member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. He spent his childhood in the town of Svishtov in the north of Bulgaria, where his father worked. In 1959, he graduated from the Faculty of Biology, Geology and Geography at Sofia University and began working at the Institute of Zoology to the Bulgarian Academy of Science. In 1978, he defended a dissertation on the ecological and biological characteristics of snakes in Maleshevo Mountain; in 1995 he retired as an associate professor. His son Stoyan Beshov is an entomologist at the National Museum of Natural History, Bulgaria, National Museum of Natural History in Sof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofia
Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and has many mineral springs, such as the Sofia Central Mineral Baths. It has a humid continental climate. Being in the centre of the Balkans, it is midway between the Black Sea and the Adriatic Sea, and closest to the Aegean Sea. Known as Serdica in Antiquity and Sredets in the Middle Ages, Sofia has been an area of human habitation since at least 7000 BC. The recorded history of the city begins with the attestation of the conquest of Serdica by the Roman Republic in 29 BC from the Celtic tribe Serdi. During the decline of the Roman Empire, the city was raided by Huns, Visigoths, Avars and Slavs. In 809, Serdica was incorporated into the Bulgarian Empire by Khan Krum and became known as Sredets. In 1018, the Byzantines ended Bulgarian rule ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
