Dmitry Evstratievich Kharitonov (; 1896-1970), also spelt Charitonov, was the first native Russian

arachnologist Arachnology is the scientific study of arachnids, which comprise spiders and related invertebrates such as scorpions, pseudoscorpions, and harvestmen. Those who study spiders and other arachnids are arachnologists. More narrowly, the study of sp ...

. In 1916 he founded the arachnological school of

Perm State University Perm State University (now Perm State National Research University; russian: Пермский университет, Пермский государственный университет, , romanised: , ) or PSU, PSNRU (russian: ПГУ, , ro ...

, the oldest arachnology research group in Russia. The culmination of his work was the comprehensive ''Katalog der russischen Spinnen'' (en: ''Catalogue of Russian spiders''), published bilingually in 1932, with an addition published in 1936. He grew up under the supervision of Dmitry Mikhailovich Fedotov, an arachnologist from

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. One of his

postgraduate Postgraduate or graduate education refers to academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications pursued by post-secondary students who have earned an undergraduate ( bachelor's) degree. The organization and stru ...

s, T.S. Mkheidze, has been working in Georgia since the 1930s.

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Soviet arachnologists Scientists from the Russian Empire Perm State University alumni 1896 births 1970 deaths {