The Institute of Experimental Education in St Petersburg is one of the oldest scientific establishments in Russia.
It was founded by
Alexander of Oldenburg in 1888 along the lines of
Louis Pasteur's
Pasteur Institute
The Pasteur Institute (french: Institut Pasteur) is a French non-profit private foundation dedicated to the study of biology, micro-organisms, diseases, and vaccines. It is named after Louis Pasteur, who invented pasteurization and vaccines ...
. It was here that
Pavlov did much of his groundbreaking physiological research.
The portal of the library is decorated with tiles created by
Peter Vaulin between 1911 and 1913.
Departments
The institute was divided into eight departments:
* Chemistry headed by M.V.Nentsky
*
Epizootiology headed by K.Ya.Gelman
* General Bacteriology headed by
Sergei Winogradsky
* Pathologic Anatomy headed by N.V.Uskov
* Physiology headed by Pavlov
* Science Library headed by V.G.Ushakov
* Syphilidology headed by E.F.Shperk
* Vaccination Department headed by V.A.Krayushkin
References
External links
Official Website
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Medical research institutes in Russia
Medical research institutes in the Soviet Union
Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Saint Petersburg