Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy (full name in ) is one of the oldest agrarian educational institutions in Moscow, Russia. It was founded on December 3, 1865. It is under the Supervisory of the
Russian Ministry of Agriculture. It was named for
Kliment Timiryazev
Kliment Arkadievich Timiryazev, sometimes Timiriazev (; – 28 April 1920) was a Russian botanist and physiologist and a major proponent of thought of Charles Darwin in Russia. He founded a faculty of plant physiology and a laboratory at the P ...
, a Russian botanist and physiologist and proponent of
evolution
Evolution is the change in the heritable Phenotypic trait, characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. It occurs when evolutionary processes such as natural selection and genetic drift act on genetic variation, re ...
by
natural selection
Natural selection is the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype. It is a key mechanism of evolution, the change in the Heredity, heritable traits characteristic of a population over generation ...
. Prior to this it was called the Petrovsky Agricultural Academy.
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Universities in Moscow
Agricultural universities and colleges in Russia
Universities and colleges established in 1865
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