Ivan P. Borodin (1847–1930) was a Russian botanist, popularizer of science, the founder of the Russian preservation movement.
In 1876, he received a master’s degree in botany for his dissertation Physiological Investigations of Respiration in Leaf Shoots. He is also known for the discovery of crystallizing chlorophyll, which played a major role in the study of this substance. In 1873, Borodin initiated a study of flavonoids in Russia.
In different years, he was a professor and lecturer on botany at the St. Petersburg Medical-Surgical Academy, the Forest Institute, the Novorossiysk and St. Petersburg Universities.
Since 1887, Ivan Borodin was a Corresponding Member, and since 1902, an Academician of the Imperial St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences. From 1902, he held the position of the Director of the Botanical Museum of the Academy of Sciences.
Borodin repeatedly promoted the idea of nature protection. In 1912, a Standing Environmental Commission of the Russian Geographical Society was established with his active participation. On the initiative of I. Borodin, in 1915, a Russian Botanical Society was instituted of which he was the permanent President till the end of his life.
The main image features a portrait of I. Borodin against the background of the covers of his papers and the logo of the RGS; the commemorative stamp provides images that show symbolically geographic projects.
| Denomination |
Paper |
Printing method |
Format of the postal card |
Edition |
| Letter “B” |
Chalk surfaced |
Offset |
105 × 148 mm |
7,0 thousand postcards |