Claim: Russian zoologist, Aleksei Korotnev studied at Moscow University amd became a professor at the University of Kiev ---he made extensive zoological collections in the Indian and Pacific Oceans during his career, but his principal work was on the embryonic development of cnidarians, bryozoans, tunicates, and insects.
Evidence: Aleksei Alekseevich Korotnev (February 15, 1854, Moscow- June 14, 1915, Odessa) was a Russian zoologist Korotnev graduated from Moscow University in 1876 and gained his doctorate there in 1881. In 1887 he became a professor at the University of Kiev. In 1885 and in 1890-91, he made extensive zoological collections in the Indian Ocean and Pacific ocean regions. His principal work was on the embryonic development of cnidarians, bryozoans, tunicates and insects.