page_title: Andrey Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky
hierarchical_section_title: Andrey Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky
caption_attribution_description: English: USSR 17-04-1938 cover. Sent from Leningrad to Moscow by a Russian entomologist Andrey Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky. The letter's addressee name is Vera Mikhaylovna Muromtseva. Catalogue: CPA 584
context_page_description: Andrey Petrovich Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky was a Russian entomologist specializing in beetles. He was the son of Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky.
  He entered the St. Petersburg University in 1885. In 1888 and 1889 he traveled to the Trans-Caspian and Turkestan regions in search of insects, then in 1890 became a curator at the Imperial Academy of Sciences. He worked at the museum only until 1896 and then worked at his home. He studied mainly the Hymenoptera and Dermaptera. Citations of this author most frequently bear the spelling Semenov-Tian-Shanskij. He also took an interest in the poetry of Pushkin, the protection of nature, and a range of other subjects. He died from pneumonia during the siege of Leningrad.
context_section_description: Andrey Petrovich Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky (Russian: Андре́й Петро́вич Семёнов-Тянь-Ша́нский) (9 June 1866–1942) was a Russian entomologist specializing in beetles. He was the son of Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky.
  He entered the St. Petersburg University in 1885. In 1888 and 1889 he traveled to the Trans-Caspian and Turkestan regions in search of insects, then in 1890 became a curator at the Imperial Academy of Sciences. He worked at the museum only until 1896 and then worked at his home. He studied mainly the Hymenoptera and Dermaptera. Citations of this author most frequently bear the spelling Semenov-Tian-Shanskij (e.g. ). He also took an interest in the poetry of Pushkin, the protection of nature, and a range of other subjects. He died from pneumonia during the siege of Leningrad.
caption: Cover sent by Andrey Petrovich Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky in 1938.
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