Sapozhnikov Vasily Vasilyevich

Sapozhnikov Vasily Vasilyevich (27.11 (09.12) 1861, Perm – 11. 08.1924, Tomsk) – a biologist, nature researcher, public official. Born into a family of teachers. He graduated from the Perm provincial gymnasium (1880), the natural science department of physics and mathematics…
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Porphyry Nikitich Krylov

Krylov Porphiriy Nikitich (14(1).08.1850, Sagayskaya village, Minusinskiy uyezd, Yenisei province – 12.27.1931, Tomsk) – pharmacist, botanist, professor, founder of the Herbarium, hereditary honorary citizen of Perm. Born into a family of an honorary citizen of Perm, Commerce councilor and Chevalier…
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Sergievskaya Lydia Palladievna

Sergievskaya Lydia Palladievna (5.03 (22.02) 1897, Shirogorye (Shirokogorye) village, Vologda province. – 21.09.1970, Tomsk) – botanist, professor, the Herbarium curator. Born to a family of priest, senior priest of the Demetrius Shirogorye church. She studied at Tomsk Diocesan College (1910–1912),…
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Polozhiy Antonina Vasilyevna

Polozhiy (born Teterskaya) Antonina Vasilyevna (12.05(30.04)1917, Tomsk – 20.11.2003, Tomsk) – botanist, Professor, Head of the Herbarium. Born into a family of employees of the Office of the Tomsk Railroad. Studied at the seven–year school (1923–1930), from which she graduated…
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The General herbarium

The General department of the Herbarium (more than 66,000 specimens) comprises herbarium specimens collected beyond Siberia (the European part of Russia, Crimea, the Caucasus, the Russian Far East, Western Europe, North America, Brazil, Japan, China, etc.). The collection was established…
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Flora of the Yenisey Siberia

The department of the Yenisei Siberia (about 42 thousand herbarium sheets). The collection started to build up at the beginning of the twentieth century from materials of P.N. Krylov (1892) from Mirskiy and Aradanskiy ridges, but was not properly documented….
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Flora of Central Asia

The Department of Central Asia (about 40 thousand herbarium sheets) was established by P.N. Krylov in the early days of the Herbarium as “herbarium of Semipalatinsk and Semirechye”, later – “herbarium of Turkestan”, the collection was eventually formally established by…
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Flora of Western Siberia

The Department of Western Siberia (about 65 thousand herbarium sheets) was a first Herbarium department. It was initially established as the Herbarium of the Altai and Tomsk Province in 1885, after 1918 it was renamed as the Department of Western…
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Flora of Eastern Siberia

Department of Eastern Siberia (about 42 thousand herbarium sheets) began to fill out in 1930 with the first expedition of P.N. Krylov and L.P. Sergiyevskaya to Transbaikalia and was especially extended as a result of the next 30 expeditions of…
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Type specimens

An important indicator characterizing collections and the significance of the Herbarium is the number of authentic specimens. Department of type specimens, as it used to happen in all the Russian herbaria (then – USSR) was established as a separate collection…
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Other collections

The Doublet Department of the Herbarium (about 20,000 herbarium sheets) was established in 1922, following the final arrangement of all the herbarium collections that had been gathered since its foundation, and was supplemented in processing and arrangement of all materials…
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Collections

The Collections of the P.N. Krylov Herbarium of Tomsk State University is a collection of documented plant specimens preserved by drying under pressure. A herbarium sheet is a quantity unit of the collection. It is a paper of herbarium format…
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Taxonomy notes

Taxonomy notes based on the materials of the P.N. Krylov Herbarium of Tomsk State University is a continued edition of the TSU Herbarium, which focuses on publishing of the protologues (original descriptions) of new species of plants, systematic (taxonomic) reviews,…
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Catalog

Catalogs of P.N. Krylov Herbarium were established to store information and quickly find reference. There are floral, geographical and library catalogs, and a catalog with illustrations of plants. Floristic catalog contains information about the location and environmental confinement of species….
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The Library of Herbarium

The Library of the P.N. Krylov Herbarium of Tomsk State University contains a professional literature and books on botany and related subjects. P.N. Krylov, the founder of the Herbarium of TSU, along with the establishment of the Herbarium, began collecting…
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