Logo of the Imperial Society of Naturalists of Moscow
The Imperial Society of Naturalists of Moscow (in Russian, Московское общество испытателей природы, МОИП; in English, Imperial Society of Naturalists of Moscow; in French, Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou) is one of the oldest scientific societies in Moscow. Russia.
It was founded under the auspices of two nobles, Mikhail Myravyov and Alexis Razumovsky, by Johann Fischer von Waldheim in 1805. Princess Zenaǐde Wolkonsky made a gift from her own library to society.
Cultural institutions such as the Polytechnic Museum, Museum of Zoology of the Moscow University and the Herbarium used to be affiliated with society.
The company has published its own bimonthly magazine, Bulletin of the Societé Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou (abbreviated Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou), since 1826.
The company has included many staff members of the Moscow University. Its current president is the rector of the university, Viktor Sadovnichiy.
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