Михайлов Кирилл Глебович
Московский государственный университет им. М.В. Ломоносова
DOI: 10.24411/2076-8176-2017-11914
Александр Федорович Котс (Эрих Александр Котс) (1880-1964) посвятил свою жизнь созданию и развитию знаменитого Дарвиновского музея в Москве.
An Enthusiast of Museum Affair
Mikhailov Kirill G.
Moscow State University
DOI: 10.24411/2076-8176-2017-11914
Alexandr Fyodorovich Kots (Alexander Erich Kohts) (1880-1964) devoted his life to the creation and development of the famous Darwin Museum in Moscow. He was called «Professor-social activist, and his ideas came in time and largely satisfy the ideological needs of the Soviet authorities in the field of biological science, since Darwinism was always supported by Marxism-Leninism. After A. Kots had passed the Museum was about to be dissolved, they were going to give collections to schools; but the new director V.N. Ignatijeva managed to stop this insane project. In her autobiography she gave an overview of the period of 1960-1980, sad time in the history of Museum. The new Museum was built in the 1990s following the ideas of A.F. Kots.