Graduate of Riga Polytechnic Institute, agronomist Boris Jenken (1873-1943)

2018
Victor Vergunov

The article is dedicated to the life and creative heritage of the graduate of the Riga Polytechnic Institute (RPI; 1900) agronomist Boris Jenken (Борис Карлович Єнкен; 1873-1943). B. Jenken was an organizer, scientist, breeder, educator, historian and bibliographer of agrarian science of the Ukrainian national agriculture. The study was carried out using not well-known and recently distributed documents for use in the archives of the Russian Federation and the Ukraine, as well as monographs and publications in periodicals. The article analyses the life and activity periods of the researcher related to the organization and implementation of national agricultural trials, mainly in the field of breeding and seed growing. The emphasis was placed on B. Jenkens’ scientific and pedagogical work in Ukraine: in Kharkiv (1908-1919; 1925-1926; 1930), Odessa (1924), Maslovka (1927-1929), and Kyiv (1928-1929).

Keywords
Riga Polytechnic Institute, Boris Jenken, agronomy in the first half of the 20th century in Ukraine.
DOI
10.7250/HESIHE.2018.011

Vergunov, V. Graduate of Riga Polytechnic Institute, agronomist Boris Jenken (1873-1943). History of Engineering Sciences and Institutions of Higher Education / Inženierzinātņu un augstskolu vēsture, 2018, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 137-156. ISSN 2592-8651. e-ISSN 2592-8643. Available from: doi:10.7250/HESIHE.2018.011

Publication language
English (en)