Academicians :: PARFENOV Viktor Ivanovich

Viktor Ivanovich Parfenov (b. 23.09.1934, v. Prudki, Pochinki District, Smolensk Region, Russia), botanist, ecologist. Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (1986; corresponding member since 1980), Doctor of Biological Sciences (1975), Professor (1988). Honored Scientist of the Republic of Belarus (2000). Member of the liquidation of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

— Graduated from the Belarusian Institute of Technology (1957).
— Since 1959 - at the Institute of Experimental Botany named after V.F. Kuprevich of the AN of the BSSR.
— In 1965-1968 - Scientific Secretary of the Council for the Coordination of Scientific Activities of the Academy of Sciences of the BSSR.
— Since 1968 - Head of the laboratory, in 1973-2000 - Director of the Institute of Experimental Botany named after V.F. Kuprevich of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, since 2000 - Honorary Director and Department Head of this Institute.

The main works on floristics, phytogeography, geobotany, ecology, systematics and evolution of plants. Created a modern Belarusian floristic school. Established patterns of growth and productivity of phytocenoses, features of the biology of plant species and populations in optimal and extreme conditions. For the first time, he theoretically and experimentally substantiated and solved the problem of a plant species at the boundaries of an area. He conducted a biosystematic study of individual species and genera of the Belarusian flora, studied the patterns of modern anthropogenic changes in flora and vegetation. He developed theoretical and practical bases for the protection of the biodiversity of the plant world of the republic and the organization of a system of protected objects. They proposed the principles of the ecologically optimal component of natural, disturbed and transformed ecosystems, substantiated new theoretical approaches to the evolution of higher plants, investigated the patterns of migration of radionuclides in natural and vegetable complexes.

Author of over 450 scientific papers, incl. more than 50 monographs and individual publications.

State Prize of the BSSR in 1972 for a series of works on the study of vegetation in Belarus, Prize of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus in 2011 in the field of biology for the series of works “Moss-like as an integral component of the biodiversity of the plant world of Belarus” (co-author)

Awarded with the Order of Friendship of Peoples (1981), the Medal of Francis Skaryna (2009), the Gold Medal of the European Scientific and Industrial Chamber (Belgium, Brussels) (2013), the Diploma of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus (2014).

Major papers:

Обусловленность распространения и адаптации видов растений на границах ареалов. Мн., 1980.
Флора Белорусского Полесья (современное состояние, тенденции развития). Мн.: Наука и техника, 1983.
Антропогенные изменения флоры и растительности Белоруссии. Мн.: Наука и техника, 1985 (совм. с Г.А. Ким, Г.Ф. Рыковским).
Кариология флоры как основа цитогенетического мониторинга. Мн.: Наука и техника, 1991 (совм. с С.А. Дмитриевой).
Радиоактивное загрязнение растительности Беларуси (в связи с аварией на ЧАЭС). Мн.: Навука і тэхніка, 1995 (в соавт.).
Национальный атлас Республики Беларусь. Мн., 2002 (в соавт.).
Флора Беларуси. Сосудистые растения. В 6 т. Т 1. Мн.: Беларус. навука, 2009 (в соавт.).
Флора Беларуси. Сосудистые растения. В 6 т. Т 2. Мн.: Беларус. навука, 2013 (в соавт.).