Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Paleontological Institute
	Палеонтологический институт РАН
Established	1930
Location	Moscow, Russia
Website	http://www.paleo.ru/

The Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (PIN; Russian: Палеонтологический институт РАН) in Moscow is among the world's largest paleontological institutes. An affiliate of the Russian Academy of Sciences, it includes collections from all over the former Soviet Union, as well as from other countries.

Museum

The Museum of Paleontology named after Yuri Alexandrovich Orlov is run by the Institute, and contains public exhibits representing almost every type of fossil organism. Particularly well represented are dinosaurs from Mongolia, therapsids from the Perm region of Russia, and Precambrian fossils from Siberia.

During World War II, the museum operated under a skeleton staff between 1941-1943 as the threat of the Battle of Moscow anticipated an invasion by the German army. Some specimens were packed up to prevent damage or destruction in air raids.[1]

Notable staff

References

Bodylevskaya, I.V. (2007). "The Paleontological Institute during World War II: Academician A.A. Borissiak and the Moscow Group". Paleontological Journal. 41 (2): 212–221. doi:10.1134/S0031030107020128.

External links

(in English and Russian) Laboratory of Arthropods
(in English) Paleontological Institute pages at the University of California Museum of Paleontology website

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[1] Bodylevskaya, I.V. (2007). "The Paleontological Institute during World War II: Academician A.A. Borissiak and the Moscow Group". Paleontological Journal. 41 (2): 212–221. doi:10.1134/S0031030107020128.