Ionov Rostislav Nikolaevich (1929),
Doctor of Biological Sciences (1991)
Russian. Born in the stanitsa of Otradnaya, Krasnodar Krai, Russian Federation.
Graduated from the agronomy faculty of KSHI (1952).
Worked as a laboratory assistant, junior researcher, and senior researcher at the Institute of Biology of the Academy of Sciences of the Kirghiz SSR; since 1998, he has been the Deputy Director for Science at the BP Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Specialist in the field of botany, rational use of herbaceous ecosystems of the mid-mountains of the Tian Shan.
Published more than 60 scientific works, including 1 monograph and 1 invention.
Main works:
1. Biology of Sown Forage Grasses in the Susamyr Valley of Central Tian Shan. Frunze, Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the Kirghiz SSR, 1956.
2. Handbook on the Productivity of Pastures and Hayfields of the Kirghiz SSR (co-authored). Frunze, "Ilim", 1970: part 1; 1972: part 2; 1975: part 3.
3. Seasonal Dynamics of Steppe, Meadow-Steppe, and Meadow Communities of the Northern Macro-Slope of the Kyrgyz Range (co-authored). Frunze, "Ilim", 1975.
4. Tall-Grass Meadows of the Kyrgyz Range (Composition, Structure, Dynamics). Bishkek, "Ilim", 1991.
5. Low-Grass Cryophyte Meadows of Central Asia (co-authored). Bishkek, “Echo of Science”, 1997.