| Viktor Rafaelyevich Dolnik Виктор Рафаэльевич Дольник |
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| Born | January 13, 1938 Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR, USSR |
| Residence | Russian Federation Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Russian Soviet |
| Fields | Biologist, ornithologist, ethologist |
| Institutions | Zoological Institute Of Russian Academy of Science |
| Alma mater | Leningradsky University |
Viktor Rafaelyevich Dolnik (Russian: Ви́ктор Рафаэ́льевич До́льник; born 13 January 1938[1]) is a Russian ornithologist[2] and chief research fellow at Zoological institute of Russian Academy of science. He is the vice-president of Russian ornithologists' Union, honorary of American ornithological union, and a corresponding member of German and Netherlandish ornithological unions.
Dolnik was born in Sverdlovsk in 1938. In 1960, he graduated from Leningrad State University. For thirty years, he had been the chief of ornithological station "Rybachy" (literally "Fishers'" - after the village where it was situated). He gained a Candidate of Science degree in 1967, and the Doctor of Science in 1976. He has been a professor since 1983.
Haemoproteus dolniki is named after him.[3]
Dolnik has about two hundred written works. Together with M.A. Kozlov, he is the author of a textbook on zoology for secondary schools. He is best known to the general public for a series of articles concerning human ethology (1980-1990s). These articles later were compiled into a book "Disobedient Child of Biosphere" (1994).