Світлій пам’яті Василя Васильовича Капустяна
The article represents the scientific achievements and work of a Ukrainian botanist, candidate of agricultural sciences, director of the O.V. Fomin Botanical Garden (1987–2006, 2008–2012), Vasyl Kapustyan, who died on August 19, 2020, after a long illness.Vasyl Kapustyan was born on July 24, 1942. I...
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| description | The article represents the scientific achievements and work of a Ukrainian botanist, candidate of agricultural sciences, director of the O.V. Fomin Botanical Garden (1987–2006, 2008–2012), Vasyl Kapustyan, who died on August 19, 2020, after a long illness.Vasyl Kapustyan was born on July 24, 1942. In 1965 he graduated from the Ukrainian Agricultural Academy, and in 1972 received the degree of candidate of agricultural sciences. Since 1974, the work of Vasyl Kapustyan was associated with the O.V. Fomin Botanical Garden, where he served in 1975–1987 as deputy director and head of the sector of tropical and subtropical plants, in 1987–1997 – as director and head of the sector of tropical and subtropical plants, and from 1997 – exclusively as director of the Botanical Garden.The scientific work of Vasyl Kapustyan was related to the introduction of tropical and subtropical plants, their conservation, and rational use. He was the author of over 80 scientific articles and monographs, the last of which was dedicated to the 180th anniversary of the botanical garden. Since the founding of the series “Introduction and Conservation of Plant Diversity” of the “Bulletin of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv”, Vasyl Kapustyan was its editor-in-chief. He was also a member of the Academic Councils of Kyiv University and Faculty of Biology, chairman of the Academic Council of the Botanical Garden, a member of the Bureau of the Council of Botanical Gardens of Ukraine, and a member of the editorial board of the international scientific journal “Plant Introduction”. He was the founder and scientific director of the Museum of the Botanical Garden History, which opened in 2004. |
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Plant Introduction, 87/88, 119–121 (2020)
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CHRONICLE
Vasyl Kapustyan (1942–2020) of blessed memory
On August 19, 2020, after a severe long illness,
Vasyl Vasyliovych Kapustyan died at 79. He
was a famous botanist-introducer, who for
many years (1987–2006, 2008–2012) headed
one of the oldest botanical gardens in Eastern
Europe, the O.V. Fomin Botanical Garden.
Vasyl Kapustyan was born on July 24,
1942 in the village Khoruzhivka of Orzhytsia
district, Poltava region. In 1965, he graduated
from the Ukrainian Agricultural Academy.
In 1972, he finished PhD courses at the
Department of Plant Breeding of the same
academy and defended the dissertation
“Productivity of annual forage crops and their
mixtures in crop production in the southern
part of Ukrainian Polissya”. In 1972–1974, he
worked at the Department of New Cultures of
the M.M. Gryshko National Botanical Garden
NAS of Ukraine. In 1974, he was appointed
to the position of senior researcher at the
O.V. Fomin Botanical Garden, and in 1975 – to
the position of the deputy director. From 1975
until 1997, Vasyl Kapustyan also voluntarily
served as the head of the Sector of Tropical
and Subtropical Plants. In 2006, he became
a senior researcher, and in 2016 he was
Marina Gaidarzhy, Vitaliy Kolomiychuk, Vira Nikitina, Natalia Belemets
Acad. O.V. Fomin Botanical Garden, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, S. Petliury str. 1, 01032 Kyiv, Ukraine;
botsad-fomin@ukr.net
Received: 16.10.2020 | Accepted: 19.10.2020 | Published: 30.12.2020
Abstract
The article represents the scientific achievements and work of a Ukrainian botanist, candidate of agricultural
sciences, director of the O.V. Fomin Botanical Garden (1987–2006, 2008–2012), Vasyl Kapustyan, who died
on August 19, 2020, after a long illness.
Vasyl Kapustyan was born on July 24, 1942. In 1965 he graduated from the Ukrainian Agricultural Academy,
and in 1972 received the degree of candidate of agricultural sciences. Since 1974, the work of Vasyl
Kapustyan was associated with the O.V. Fomin Botanical Garden, where he served in 1975–1987 as deputy
director and head of the sector of tropical and subtropical plants, in 1987–1997 – as director and head
of the sector of tropical and subtropical plants, and from 1997 – exclusively as director of the Botanical
Garden.
The scientific work of Vasyl Kapustyan was related to the introduction of tropical and subtropical plants,
their conservation, and rational use. He was the author of over 80 scientific articles and monographs, the
last of which was dedicated to the 180th anniversary of the botanical garden. Since the founding of the
series “Introduction and Conservation of Plant Diversity” of the “Bulletin of the Taras Shevchenko National
University of Kyiv”, Vasyl Kapustyan was its editor-in-chief. He was also a member of the Academic Councils
of Kyiv University and Faculty of Biology, chairman of the Academic Council of the Botanical Garden, a
member of the Bureau of the Council of Botanical Gardens of Ukraine, and a member of the editorial
board of the international scientific journal “Plant Introduction”. He was the founder and scientific director
of the Museum of the Botanical Garden History, which opened in 2004.
Keywords: Vasyl Kapustyan, director, botanical garden, plant introduction
https://doi.org/10.46341/PI2020032
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120 Plant Introduction • 87/88
M. Gaidarzhy, V. Kolomiychuk, V. Nikitina, N. Blemets
appointed the director of the Museum of the
Botanical Garden History.
An extraordinary event happened in the
early career of Vasyl Kapustyan as leader of
the O.V. Fomin Botanical Garden. In 1985, it
was decided that the exit from the metro
station ‘University’ will locate on the territory
of the botanical garden. Over 100 valuable
tree species, a greenhouse complex covering
about 600 m2, and the botanical garden’s vital
communications were to be destroyed. The
administrations of the Kyiv University, biology
faculty, and botanical garden strongly opposed
this decision. They appealed to the State
Committee for Nature Resources and the
City Executive Committee and demanded to
suspend these works. The people of Kyiv rose
to defend the integrity of the botanical garden.
Such respectable members of the Academy
of Sciences of UkrSSR as K.M. Sytnyk and
A.M. Grodzinskyi, as well as a corresponding
member of the Academy of Sciences of
UkrSSR Y.R. Shelyag-Sosonko, talked to the
press regarding this situation. Faced with
such strong opposition, the City Executive
Committee decided to shift the subway exit
aside from the botanical garden.
His scientific work was focused on the
introduction of tropical and subtropical plants,
their preservation and application. Hence, he
applied the botanical-geographical principle
during the formation of the expositions in
subtropical and tropical greenhouses. The
floristic area has been accepted as the basic
unit for expositions in greenhouses, which
allowed showing flora and, at the same time,
partially vegetation of certain geographical
regions of the world. For the first time, plants
of relevant floristic areas and demonstrating
certain morphological, systematic, and
ecological features were planted in
greenhouses at the O.V. Fomin Botanical
Garden. In particular, five exhibits were
created in the subtropical greenhouse and ten
– in the tropical dome. The central places of
these exhibits occupied plants having 100–150
and even more years: Livistona australis Vart.,
Araucaria bidwilii Hook., Howea forsteriana
Becc., Jubaea chilensis (Molina) Baill., etc.
In different years, Vasyl Kapustyan was a
research supervisor and research scientist
of seven budget scientific themes performed
at the O.V. Fomin Botanical Garden. During
his directorship, employees of the botanical
garden defended three doctoral and 17
candidate dissertations. In 1990, Vasyl
Kapustyan with colleagues developed and
patented the method of bananas growing in
greenhouses. He paid considerable attention
to the participation and hosting of the
scientific conferences. In 1993, he was invited
to take part in the XI Congress of the Botanical
Gardens in China and visited the botanical
gardens of Hangzhou, Shanghai, and Nanjing.
Later, in 1994, he visited the Kew Botanical
Gardens.
In 1999, the first issue of the series
“Introduction and Conservation of Plant
Diversity” of the “Bulletin of the Taras
Shevchenko National University of Kyiv” was
published. Vasyl Kapustyan became editor-in-
chief of the journal and held this position for
Plant Introduction • 87/88 121
Vasyl Kapustyan (1942–2020) of blessed memory
many years. He was the founder and scientific
director of the Museum of the Botanical
Garden History, holding the collections
dedicated to prominent academicians
S.G. Navashin and O.V. Fomin.
Vasyl Kapustyan was the author and co-
author of over 80 scientific articles and
monographs, among which is the latest
one, dedicated to the 180-year history of
the botanical garden. In cooperation with
Y.Y. Sikura he published several monographs,
six issues of the handbook “Morphology of
fruits and seeds of flowering plants of the world
flora”, and jointly organized the International
Conference “Fruit and Seed Science” in 2005.
For 23 years, Vasyl Kapustyan was a
member of the Kyiv University Academic
Councils, Faculty of Biology, and a chairman
of the Academic Council of the O.V. Fomin
Botanical Garden. He also was a member of the
Bureau of the Council of Botanical Gardens of
Ukraine and a member of the editorial board
of the international scientific journal “Plant
Introduction”. In 1999–2003, he was elected
a deputy of the Starokyivka District in Kyiv.
He was awarded the III class Order of Merit,
the badge “Honored Worker of Education of
Ukraine”, the award of the Academic Council
of the Kyiv University, and the Fomin’s medal
“For scientific achievements”.
During his lifetime, Vasyl Kapustyan gained
authority among his colleagues, who treated
him with sincere kindness and respect. He
loved the botanical garden and had the sincere
consolation that citizens and guests of the
city can admire this part of nature. The bright
memory of Vasyl Vasyliovych Kapustyan will
forever remain in the hearts of colleagues and
friends.
Світлій пам’яті Василя Васильовича Капустяна
Марина Гайдаржи, Віталій Коломійчук, Віра Нікітіна, Наталія Белемець
Ботанічний сад ім. акад. О.В. Фоміна Київського національного університету імені Тараса Шевченка,
вул. Симона Петлюри, 1, Київ, 01032, Україна; botsad-fomin@ukr.net
У статті висвітлено науковий доробок і трудову діяльність Василя Васильовича Капустяна – ботаніка,
кандидата сільськогосподарських наук, директора Ботанічного саду ім. акад. О.В. Фоміна (1987–
2006, 2008–2012), який помер 19 серпня 2020 року після тривалої хвороби.
Народився В.В. Капустян 24 липня 1942 р. 1965 року закінчив Українську сільськогосподарську
академію, 1972 отримав ступінь кандидата сільськогосподарських наук. З 1974 р. трудова діяльність
В.В. Капустяна була пов’язана з Ботанічним садом ім. акад. О.В. Фоміна, де у 1975–1987 рр. він
виконував обов’язки заступника директора з наукової роботи та керівника сектору тропічних і
субтропічних рослин, у 1987–1997 рр. – директора Ботанічного саду та завідувача сектору тропічних
та субтропічних рослин, а з 1997 р. – виключно директора Ботанічного саду.
Наукова робота В.В. Капустяна була пов’язана з інтродукцією тропічних і субтропічних рослин,
їхнім збереженням та раціональним використанням. В.В. Капустян був автором понад 80 наукових
праць, монографічних робіт, остання з яких присвячена 180-річчю з дня заснування Ботанічного
саду. В.В. Капустян був головним редактором Вісника Київського національного університету імені
Тараса Шевченка “Інтродукція та збереження рослинного різноманіття” з часу його заснування.
Також багато років він був членом Вченої Ради Київського університету та біологічного факультету,
головою Вченої Ради Ботанічного саду, членом бюро Ради ботанічних садів України і членом
редколегії міжнародного наукового журналу “Інтродукція рослин”. В.В. Капустян був організатором
та науковим керівником Музею історії Ботанічного саду, відкритого 2004 року.
Ключові слова: Василь Васильович Капустян, директор, ботанічний сад, інтродукція рослин
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| spelling | oai:ojs2.plantintroduction.org:article-15812023-08-26T20:39:33Z Vasyl Kapustyan (1942–2020) of blessed memory Світлій пам’яті Василя Васильовича Капустяна Gaidarzhy, Marina Kolomiychuk, Vitaliy Nikitina, Vira Belemets, Natalia The article represents the scientific achievements and work of a Ukrainian botanist, candidate of agricultural sciences, director of the O.V. Fomin Botanical Garden (1987–2006, 2008–2012), Vasyl Kapustyan, who died on August 19, 2020, after a long illness.Vasyl Kapustyan was born on July 24, 1942. In 1965 he graduated from the Ukrainian Agricultural Academy, and in 1972 received the degree of candidate of agricultural sciences. Since 1974, the work of Vasyl Kapustyan was associated with the O.V. Fomin Botanical Garden, where he served in 1975–1987 as deputy director and head of the sector of tropical and subtropical plants, in 1987–1997 – as director and head of the sector of tropical and subtropical plants, and from 1997 – exclusively as director of the Botanical Garden.The scientific work of Vasyl Kapustyan was related to the introduction of tropical and subtropical plants, their conservation, and rational use. He was the author of over 80 scientific articles and monographs, the last of which was dedicated to the 180th anniversary of the botanical garden. Since the founding of the series “Introduction and Conservation of Plant Diversity” of the “Bulletin of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv”, Vasyl Kapustyan was its editor-in-chief. He was also a member of the Academic Councils of Kyiv University and Faculty of Biology, chairman of the Academic Council of the Botanical Garden, a member of the Bureau of the Council of Botanical Gardens of Ukraine, and a member of the editorial board of the international scientific journal “Plant Introduction”. He was the founder and scientific director of the Museum of the Botanical Garden History, which opened in 2004. У статті висвітлено науковий доробок і трудову діяльність Василя Васильовича Капустяна – ботаніка, кандидата сільськогосподарських наук, директора Ботанічного саду ім. акад. О.В. Фоміна (1987–2006, 2008–2012), який помер 19 серпня 2020 року після тривалої хвороби.Народився В.В. Капустян 24 липня 1942 р. 1965 року закінчив Українську сільськогосподарську академію, 1972 отримав ступінь кандидата сільськогосподарських наук. З 1974 р. трудова діяльність В.В. Капустяна була пов’язана з Ботанічним садом ім. акад. О.В. Фоміна, де у 1975–1987 рр. він виконував обов’язки заступника директора з наукової роботи та керівника сектору тропічних і субтропічних рослин, у 1987–1997 рр. – директора Ботанічного саду та завідувача сектору тропічних та субтропічних рослин, а з 1997 р. – виключно директора Ботанічного саду.Наукова робота В.В. Капустяна була пов’язана з інтродукцією тропічних і субтропічних рослин, їхнім збереженням та раціональним використанням. В.В. Капустян був автором понад 80 наукових праць, монографічних робіт, остання з яких присвячена 180-річчю з дня заснування Ботанічного саду. В.В. Капустян був головним редактором Вісника Київського національного університету імені Тараса Шевченка “Інтродукція та збереження рослинного різноманіття” з часу його заснування. Також багато років він був членом Вченої Ради Київського університету та біологічного факультету, головою Вченої Ради Ботанічного саду, членом бюро Ради ботанічних садів України і членом редколегії міжнародного наукового журналу “Інтродукція рослин”. В.В. Капустян був організатором та науковим керівником Музею історії Ботанічного саду, відкритого 2004 року. M.M. Gryshko National Botanical Garden of the NAS of Ukraine 2020-12-30 Article Article application/pdf https://www.plantintroduction.org/index.php/pi/article/view/1581 10.46341/PI2020032 Plant Introduction; No 87/88 (2020); 119-121 Інтродукція Рослин; № 87/88 (2020); 119-121 2663-290X 1605-6574 10.46341/PI87-88 en https://www.plantintroduction.org/index.php/pi/article/view/1581/1507 Copyright (c) 2020 Marina Gaidarzhy, Vitaliy Kolomiychuk, Vira Nikitina, Natalia Belemets http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
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