Sergei Salazkin
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Sergei Sergeievich Salazkin (1862-1932) was a Russian biochemist and academic; in 1917 he served in the Russian Provisional Government
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Salazkin was broadly sympathetic to liberal and progressive political causes but did not formally join any political party. Nevertheless, in 1917, he was brifly catapulted into the political arena, serving as non-party Minister of Education in the Russian Provisional Government
during the third coalition. After this government was overthrown in the October Revolution
, Salazkin withdrew from politics and resumed his academic career.
From 1918 to 1925 he taught at the University of the Crimea in Simferopol, where he also served as rector. Salazkin was a professor at the Leningrad Medical Institute (1925-31) and worked at the Institute for Experimental Medicine (1926-31), becoming its director in 1927. Salazkin was noted mainly for his work on the metabolisation of nitrogen. He studied the formation of urea and uric acid and the role of the liver in this process.
Sergei Salazkin died in Leningrad on August 4, 1932.
Provisional government
A provisional government is an emergency or interim government set up when a political void has been created by the collapse of a very large government. The early provisional governments were created to prepare for the return of royal rule...
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Life
S.S. Salazkin was born on February 26 (March 10), 1862, in Doschatoe in the Russian Empire. He studied physics and mathematics at the University of St. Petersburg and medicine at the University of Kiev, graduating in 1891. From 1898 to 1911 he was a professor at the Women's Medical Institute in St. Petersburg.Salazkin was broadly sympathetic to liberal and progressive political causes but did not formally join any political party. Nevertheless, in 1917, he was brifly catapulted into the political arena, serving as non-party Minister of Education in the Russian Provisional Government
Russian Provisional Government
The Russian Provisional Government was the short-lived administrative body which sought to govern Russia immediately following the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II . On September 14, the State Duma of the Russian Empire was officially dissolved by the newly created Directorate, and the country was...
during the third coalition. After this government was overthrown in the October Revolution
October Revolution
The October Revolution , also known as the Great October Socialist Revolution , Red October, the October Uprising or the Bolshevik Revolution, was a political revolution and a part of the Russian Revolution of 1917...
, Salazkin withdrew from politics and resumed his academic career.
From 1918 to 1925 he taught at the University of the Crimea in Simferopol, where he also served as rector. Salazkin was a professor at the Leningrad Medical Institute (1925-31) and worked at the Institute for Experimental Medicine (1926-31), becoming its director in 1927. Salazkin was noted mainly for his work on the metabolisation of nitrogen. He studied the formation of urea and uric acid and the role of the liver in this process.
Sergei Salazkin died in Leningrad on August 4, 1932.