To the anniversary of professor Svetlana I. Belyanina

The article is devoted to the description of the life and creative path of the Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor of the Department of General Biology, Pharmacognosy and Botany of the Saratov State Medical University n. a. V.I. Razumovsky Svetlana Ivanovna Belyanina. Professional activity of S. I. Belyanina is associated with cyto-genetics and entomology. The range of her scientific interests is fundamental cytogenetic problems, in particular, the organization of interphase giant chromosomes and their functional activity in eukaryotic organisms - on the example of dipteran insect larvae - chironomids.