The period of scientific activity of Leonid Ivanovich Rubtsov at N.I. Vavilov Institute of Plant Industry (VIR): among luminaries and future friends

The All-Union Institute of Plant Industry (VIR) is the world center for the mobilization of plant resources, where young researchers gained experience in the company of luminary scientists. Among them was Leonid Ivanovich Rubtsov, who worked at VIR in 1928–1930 (Sukhumi branch) and in 1935–1939 (Leningrad). He examined the plantations of boxwood and cork oak in Sukhumi, made inventory count at the "Southern Cultures" Park in Adler, studied grass mixtures and agrotechnics to create lawns of the Stadium n.a. S.M. Kirov in Leningrad. The results of L.I. Rubtsov''s researsh are published in such magazines as "Works on applied botany, gentics and selection", "Sovit Subtropics" and "Green Construction". The work at VIR, a world-renowned institution, gave to Leonid Ivanovich Rubtsov invaluable knowledge and experience that helped him become a well-known scientist in the field of dendrology and landscape architecture, a doctor of biological sciences, a professor, a well-known specialist in the creation of botanical gardens.