Alexei Nikolayevich Bach

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Alexei Nikolayevich Bach ( Russian Алексей Николаевич Бах ; born March 5 . Jul / 17th March  1857 greg. In Zolotonosha , Poltava Governorate , Russian Empire , now Ukraine ; † 13. May 1946 in Moscow ) was a Soviet biochemist and revolutionary. He was a member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR and senior president of the Supreme Soviet .

life and work

Bach grew up in Boryspil and attended high school in Kiev . From 1875 he studied natural sciences at the University of Kiev . After his involvement in student unrest, he was arrested and exiled in 1878. After various revolutionary endeavors, he emigrated to France in 1885 and later to Switzerland.

In Paris, Bach worked in Paul Schützenberger's laboratory , and in 1891 a research trip to the United States followed. In 1917 he returned to Russia, where he founded the Central Chemical Laboratory. In 1928 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .

Bach's scientific focus was on the investigation of the assimilation of carbonic acid and the mechanism of oxidation via peroxides . The Engler-Bach peroxide theory is named after him.

His grave is in the Novodevichy Cemetery (Parcel 4, Row 24, No. 7) in Moscow.

Awards

Works (selection)

  • A. Bach, S. Zubkowa. About the ferment counts of the blood. Quantitative determination of catalase, protease, peroxidase and esterase in a drop of blood. - Biochemical journal. - 1921. - Vol. 125. - pp. 283-291.
  • A. Bach, A. Generosow. Effect of hydroperoxide on formaldehyde. On the theory of oxidation processes. - Special reprint. Chemical Society Reports. - 1922. - Vol. 55, no. 10 - pp. 3560-3566.
  • A. Bach, B. Sbarsky, K. Nikolajew. Apparent auxo- and antifermentative properties of the serum. - Biochemical journal. - 1923. - Vol. 135, H. 1/3. - pp. 32-38.
  • A. Bach, W. Engelhardt About Antiphenolase (Antilaccase) - Biochemical Journal. - 1923.- Vol. 135, H. 1/3. - pp. 39-45.
  • A. Bach, A. Oparin About the importance of oxygen for fermentation in germinating plant seeds - Biochemical journal. - 1924.
  • A. Bach, W. Engelhardt About the specificity of the antiphenolatic immune sera - Biochemical journal. - 1924.
  • A. Bach, A. Oparin, R. Wahner Investigations into the fermentation content of ripening, dormant and germinating wheat seeds. - Biochemical journal. - 1927.

Web links

  • Leon Trotsky: Revolution Betrayed: What is the Soviet Union and where is it going? Arbeitspresse Verlag, Essen 1997, ISBN 978-3-88634-053-8 , p. 374 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ VO Popov, RA Zvyagilskaya: AN Bach A revolutionary in politics and science (Commemorating the 150th anniversary of Academician AN Bach). In: Biochemistry (Moscow) , 72.10, 2007, pp. 1029-1038.
  2. ^ Short biography Mehring-Verlag Bach, Alexei Nikolajewitsch , accessed on February 15, 2015.
  3. ↑ BACH, Aleksey Nikolaevič. Retrieved February 15, 2015 .
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g h Alexei Bach on page Federal Research Center "Basics of Biotechnology" of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Retrieved May 11, 2018 (Russian).
personal data
SURNAME Bach, Alexei Nikolajewitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Бах, Алексей Николаевич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet biochemist and revolutionary
DATE OF BIRTH March 17, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH Zolotonosha , Poltava Governorate , Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH May 13, 1946
Place of death Moscow