Tigran Melʹkumovich TURPAEV Biologist and physician; (b. Astrakhan, 20 October 1918 – d. Moscow, 27 October 2003)

Director of the Institute for Developmental Biology of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow

Membership of SASA Department of Medical Sciences: foreign member from 7 May 1981

Awards and recognitions: numerous medals; two orders