FONDUL DE ARHIVĂ PERSONAL AL ACADEMICIANULUI V.A. RÎBIN (1893–1979)

Summary. This information study is part of the suite of materials aimed at presenting the archival fund of the Central Scientific Archive of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova (currently the Archive Section. Restoration and pathology of documents subordinate to the Scientific Library [Institute] "Andrei Lupan” within of the State University of Moldova). The article presents the Personal Fund of the academician Vladimir A. Rîbin (1893–1979), well-known biologist and specialist in plant genetics from the Moldavian SSR, disciple of the scientist Nikolai I. Vavilov. The materials with reference to the activity of the academician V.A. Rîbin entered the heritage of the Central Scientific Archive of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova, at the end of the 1980s, having been transmitted by the daughter of the protagonist E.V. Rîbin. The fund contains a single inventory consisting of 200 items, the documents being dated to the years 1933–1969. The inventory includes four sections: I. Scientific works; II. Documents and biographical materials (personal documents, documents about the life and activity of the academician V.A. Rîbin, correspondence, photographs, materials collected by V.A. Rîbin); III. Documents regarding the scientific-organizational activity; Materials collected from colleagues.Key words. Vladimir A. Rîbin, biologist, history of science, archivist, Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Moldovan SSR.