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Valentin Dogiel

Russian zoologist1882 to 1955

Wikidata names Vladimir Shevyakov as doctoral advisor, lists 12 doctoral students, and lists 2 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 4 other registers.

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Valentin Dogiel, pictured

Two steps up and one down. Solid lines from Wikidata. The full sheet opens at four up and two down.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata12

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Taught2

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Yuri Polyansky

    born 1904
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Oleksandr Markevych

    born 1905

The line above and below4 steps

The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 21 people: 21 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career5

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records. Each place opens its Wikidata item.