Lev Vladimirovich Polezhaev (1910–2000) and the development of morphology in Russia

Abstract

The paper highlights the main stages of life and scientific work of the prominent Russian scientist Lev Vladimirovich Polezhaev (1910–2000), who significantly contributed to the development of issues of individual development and regeneration. The authors discuss main trends of Polezhaev’s research, briefly analyze his studies on morphogenesis, issues of physiological and reparative regeneration of various organs and tissues – skeletal and cardiac muscle tissue, bone tissue, structures of the maxillary system, organs of the central nervous system, limb regeneration in amphibians, as well as regeneration of the nervous tissue of various vertebrates is given.