The academician Ivan Petrovich Pavlov and his wife Seraphima Vasilyevna had five children. The photo shows the eldest ones — an eight-year-old son Vladimir and a two-year-old daughter Vera.
Vladimir was born on October 14, 1884, in Breslau, Germany. Ivan Petrovich was there for an internship at the laboratory of Rudolf Heidenhain. The family albums have preserved numerous old photographs of the Pavlov children, especially Volya — that was what Vladimir used to be called at home. He was a handsome and bright child.
One day, the artist Nikolai Yaroshenko saw Volya on the street and asked his parents for permission to paint the boy’s portrait. Ivan Petrovich Pavlov liked the portrait of his son immensely and tried to buy it many times, but Yaroshenko loved the picture himself and did not want to part with it. Only after the artist’s death, his wife Mariya handed little Volya’s portrait over to his relatives. The “Portrait of Volya Pavlov” was the most favorite one in the scientist’s family and marked the beginning of a large gallery of paintings collected by Ivan Pavlov and Vladimir Pavlov.
Vladimir graduated from Saint Petersburg University, undertook an internship at the Cavendish Laboratory in London headed by Thomson and Rutherford, and became a professor of physics. He explored molecular physics, electronics, and complicated cases of electrolysis. Vladimir Pavlov spoke excellent English and often accompanied his father on trips abroad to deliver his reports. Vladimir’s three children Lyudmila, Mariya and Ivan were Ivan Pavlov’s only grandchildren.
The academician’s daughter Vera Pavlova was born on November 26, 1890, in Saint Petersburg. Everyone who knew Vera remembered her natural tactfulness, intelligence, strictness, and empathy. Vera graduated from the Agricultural Institute, worked as a researcher at the Institute of Experimental Medicine, and became a Candidate of Biological Sciences.
In 1949, on the day of their father’s 100th anniversary, Vladimir and Vera established the Ivan Pavlov Apartment-Museum in Leningrad. Vera Ivanovna lived in the apartment until 1964 and was the first director of the museum. She died unmarried at the age of 73. Vera Pavlova was buried next to her parents at the Volkovo Cemetery in Saint Petersburg.
Vladimir was born on October 14, 1884, in Breslau, Germany. Ivan Petrovich was there for an internship at the laboratory of Rudolf Heidenhain. The family albums have preserved numerous old photographs of the Pavlov children, especially Volya — that was what Vladimir used to be called at home. He was a handsome and bright child.
One day, the artist Nikolai Yaroshenko saw Volya on the street and asked his parents for permission to paint the boy’s portrait. Ivan Petrovich Pavlov liked the portrait of his son immensely and tried to buy it many times, but Yaroshenko loved the picture himself and did not want to part with it. Only after the artist’s death, his wife Mariya handed little Volya’s portrait over to his relatives. The “Portrait of Volya Pavlov” was the most favorite one in the scientist’s family and marked the beginning of a large gallery of paintings collected by Ivan Pavlov and Vladimir Pavlov.
Vladimir graduated from Saint Petersburg University, undertook an internship at the Cavendish Laboratory in London headed by Thomson and Rutherford, and became a professor of physics. He explored molecular physics, electronics, and complicated cases of electrolysis. Vladimir Pavlov spoke excellent English and often accompanied his father on trips abroad to deliver his reports. Vladimir’s three children Lyudmila, Mariya and Ivan were Ivan Pavlov’s only grandchildren.
The academician’s daughter Vera Pavlova was born on November 26, 1890, in Saint Petersburg. Everyone who knew Vera remembered her natural tactfulness, intelligence, strictness, and empathy. Vera graduated from the Agricultural Institute, worked as a researcher at the Institute of Experimental Medicine, and became a Candidate of Biological Sciences.
In 1949, on the day of their father’s 100th anniversary, Vladimir and Vera established the Ivan Pavlov Apartment-Museum in Leningrad. Vera Ivanovna lived in the apartment until 1964 and was the first director of the museum. She died unmarried at the age of 73. Vera Pavlova was buried next to her parents at the Volkovo Cemetery in Saint Petersburg.
