Fyodor Panayev

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|name = Fyodor Nikolayevich Panayev

|image = File:Панаев Фёдор Николаевич.png

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|birth_date = 1856

|birth_place = Yug, Permsky Uyezd, Perm Governorate, Russian Empire

|death_date = 1933

|death_place = Perm, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

|known_for = study of local folklore, climatology, foundation of Perm Zoo

|occupation = teacher, meteorologist

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Fyodor Nikolayevich Panayev ({{langx|ru|Фёдор Никола́евич Пана́ев}}, 1856—1933) was a Russian teacher and climatologist, the author of a number of books on climatology and one of the founders of Perm Zoo.

Fyodor Panayev was born in 1856 in the settlement of Yug, in the Permsky Uyezd of the Perm Governorate of the Russian Empire. He graduated from Perm Uyezd College and worked as a teacher in Shadrinsk and in Solikamsk Parish College (1878—1891). In Solikamsk he studied the local folklore and published several papers in "Proceedings of Ural Society of natural science fans" ({{langx|ru|"Записки Уральского Общества Любителей Естествознания"}}). In 1883, his book "The anthology of proverbs, sayings, riddles, songs and epics, collected in Solikamsk Uyezd" ({{langx|ru|"Сборник пословиц, поговорок, загадок, песен и былин, собранных в Соликамском уезде"}}) was published in Yekaterinburg. Since 1891 Panayev lived in Perm.[http://www.map-solikamsk.ru/type/inc/?page=029 Fyodor Nikolayevich Panayev]{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} — Solikamsk. The portrait of city. {{in lang|ru}}

In the book "Brief geographical and physical essay on the city of Solikamsk" published in 1882, Panayev studied "Solikamsk Chronicle" and archive records of the middle of the 18th century about cruel frosts in Western Europe and made a conclusion about essential changing of climate in 18th—19th centuries:{{cite web |url=http://www.archive.perm.ru/page.php?id=251 |title=Weather anomalies in history |publisher=State Archive of Perm Region. |language=Russian |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003130436/http://www.archive.perm.ru/page.php?id=251 |archivedate=2011-10-03}}

{{Quotation|The question of studying the climate of Ural region takes important nature. In desire to be closer to its solution we tried to collect information from old residents. It comes to the same thing: a change of climate has taken place, and the change was sharp. For example, old residents remember such severe and long winters some decades ago, that birds frozen in the air were a usual thing. The summer season was distinguished for strong heat, autumn and spring were short.

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Abnormalities of seasons appear even nowadays, but, as for such terrible frosts, nobody except old residents remember them.

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Since 1881 Panayev was a director of Perm Meteorological Station. It was an enclosed ground in the centre of city, where turrets with instruments were placed. Air temperature, humidity, pressure, wind velocity and direction, precipitation were measured there. Measurement results were sent to Chief Geophysical Observatory. On this results Panayev wrote several books on climatology. Panayev's climatological calendar and observation diaries are nowadays stored in Perm Krai Museum.[http://perm.rfn.ru/rnews.html?id=1263 Perm meteorology has more than century] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824073909/http://perm.rfn.ru/rnews.html?id=1263 |date=2011-08-24 }} — Perm SRTC.{{in lang|ru}}

Panayev was one of the authors of "Illustrated guide-book on the Kama River and Vishera River with Kolva River" edited by Pavel Syuzev and published in 1911 by Printing-House of Perm Governorate Board.[http://www.ozon.ru/context/detail/id/1670941/ Illustrated guide-book on the Kama River and Vishera River with Kolva River] — Ozon.ru {{in lang|ru}}

In 1922 Panayev with zoologist S. L. Ushkov founded a nature study corner, which was reorganized to Perm Zoo in 1928.[http://www.perm1.ru/run/Kl9HotDEux.html?scenary=fT4wgks29D&sdo=ziEN6V5Ujv Perm Zoo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928005636/http://www.perm1.ru/run/Kl9HotDEux.html?scenary=fT4wgks29D&sdo=ziEN6V5Ujv |date=2007-09-28 }} in the Perm Region Encyclopedia.{{in lang|ru}}

Panayev died in 1933 and was buried at the Yegoshikha Cemetery.[http://www.perm1.ru/run/Kl9HotDEux.html?scenary=fT4wgks29D&sdo=h1JmXYBgpe Perm necropolis] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080127031102/http://www.perm1.ru/run/Kl9HotDEux.html?scenary=fT4wgks29D&sdo=h1JmXYBgpe |date=2008-01-27 }} in the Perm Region Encyclopedia.{{in lang|ru}}