Mikolog Prokofiĭ Danilovich I︠A︡telʹ
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The basis of the collection is an essay about the life and activities of the Ukrainian scientist and mycologist Prokofy Danilovich Yatel (1897–1941), who identified the cause of a massive horse disease in the late 1930s, and this scientific discovery became an innovative and significant event in the field of microbiology. The future promised a scientist who was awarded a high government award — the Order of the Red Banner of Labor — a bright prospect, but the Great Patriotic War soon began ... A popular science essay is complemented by documentary materials from the personal archive of the author of this book.