N. I. Vavilov Monument

The monument to Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov in Saratov was erected in Kirov Square in 1997 to mark the 110th anniversary of the scientist's birth. The monument is located on the axis of Vavilov Street, which was named so in 1969, and is dedicated to the agronomist, botanist, and geneticist who created the theory of the centers of origin of cultivated plants. In Saratov, Vavilov headed the Department of Private Agriculture at the university and published the book "Plant Immunity to Infectious Diseases," and the scientist himself died in the city in 1943 and is buried in the Voskresenskoye Cemetery.