Dmitry Pryanishnikov

Dmitry Nikolaevich Pryanishnikov (; November 6, 1865 — April 30, 1948) was a Russian agrochemist, biochemist and plant physiologist, founder of the Soviet scientific school in agronomic chemistry. Hero of Socialist Labor (1945). Winner of Lenin Prize (1926), Stalin Prize (1941) and (1945).
Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1929) and the Academy of Agricultural Sciences (1936), corresponding member of the French Academy of Sciences, founder and director of the Scientific Institute for Fertilizers chemicalization of the national economy.
Notable for decency and civil courage. For example, for several years he tried to rescue a geneticist Nikolai Vavilov from prison, for this he sought a personal reception from Beria and his deputy Kobulov, wrote several letters to Stalin, and also presented Vavilov who was imprisoned award and put forward his candidacy for election to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.