Editing Theodosius Dobzhansky (section)

=== Early life ===
Dobzhansky was born on January 25, 1900,<ref name="Theodosius Dobzhansky 1900-1975"/> in [[Nemyriv|Nemirov]], [[Russian Empire]] (now Nemyriv, [[Ukraine]]), the only child of Grigory Dobzhansky, a mathematics teacher, and Sophia Voinarsky.<ref name=formemrs/>{{rp| 59}} He was given an unusual name, [[Theodosius]], because he was born after his middle-aged parents prayed for a child to St. [[:ru:Феодосий Черниговский|Theodosius of Chernigov]]. In 1910 the family moved to [[Kyiv|Kiev]].

At high school, Dobzhansky collected butterflies and decided to become a biologist.<ref name=Ayala/>{{rp|163}} In 1915, he met Victor Luchnik who convinced him to specialize in [[beetles]] instead. Dobzhansky attended the [[Kyiv University|University of Kiev]], where he then studied until 1924 specializing in entomology.<ref name=":Vucinich">{{Cite journal|last=Vucinich|first=Alexander|date=1995|title=Review of The Evolution of Theodosius Dobzhansky: Essays on His Life and Thought in Russia and America|journal=Slavic Review|volume=54|issue=3|pages=778–779|doi=10.2307/2501792|jstor=2501792|s2cid=165064587 }}</ref> He then moved to Leningrad (today [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]]) to study under [[Yuri Filipchenko]], where a ''[[Drosophila melanogaster]]'' laboratory had been established.

On August 8, 1924, Dobzhansky married geneticist Natalia "Natasha" Sivertzeva, who was working with [[Ivan Schmalhausen]] in Kiev. The Dobzhanskys had one daughter, known under her married name as [[Sophie Coe]], an anthropologist, food historian, and author, primarily known for her work on the [[history of chocolate]].

Before immigrating to the United States, Dobzhansky published 35 scientific works on entomology and genetics.