Scientific works P.I. Gavsevich (1883–1920) and the state research on the culture of medicinal plants

The method of historical and scientific analysis highlights the contribution of the organizer of domestic research on the culture of medicinal plants, a scientist, an outstanding personality – P.I. Gavsevich. His scientific and popular scientific works were devoted to the creation in 1916 of the specialized branch research institute ‒ the plantation of medicinal plants in Lubny in the Poltava region (now – the Experimental station of medicinal plants of the Institute of Agro-ecology and Nature Management of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine). Some biographical information obtained from archival documents is given.