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Alexander Povarintsev

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Aleksander Povarintsev was born in the Siberian town of Nizhneudinsk. He lived for most of his life in Irkutsk, the Paris of the East. Nature, especially birds, interested him since childhood. For many years, he studied the avifauna of the Irkutsk region. He conducted bird surveys on birds of prey in the South Baikal migration corridor and wintering waterfowl on the Angara River. In 2010, he graduated from Irkutsk State University with a major in biology, and three years followed working in the Research Institute of Biology. He currently works part-time at the Irkutsk State Agricultural University in the Institute of Natural Resources Management while working full-time for Rubythroat Birding Tours as a liaison for all of its operations in Russia. His PhD is devoted to factors that influence migratory behavior of raptors in the South Baikal migration corridor. Aleksander is a very social person and a true gentleman with a beautiful, dry, English sense of humor. He leads most of Rubythroat’s tours in Russia and Kazakhstan, plus an occasional trip elsewhere in Central Asia.