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Ivan Pavlov is born in the small town of Ryazan, Russia to father Peter Dmitrievich Pavlov and mother Varvara Ivanovna Uspenskaya.
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Pavlov enrolls in a course of natural sciences at the University of St. Petersburg, abandoning his religious career.
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Pavlov graduates from the Military-Medical Academy of the University of St. Petersburg and finishes his studies at the Academy of Medical Surgery, earning his first gold medal.
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Pavlov gives a lecutre on physiology at his alma mater in the Military-Medical Academy.
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Pavlov is appointed a chair position at the Military-Medical Academy in the department of pharmacology.
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Pavlov becomes the director of physiology at the University of St. Petersburg in the Institute of Experimental Medicine.
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Pavlov publishes his lecutres on the nervous system, entitled "Lectures on the functions of the principal digestive glands."
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Pavlov is awarded his Nobel Prize for his work and discoveries in the field of physiology and digestive glands.
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Ivan Pavlov receives a government decree, signed by Lenin, for his work in physiology.
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Ivan Pavlov dies of an acute lung injury in Leningrad, or St. Petersburg, Russia.