Nikolai Nikolaevich Zinin (1812-1880) ? eminent Russian chemist-organic, discoverer of the method of receiving aniline by nitrobenzene reduction.

It is a survey of literature concerning both life and scientific activity of Nikolai Nikolaevich Zinin. Special attention is paid to his epoch-making discovery made by him in 1842 and his chemical works published in 1839-1880. This survey is supplemented with: 1) names of the authors of Zinin's biographies, biographical notes, and references to him, 2) information about Zinin's works bibliography, 3) description of the selected facts of his life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]