129:. She was the first Nordic female pomologist. She studied different fruits and their cultivation. She started studying the field of pomology for about three years in 1873 in Södermanland in Sweden under the supervision of the well known pomologist Olof Eneroth. At the time he was editing a manual of pomology and he put Smirnoff in charge to classify Russian fruits because she knew Russian. She did a lot of research based on which she created and published a re edition of the Swedish Handbook of Pomology. Her work on the cultivation of this fruits helped not only for the classification of fruits but also helped for bringing many fruits from Russia into Finland. The book is called
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Her very first publication was in 1882 which was a study where she compared 40 different types of strawberry varieties. Because of her work she became very famous in her country. She considered public education and women's work important because she did not receive proper education like her brothers
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Smirnoff's parents were
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anymore, Smirnoff was placed into foster care. She later got fostered by
Countess Helena Stewen-Steinheil who was a botanist. She encouraged Smirnoff and she wanted her work to be known. After the Countess's death Smirnoff started traveling.
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Smirnoff has 24 works in 37 publications in 4 different languages including
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Smirnoff, A. (2018, July 4). Suomen pomologiian käsikirja. HELDA HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO HELSINGFORS UNIVERSITET UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI.
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Smirnoff was awarded the
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fi.autograndad.com. (2021, April 18). Alexandra
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She also was awarded the state author's prize 1910 for the work Care of the Flower Garden
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Kukkaistarhan hoito : käsikirja monivuotisten kukkakasvien viljelemisestä ulkosalla
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Tiedenaisia - Vetenskapskvinnor - Women of
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Käsikirja yksinkertaisessa puutarhanhoidossa : kansaa varten
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Några ord om trädfruktodling och dess framtida ordnande i
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Suomen kansallisbiografia (National
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Handbok i enklare trädgårdsodling lämpad för allmogehem
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