Academician А. P. Karpinsky as Geological Committee director (1885–1903). Russian scientific school of geological mapping
https://doi.org/10.52349/0869-7892_2021_88_5-26
Abstract
January 9, 2021 is the 175th anniversary of Academician A. P. Karpinsky, who was one of the organizers of the Geological Committee of Russia (GeolCom), the first elected president of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1917–1925). He stood at the origins of the development of systematic geological studies in Russia and was directly involved in the formation of the national Geological Survey, the successor and keeper of the traditions of which is the A. P. Karpinsky Russian Geological Research Institute. The formation and development of the Russian scientific school of geological mapping, which is based on the combination of fundamental geological studies and systematic mapping of the country, is considered. The tendencies and problems of state geological mapping in Russia, which have been carried out for almost 140 years at three scales, are described.
About the Author
O. V. Petrov
A. P. Karpinsky Russian Geological Research Institute (VSEGEI)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Corresponding Member of RAS, Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Director General
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Petrov O.V. Academician А. P. Karpinsky as Geological Committee director (1885–1903). Russian scientific school of geological mapping. Regional Geology and Metallogeny. 2021;(88):5–26. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.52349/0869-7892_2021_88_5-26
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