Vladimir Pavlovich Rengarten ( July 12 (24), 1882 , Tashkent - July 10, 1964 , Leningrad ) - Soviet geologist and paleontologist, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1946). Laureate of the Stalin Prize of the second degree (1948).
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| Date of Birth | July 24, 1882 | ||||
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| Date of death | July 10, 1964 (81 years old) | ||||
| A country |  Russian Empire →  the USSR | ||||
| Scientific field | geology , paleontology | ||||
| Place of work | Geological Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences | ||||
| Alma mater | Petersburg Mining Institute (1908) | ||||
| Academic degree | Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences | ||||
| Academic rank | Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences | ||||
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Scientific and practical activities
- 3 Works
- 4 Awards
- 5 notes
- 6 Sources
Biography
Born in Tashkent in the family of a mining engineer.
He graduated from the classical gymnasium in Yekaterinoslavl with a gold medal (1901) and the Petersburg Mining Institute (1908).
Since his student years he worked in the Geological Committee. Senior geologist of the Geological Committee (1918-1931), Institute of the Geological Map (1932-1934), Central Research Geological Exploration Institute (TsNIGRI) (1934-1948; 1963-1964). Senior researcher at the All-Union Geological Institute (VSEGEI) (1939-1942), the Institute of Geological Sciences of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1942-1949), the Laboratory of Coal Geology of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1950-1955), and the Laboratory of Aeromethods of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1955-1964).
Director of the Central Research Geological Museum. F.N. Chernysheva (1947-1949) [2] .
The author of works on regional geology, mainly tectonics, stratigraphy, and paleontology of the Caucasus. He conducted a tectonic zoning of the Caucasus, comparing it with the Pamirs. He developed stratigraphic schemes of the Cretaceous deposits of the Caucasus.
Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences (1935), Professor (1938). Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1946) [3] .
Scientific and practical activities
In 1912, he opened the Ushkor anticline, extending in a sub-latitudinal direction between the rivers Fortanga and Kambileevskaya. [4] In 1915-1916, on the instructions of the Geological Committee, he organized exploration and production of scarce fluorspar on the Boguchan hill. [5] In 1926, he proposed the first tectonic zoning scheme of the Caucasus. [6]
In 1951 he published a biostratigraphic diagram of the Lower Cretaceous of the Caucasus, which for a long time was used as a reference. [6]
Works
Rengarten's works are devoted to the regional geology of many regions of the Caucasus, the eastern slope of the Urals, the Pamirs and the Amur Region. [7]
Rewards
- 1946 - Medal "For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945."
- 1948 - Stalin Prize of the 2nd degree - for the monograph "Northern Caucasus" [8] .
- 1949 - Order of Lenin .
- 1955 - Order of the Red Banner of Labor .
- 1958 - Honored Worker of Science and Technology of the RSFSR .
Notes
- ↑ Rengarten Vladimir Pavlovich // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ed. A. M. Prokhorov - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1969.
- ↑ History of the museum . VSEGEI .
- ↑ Composition of corresponding members of the RAS since 1724 . Russian Academy of Sciences .
- ↑ Daukaev Arun Abalkhanovich. Black gold in the Black Mountains: from the history of the geological survey of the region // Questions of the history of natural science and science: Journal. - 2012 .-- ISSN 0205-9606 .
- ↑ Boguchan (Boguchanskoye) field, Arkharinsky district, Amur region, Far East, Russia . Minerals and deposits of Russia and neighboring countries .
- ↑ 1 2 Anson Kristina Vyacheslavovna. The history of development and conditions for the formation of Aptian-Albian sediments in the central part of the North Caucasus and Ciscaucasia . All about Geology .
- ↑ The main works of V.P. Rengarten . Information System: History of Geology and Mining,.
- ↑ Prizes and awards to employees of the State Historical Museum . Geological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences .
Sources
- Rengarten, Vladimir Pavlovich on the official website of the RAS
- Luppov N.P., In memory of Vladimir Pavlovich Rengarten, "Yearbook of the All-Union Paleontological Society", 1965, v. 17.
- Biographical Information
- Encyclopedia of the Urals
- V. P. Rengarten, Support sections of the Upper Cretaceous sediments of Dagestan