Ksenia Vladimirovna Nikiforova (1911-1996) - Soviet geologist , Quaternary geology specialist, head of the laboratory of geology and history of the Quaternary period of the USSR Academy of Sciences, USSR (1970-1986), vice president of INQUA (1973).
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Biography
Born October 22 ( November 4 ), 1911 in St. Petersburg, in the family of a military topographer V. M. Nikiforov (1873-1934) and Varvara Pavlovna (1875-1964).
Education
She studied at school 17 in Moscow.
In 1930-1934, she studied at the Moscow Polytechnic Institute , specialty "Searches and filming."
In 1939-1941 she studied at the graduate school of the Institute of Geological Sciences of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, under the guidance of Professor G.F. Mirchink .
Scientific work
In 1930-1935 she worked on expeditions as a collector, senior collector, foreman and geologist Spetsgeo.
Since September 1935, she worked at the Ign. Academy of Sciences of the USSR , in the Quaternary Geology Department, as a junior researcher, graduate student, senior researcher (from June 1941, Certificate of June 23, 1943.) [1] .
Since August 1941, he was the head of the detachment of the Ural Diamond Expedition of the Committee on Geology at the USSR SNK.
In April 1943 she returned to the Ign., Academy of Sciences of the USSR, worked as a scientific secretary (December 1944 - March 1946).
On June 16, 1941 she defended her thesis on “Continental Meso-Cenozoic deposits of the eastern slope of the southern Urals and their position among placers” (265 pages and 16 pages. References, 30 photographs, 10 geological profiles) [2] .
On July 2, 1960 she defended her doctoral dissertation [3] .
Since 1962, together with A. I. Moskvitin , she directed the scientific theme: Synchronism and metachronism of climatic fluctuations and glaciation of the northern plusharia "
Since 1970 - Head of the Laboratory of Geology and History of the Quaternary Period of the USSR Academy of Sciences , re-elected in 1976 and 1981.
Since May 19, 1971, she was approved as a professor in the specialty "geology".
In the 1980s, in the framework of the program “Global changes and correlation of events: chronostratigraphy and paleogeography of the Late Neogene and Anthropogen”, the Laboratory of the Micropaleontological Group (Pliocene-Quaternary microfauna and microflora) was created on its initiative [4] .
In 1980, the title Honored Scientist of the RSFSR was introduced, in 1980 the application was supported by the Academic Councils: GIN AN USSR, Institute of Paleobiologists named after L. Sh. Davitashvili, Academy of Sciences of the GSSR, Institute of Geochemistry and Geophysics of the Academy of Sciences of the BSSR, Institute of Geology of the Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR, Geological Department of the Moscow State University , Department of Paleontology and Biostratigraphy of the Academy of Sciences of the Moldavian SSR, Institute of Geology of the Academy of Sciences of the Estonian SSR, Institute of Geology of the Bashkir Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences, VSEGEI , as well as the Moscow City Committee trade union of educators, higher schools and scientific institutions.
Chairman of the working group of the project “Neogene and Quarter boundary” of the International program of geological correlation.
Member of the Bureau of the Organizing Committee of the 11th Congress of INQUA ( Moscow , 1982).
Constantly participated in congresses and meetings on Quaternary geology:
- 1957: - 5 Congress INQUA
- 1958: - colloquium
- 1958:
- 1959: - neogen conference
- 1960:
- 1961: - 6 Congress INQUA
- 1963: - colloquium
- 1965: - 7 Congress INQUA
- 1965: - guest of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences
- 1966: - colloquium
- 1967: - colloquium
- 1968: - 23rd International Geological Congress
- 1971:
- 1973: - 9th INQUA Congress
- 1974:
- 1974:
- 1975:
- 1976:
- 1976: - 25th International Geological Congress
- 1977:
- 1977: - 10 Congress INQUA
- 1978:
- 1979:
- 1980: - 26th International Geological Congress
- 1981:
- 1982: - 11th INQUA Congress
- 1983:
In 1986 she retired, and transferred to the position of senior research assistant consultant. From 1988 to December 30, 1989 - consultant in the laboratory of the Quaternary period of the USSR Academy of Sciences. She worked on the topic “Global changes and correlation of events, chronostratigraphy and paleogeography of the late Neogene and anthropogen”.
She died on August 29, 1996 in Moscow, was buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery [5] [6] .
Family
Sister - Nina Vladimirovna (born 1909).
Husband - Rozanov, Peter Mikhailovich (born 1905) - a hydrogeologist.
- daughter - Elena (born 1934) - biologist.
Awards and Prizes
- 1945 - Order of the Badge of Honor , for scientific work.
- 1946 - Medal "For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945."
- 1947 - Medal "In memory of the 800th anniversary of Moscow"
- 1953 - Medal "For Labor Valor"
- 1970 - Medal "In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
- 1984 - Medal "Veteran of Labor"
- 1985 - Anniversary medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" , a participant in the labor front.
Membership in organizations
- 1932 - Komsomol
- 1940 - VKP (b)
- 1950 - Member of the Moscow City Council (1950-1954)
- Quaternary Commission
- Quaternary Commission at the Interagency Stratigraphic Committee
- Soviet section INKVA ( INQUA )
- 1973 - Vice President of INQUA
- 1974 - International Stratigraphic Commission INQUA
- WAC expert commission on geology.
Bibliography
The most important four scientific papers (according to the author, 1980 [7] ):
- Nikiforova K.V. Cenozoic of the Hungry Steppe of Central Kazakhstan. M.: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1960.255 s. (Proceedings of the GIN, USSR Academy of Sciences; Issue 45).
- Nikiforova K.V., Rengarten N.V., Konstantinova N.A. Anthropogenic formations in the south of the European part of the USSR // Bulletin of the Commission for the Study of the Quaternary Period . No. 30. 1965. S. 3-25.
- Kind N.V. Chronology of the late anthropogen according to radiometric data; Nikiforova K.V. Lower boundary of the Quaternary (anthropogenous) system. M .: VINITI, 1973. 102 p. (Results of science and technology. Series Stratigraphy. Paleontology; T. 4).
- Nikiforova K.V., Krasnov I.I., Aleksandrova L.P. et al. Climatic fluctuations and detailed stratigraphy of the Upper Pliocene-Lower Pleistocene deposits of the south of the USSR // Quaternary Geology. M .: Nauka, 1976. S. 101-119. (25th session of the International Geological Congress. Reports of Soviet geologists).
Notes
- ↑ Personal file of K.V. Nikiforova No. 6751. Fund 1811. GIN RAS.
- ↑ The diploma of the candidate of geological and mineralogical sciences KD number 008504 from 01.10.1945.
- ↑ Diploma of Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences of MGM No. 000019 dated 07.17.1960.
- ↑ History of the laboratory of Quaternary stratigraphy on the website of the GIN RAS.
- ↑ In memory of Ksenia Vladimirovna Nikiforova // Stratigraphy. Geological correlation. 1997. No. 3. P. 111-112.
- ↑ Tomb of the Nikiforovs , Novodevichy Cemetery.
- ↑ Card of registration of the doctor of sciences of MGM No. 000019, 12.31.1980. GIN AN SSSR
Literature
- Alekseev M.N., Velichko A.A., Gerbova V.G. et al. On the anniversary of K.V. Nikiforova // Izvestiya AN SSSR. Geological series. 1991. No. 11. P. 157-159.
- In memory of Ksenia Vladimirovna Nikiforova // Stratigraphy. Geological correlation. 1997. No. 3. P. 111-112.
Links
- History - Laboratory of Quaternary Stratigraphy, GIN RAS .
- Bibliography in the information system " History of Geology and Mining " RAS.