Obruchev, Vladimir Afanasevich

Born on September 28 ( October 10 ), 1863 , in the family of staff officer Afanasy Alexandrovich Obruchev (1833-1881), who received the rank of captain in 1864. The village of Klepenino, Rzhevsky district , Tver province ^[6] , where Obruchev was born, is the estate of his grandfather Alexander Afanasevich Obruchev (1796-1866), a general who received Polish lands for service in Poland. Great-grandfather Afanasy Fyodorovich Obruchev (1760-1827) was a builder of military fortresses on the western borders of Russia ^[7] . Mother - Polina Karlovna Obrucheva (nee Gertner,? - 1917), originally from Revel , daughter of a Lutheran pastor. Vladimir was the second child in the family.

Father's brother - Major General V. A. Obruchev . Father’s sister Maria Aleksandrovna Sechenova - Russia's first female ophthalmologist , evolutionary biologist who worked in the field of paleontology and geology; wife of academician I.M.Sechenov . The Sechenovs warmly welcomed Obruchev in the family estate of Klepenino, where he used the extensive family library.

Education

My father often moved on official business, and from three to seventeen years old Vladimir Obruchev lived in various cities of Poland , where he learned the Polish language ^[8] . Received home primary education. His mother spoke German and French and carried him with travel books.

He began his studies at the Brest gymnasium , then he studied at the Radom Gymnasium, and in 1876-1881, at the real school in Vilna . He graduated from the St. Petersburg Mining Institute in 1881-1886. In 1885 he completed a practice in the Urals .

Scientific and pedagogical work

In 1886 he received an offer from Professor I.V. Mushketov to take part in an expedition to Central Asia , where he discovered several ridges in the Nanshan mountains, Daursky and Borshchovochny ridges, and explored the Beishan plateau.

In 1887 he published the first scientific work “Sands and Steppes of the Trans-Caspian Region”, which was awarded the silver medal of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society.

In 1892-1894 he participated in the fourth expedition of Grigory Potanin as a geologist ^[9] . In 1895-1898 worked as the head of a mountain party in Eastern Siberia , providing the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway. The first full-time geologist of Siberia. In the study of geology and geomorphology, he considered himself the successor to the Russian geologist, geomorphologist and paleontologist, the Belarusian native Jan Dominicovich (Ivan Dementievich) Chersky , whom he personally knew.

After the Revolution of 1905-1907, he was a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party in Russia , heading its Tomsk Committee ^[10] .

In 1901-1912 he taught at the Tomsk Technological Institute of Emperor Nicholas II, was the first dean of the mining department of the institute.

In 1912, V. A. Obruchev had to part with teaching. ^[11] The tsarist officials understood that it was inconvenient to dismiss a free-thinking scientist of world renown, so he was offered to move to another institute. However, in other institutes there was no department of geology, and at the university, without a Ph.D., Obruchev could not teach. So a young and full of energy scientist with a worldwide reputation was retired at the age of 49 and had to deal with the analysis of old materials, consultations, and examinations. It was during this period that the plan matured and the novel Plutonium was written ^[12] .

Since 1916 - an honorary member of the Russian Mineralogical Society ^[13] .

In 1918-1921, he was a professor at the Tauride University in Simferopol ^[14] .

On February 6, 1919, Obruchev was awarded the degree of Doctor of Geognosy and Mineralogy by the Council of the Don (formerly Warsaw) University in the city of Rostov-on-Don (the Great Don Army ) ^[15] .

In 1921-1929, he was a professor in the Department of Applied Geology at the newly organized Moscow Mining Academy , a member of the board for academic affairs (from 1922) ^[16] .

Since 1930 - Chairman of the Commission for the Study of Permafrost . In 1939-1956 - Director of the Institute of Permafrost Science of the USSR Academy of Sciences .

On April 3, 1930, at a meeting of the Department of Physical and Mathematical Sciences of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Academician V. A. Obruchev was elected the first director of the Geological Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences, which was then in Leningrad ^[17] . Approved in this position by the General Meeting of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Since February 23, 1933 he headed the Department of lithogenesis and geology of minerals. At the personal request of V. A. Obruchev, on October 20, 1933, the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences dismissed him from the post of director of the Geological Institute ^[18] and entrusted the temporary performance of these duties to Academician A. A. Borisyak .

In 1942-1946 - academician-secretary of the Department of Geological and Geographical Sciences of the USSR Academy of Sciences .

In 1946-1953 - Member of the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences .

Since 1947 - Honorary President of the Geographical Society of the USSR .

He made a great contribution to the popularization of science. He conducted educational work among youth, maintaining contacts with schools and houses of pioneers. Known for his correspondence with the local history teacher N. M. Revyakin , the creator of the Khuzhir Museum of Local Lore on Lake Baikal .

He lived in Moscow on the Kuznetsk Bridge in the apartment building of Khomyakov ^[19] . Since 1948, he constantly lived in a country house near Zvenigorod ^[20] .

Vladimir Afanasevich Obruchev died on June 19, 1956 . He was buried in Moscow at the Novodevichy cemetery ^[21] .

The first wife (from February 1887) - Elizabeth Isaakovna Lurie (? - January 30, 1933 ). Her nephew L. Ya. Lurie was the first director of the Enlightenment publishing house (Uchpedgiz) , and his daughter, geologist M. L. Lurie , became the wife of Sergei Obruchev's middle son.

• The eldest son Vladimir ( 1888 - 1966 ) ^[22] is a geologist and economist.
• The middle son Sergei ( 1891 - 1965 ) ^[23] - a geologist and traveler, author of popular science books, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1953), State Prize laureate (1946).
• The youngest son Dmitry ( 1900 - 1970 ) ^[24] is a paleontologist, doctor of biological sciences, honorary member of the New York Academy of Sciences , Lineevsky Society (London).

The second wife (since 1935) - Eva Samoilovna Bobrovskaya (nee Frigoff ^[25] ; 1885 , Chisinau - 1956 , Moscow) ^[26] . The first marriage was married to a lawyer P. S. Bobrovsky (1880-1947, Butyrskaya prison ), editor of the newspaper “Southern Vedomosti” ^[27] , assistant commissioner of the Provisional Government in Petrograd , and Minister of Labor of the Crimean Regional Government . Her sister Esfir Samoilovna Frigof (1887-1956) ^[28] was married to a geographer, soil scientist N. N. Klepinin (1869-1936) ^[29] ; the son Leo was born in marriage (1910-1938, shot). One of Frigoff’s sisters, Elizabeth, was married to A. S. Butkevich (1859-1942) ^[30] , an experimental beekeeper, author of beekeeping manuals ^[31] and a friend of L. N. Tolstoy ^[32] .

• Stepson (son of E. S. Bobrovskaya) - Victor Petrovich Bobrovsky (1906-1979), Doctor of Arts (1975), musicologist , teacher, member of the Union of Composers . He taught at the Moscow State Conservatory. P.I. Tchaikovsky and the Music and Pedagogical Institute. Gnesins ^[33] . Grandson - Alexander Viktorovich Bobrovsky (born 1942) ^[34] , viola player, professor at the Moscow Coservatory , Honored Artist of the Russian Federation .

Granddaughter:

• Natalia Vladimirovna Obrucheva - Doctor of Biological Sciences (1991 ^[35] ), a leading researcher at the Laboratory of Signal Control Systems for Ontogenesis Control named after Academician M. Kh. Khailakhyan Institute of Plant Physiology K. A. Timiryazev Academy of Sciences of the USSR ; Vice President, International Society for the Study of Roots; Member of the editorial board of the journal Plant Physiology ^[36] . He is the author of a monograph and numerous scientific articles on the subject “Protein Composition and Mechanisms of Seed Germination”, the history of science and scientific reviews ^[37] .
• Tatyana Sergeevna Obrucheva - a graduate of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Leningrad State University, a teacher of mathematics at the Gorny National Mineral Resources University ( St. Petersburg Mining Institute ).

Key research topics:

• The origin of loess in Central and Central Asia
• Icing and permafrost in Siberia
• General issues of tectonics and tectonic structure of Siberia
• Geology of gold deposits in Siberia
• The definition of the "ancient crown" of Asia ^[38]

• Konstantinov Medal of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society (1900) - for works on the geology of Asia ^[39]
• Prize to them. V. I. Lenin (1926) - for the book "Geologie von Sibirien"
• Gold medal to them. A. P. Karpinsky (1947) ^[40]

In the name of V. A. Obruchev were named:

• Asteroid Obruchev ( Obruchev ) - 1979 FJ2 (3128). Opened March 23, 1979 at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory N. S. Chernykh.
• Craters on the Moon: Obruchev Crater - (-38.67º, 162.43º), diameter 72.23 kilometers. An ancient impact crater on the south coast of the Sea of ​​Dreams on the far side of the moon. The name was approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1970. The formation of the crater belongs to the nectar period. Satellite craters: Obruchev M Crater Obruchev M (-40.35º, 162.38º), diameter 47.89 kilometers; Obruchev T - (-38.13º, 157.99º), diameter 19.02 kilometers; Crater Obruchev V Obruchev V - (-36,42º, 158,62º), diameter 34,11 kilometers; Crater Obruchev X Obruchev X (-34.74º, 159.81º), diameter 22.22 kilometers.
• Mining Department of Tomsk Polytechnic Institute in Tomsk;
• Institute of permafrost named after V. A. Obruchev, Academy of Sciences of the USSR in Moscow (until 1963);
• Museum of Local Lore in Kyakhta, Republic of Buryatia (1940);
• Laboratory of ore deposits and minerals of the Tomsk Polytechnic Institute in the city of Tomsk.
• The tugboat of the Volga River Shipping Company, the boat of the Baikal Limnological Institute of the Siberian Branch of the Academy of Sciences, the expedition vessel of the Institute of Oceanology of the Academy of Sciences received the name "Academician V. A. Obruchev".
• One of the twelve districts of the South-Western administrative district of Moscow is Obruchevsky district. ^[41] Obrucheva Street is located in the district (Konkovo, Obruchevsky, Cheryomushki districts). ^[42]
• In the Neman district of the Kaliningrad region, the village of Obruchevo is located (Gross Wingsnupenen - until 1938, Gross Wingen - until 1946). ^[43]
• Mineral heals , and heals - a mineral from the class of natural bitumen ( asphaltite ), discovered in 1932 in Dzungaria (Xinjiang, PRC).
• Obruchev Volcano is an extinct volcano located 108.7 km southeast of Chita. Natural Monument ^[44] ;
• Mount Obrucheva - a mountain in the headwaters of the Snezhnaya River on Khamar-Daban and Obrucheva volcano in the Vitima valley in the Chita region ^[45] ;
• [[Obruchev Pass] (coordinates: 39 ° 27.225 'N, 73 ° 5.520' VD). It is located in the ridge Ice Cape (the northern spur of the Zaalai tongue of the Korzhenevsky glacier (Pamir). The height of the pass from the SRTM base is 4922 m. ^[46]
• Obruchev Glacier on Hooker Island in the Franz Josef Land archipelago, Barents Sea;
• Obruchev Oasis is an Antarctic coastal oasis located at 66 ° 35 'S. w. and 99 ° 45 'in. e. between the outlet glaciers of Denmen and Scott, in the eastern part of the Queen Mary Land (East Antarctica) ^[47] ;
• Obruchev hilly hill in the Lebap province of Turkmenistan ^[48]
• Obrucheva Volcano - Tungokochensky District, Trans-Baikal Territory, Far Eastern Federal District ^[49]
• Obruchev Basin - North of the Namagatu Mountain Range in Western Mongolia;
• Obrucheva River in the basin of the Bakhty River, a tributary of the Yenisei in the Krasnoyarsk Territory;
• The discharge of Obruchev on the shore of Lake Baikal ^[50]
• Mud hill Obrucheva, Crimea .
• Obruchevsky mineral spring discovered by scientists in the Kacha Valley, Crimea Peninsula
• Obruchev Peak is a mountain peak in the Nien Shan mountains in Central Asia.

Toponyms, organizations and other objects are also named, among them:

• The USSR postage stamp dedicated to V. A. Obruchev (1963) was issued ^[54] .
• On the initiative and at the expense of Irkutsk geologists, a monument to V. A. Obruchev in Irkutsk was unveiled on June 27, 1986 ^[55] , as well as memorial plaques in his honor: on the house where he lived and on the building where he worked ^[56] .
• In Tomsk , September 9, 2010, a bust was installed for V. A. Obruchev at the beginning of the Geologists Alley, which runs along Kirov Avenue from the TPU Mountain Building ^[57] .

According to the decision of the Central Council of the Paleontological Society, since 1985, the Paleontological names in the alphabetical order of the names of specialists in whose honor the taxa are named have been published in the Year-to-Year HPE Yearbook. The following organisms and plants are named in honor of V. A. Obruchev ^[58] :

V. A. Obruchev for 71 years of his creative life published about 660 articles and books. The volume of texts amounted to 30,346 pages, of which (not including reviews and abstracts) ^[59] :

• 23 500 pages - scientific works;
• 3 806 pages - popular science works;
• 1,666 pages are works of art.

Scientific Papers

The author of more than 450 scientific papers on Earth sciences ^[60] , among them:

• Sands and steppes of the Transcaspian region // Izv. RGO. 1887.Vol. 23. No. 2. - S. 174-190. Sep. ed. St. Petersburg: typ. A.S. Suvorin, 1888 .-- 17 p.
• Trans-Caspian Lowland: Geol. and orographic. essay on data collected during excursions in 1886-1888: With adj. 3 tab., Drawings and sketches / [Op.] Horn. Ing. V. A. Obrucheva; Ed. N.V. Mushketova. - SPb .: Type. Imp. Acad. Sciences, 1890. - [4], 271 p .; 3 l silt - (Notes of the imperial Russian geographic island on general geography; T. XX, No. 3) .
• Geological exploration of the Olekminsko-Vitim mountain country and its gold placers in 1890. Irkutsk, 1891. - 77 p. + 3 l. kart.
• Orography of Central Asia and its southeastern outskirts: A brief report on the expedition of 1892-1894, commissioned by the Russian Geographical Society // Izv. RGO. 1895.V. 31. Issue. 3. - S. 253—344.
• The nature and inhabitants of Central Asia and its south-eastern outskirts: (Three public lectures given in St. Petersburg in the spring of 1895, and in Irkutsk in the spring of 1896) // Geography. 1896. Book. 2. - S. 1–72.
• Travel diaries concerning East Mongolia, the provinces of Zhili, Shanxi, Shaanxi and Gansu, Ordos, Alashan and East Nanshan // Central Asia. Northern China and Nanshan: a report on a journey commissioned by the Russian Geographical Society in 1892–1894. St. Petersburg, 1900. T. 1. - 631 s.
• Memoirs of Professor I.V. Mushketov. - Yearbook on geol. and mineral. Russia, 1902, v. 6, no. 1, p. 37 - 43.
• Traveling diaries concerning Central Mongolia, Dzungaria and mountain systems of Beishan, Nanshan, East Tien Shan and Jinshlan // Central Asia. Northern China and Nanshan: a report on a journey commissioned by the Russian Geographical Society in 1892–1894. St. Petersburg, 1901.V. 2. - 689 p.
• To the question of the origin of loess. (In defense of the aeolian hypothesis) / V. A. Obruchev. - Tomsk: Tipo-lithogr. sib. t-va oven. affairs, 1911. - 38 p.
• Western Siberia: (areas of Kokchetav and the whole Altai with Salair Ridge and Kuznetsk Alatau) // Geological survey of gold-bearing regions of Siberia. St. Petersburg, 1911. Part 1. - 142 p.
• Altai Etudes: On the tectonics of the Russian Altai // Geography. 1915. Book. 3. - S. 1-71.
• The Ilinsky gold ore deposit in East Transbaikalia, 1916 ^[61] .
• Geological survey of Siberia. M .: State Publishing House, 1927 .-- 376 p.
• Geology of Siberia, monograph, 3 volumes, 1935-1938
• Selected works on the geography of Asia - Moscow: Geografgiz, 1951. - T. 1. - 582 p.
• Selected works on the geography of Asia - Moscow: Geografgiz, 1951. - T. 2. - 446 p.
• Selected works on the geography of Asia - Moscow: Geografgiz, 1951. - V. 3. - 444 p.
• The history of geological exploration of Siberia - Leningrad: Acad. Sciences of the USSR, 1931-1959. - 5 vols. - (Proceedings of the Commission on the History of Knowledge / USSR Academy of Sciences).
• Tunguska coal-bearing basin, 1933
• My travels in Siberia - Moscow; Leningrad: Publishing house and the 2nd type. Publishing House Acad. Sciences of the USSR, 1948 (Moscow). - 275 p.: Ill. , 1948
• River basin Bodaibo: [Prev. report] // Geological studies in the gold-bearing regions of Siberia: Lensky gold-bearing region. Vol. 2. St. Petersburg: typ. M.M. Stasyulevich, 1903. - S. 1-57: maps.
• Geological surveys in Barlyk, Miley and Jair in the summer of 1909: [Brief Report] - Tomsk: Tipo-lith. Sib. t-va oven. affairs, 1910.— [1], 9 p.
• River basin Nakatami and its gold mines - Tomsk: Tipo-lit. Siberian printing industry, 1909. - 47 p., 1 p. silt
• To the orography and geology of the Kalba Range - Tomsk: Type. Houses of industriousness, 1912 .-- 21 p.
• Geological research in the Kalba ridge (Western Altai) in 1911 // Yearbook on the geology and mineralogy of Russia. 1911.V. 14. Vol. 9.P. 255—269: maps.
• Grigory Nikolaevich Potanin: a brief outline of his life and work. - M., 1916
• Expedition to Jair, Semistay and Urkashar (in Western Dzungaria) in 1906: with a map attached // Izvestia, Tomsk Technological Institute [Izvestia TTI]. - 1908. - T. 9 , No. 1 .
• Geological exploration in Barlyk, Miley and Jair, in the summer of 1909: a brief report // Bulletin of the Tomsk Technological Institute [Bulletin of the TTI]. - 1910. - T. 20 , No. 4 .
• Geologie von Sibirien. By WA Obrutschew. Forts, d. Geol. u. Pal., Heft 15. pp. xix + 572, with 10 plates, 60 text figs., and a map. Berlin: Borntraeger, 1926.

Popular Science Articles and Books

In 1914, Obruchev began to publish popular science articles in geology and paleontology in the journal Nature.

• Dolphins (marine fountains) Hawaii, 1914.
• New Siberian meteorite // Nature. 1916, No. 4. Stlb. 497
• New oil field // Nature. 1916, No. 7/8. Stlb. 919.
• The origin of Lake Teletskoy // Nature. 1916, No. 11. Stlb. 1321-1322.
• Ancient volcanoes in South Africa // Nature. 1916, No. 7/8. Stlb. 921-922.
• The formation of mountains and ore deposits. L .: Publishing house of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1932. - 149 p .; 2nd ed., Ext. M .; L .: Publishing house of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1942 .-- 197 p.
• To the search for the Tunguska meteorite // Nature. 1933, No. 5/6. Stlb. 113-114.
• New in the problem of the origin of Baikal. Nature, No. 3, 1953.
• From Kyakhta to Kuldzhi: Travel to Central Asia and China: [1892-1894]. M .; L .: Publishing house of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1940 .-- 236 p. (Popular science ser.).
• Fundamentals of geology: (Popular exposition). M .; L .: Gosgeolizdat, 1944. 460 p .; Reprint 1947.328 s .; Riga: Latgosizdat, 1948.364 s .; In 11 book Tbilisi: Tech. before the storm, 1949-1950; 1953. 339 p .; Alma-Ata: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR, 1950.366 s .; Re-worker. and add. ed. M .: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1956.360 p .; in Korean. lang M., 1958.440 s .; in English. lang M .: IL, 1959. 372 p.: In French. lang 1959. 289 p.

Tutorials

• Petrography course. - Tomsk: Tomsk Publishing House. technol. Institute, 1905 .-- 578 p. (lit.).
• Field geology / V. A. Obruchev. - Ed. 4th. - Moscow; Leningrad: State Mining NTI, 1932. - T. 1. - 306 p.
• Field geology / V.A. Obruchev. - Ed. 4th. - Moscow; Leningrad: State Mining NTI, 1932. - T. 2. - 322 p.
• Ore deposits / V. A. Obruchev. - Moscow: Moscow Mining Academy, 1928. - Part 1. - 144 p.

Adventure and science fiction

• 1911 - Aeolian city
• 1910s - 1920s - Thermal mine (unfinished story ^{[62] [63]} )
• 1915 - Plutonium, a science fiction novel.
• 1924 - Sannikov Land
• 1928 - In the wilds of Central Asia
• 1929 - Miserable Mine
• 1957 - Coral Island
• 1961 - Travels to the Past and the Future

First publications

• Aeolian city // Geography. - 1911. - Book. 3. - S. 1 - 22.
• Plutonium: An extraordinary journey into the bowels of the earth - Leningrad: The path to knowledge, 1924 - 464 pp., Ill.
• Sannikov Land or The Last Onkilons: Sci-fi. novel - [Moscow]: Puchina, 1926. - 325 p.
• Gold diggers in the desert. - M .: Publishing house of geological literature, 1949. - 246 p. - 25,000 copies. ; (reprinted in 1950 and 1955).
• In the wilds of Central Asia. Notes of the treasure hunter. - M .: Geografgiz , 1951. - 320 p. - 100,000 copies. Subsequently, it was repeatedly published (1951, 1953, 1955, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2019). In 1957, the book was translated into Estonian: VA Obrutšev. Keek-Aasia Avarustes. - Tallinn: Eesti riiklik kijastus . - 1957. - 348 p.
• Thermal mine. A fantastic story. The collection "Travels in the past and the future." - Moscow: Publishing. USSR Academy of Sciences, 1961 .
• Traveling to the past and future. Collection: Sci-fi works / Ed. ed. S.V. Obruchev. - Moscow: Publishing. USSR Academy of Sciences, 1961.

• Albov S.V. Mineral springs of Crimea. Simferopol: Krimizdat, 1956 .-- 30 s.
• Varsanofiev V.A. Vladimir Afanasevich Obruchev: (On the occasion of the 90th birthday) // Bull. MOIP. Sep. geol. 1953. T. 28. No. 5. - S. 5-22: port.
• Vernadsky V.I., Levinson-Lessing F. Yu . Note on the scientific works of prof. V. A. Obrucheva // Notes on the scientific works of full members of the USSR Academy of Sciences in the Department of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, elected on January 12, 1929. - L., 1930. - S.117-128.
• Vladimir Afanasevich: Towards the fortieth anniversary of scientific activity. - Moscow: “Mospoligraf”, type 16., 1927. - 20 p.: Portr .; 23x16 cm. - (Cheap library of the journal "North Asia", 1927).
• Gagarin A.V. Obruchev Vladimir Afanasevich // Professors of Tomsk Polytechnic University: TPU Biographical Collection / 2nd Edition. - Tomsk: Publishing House HTL, 2000. - Volume 1.
• Druyanov V.A. Knight of fact: Prince. about acad. V.A. Obruchev - M .: Knowledge, 1984. - 160 p.: 8 p. silt - (Creators of science and technology).
• Dumitrashko N.V. The Gold Star of the Traveler. (V. A. Obruchev. 1863-1956). - Ed. 2nd, rev. and add. - M .: Geografgiz, 1963 .-- 72 p. - ( Wonderful geographers and travelers ).
• Omchenko O. P. Biographies of the blue planet: etude about the great mandrivnikiv: for the middle. і Art. school vіku / O.P. Єmchenko. - K .: Veselka, 1988. - Book. 2. - 172 p.: Il.
• For the secrets of Pluto / V. A. Obruchev; comp., ed. will accompany. text A.V. Shumilov. - Moscow: Young Guard, 1986. - 239 p.: 8 incl. l., rice, ph. - (Arrow).
• Ingirev Z. Creative path of V. A. Obruchev. - M .; L .: Gosgeolizdat, 1948 .-- 96 p.
• Kuznetsova, S. I. Cabinet Museum of V. A. Obruchev // Bulletin of the Tomsk Polytechnic University [Bulletin of TPU]. - 2003. - T. 306 , No. 6 . - S. 155-159 .
• Lazarevich E. A. The art of popularization: Academicians S. I. Vavilov, V. A. Obruchev, A. E. Fersman - popularizers of science. - M.: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1960 .-- 190 p.
• Lebedev N. M. Our fellow countryman, academician Vladimir Afanasevich Obruchev, the first full-time geologist of Siberia (1863-1956) // People of science on the Tver land: [collection of books]. Art.] / N. M. Lebedev. - Tver, 2011 .-- S. 71-79.
• Murzaev E.M. , Obruchev V.V. , Ryabukhin G.E. Vladimir Afanasevich Obruchev (1863-1956) / Otv. ed. N. A. Florensov ; USSR Academy of Sciences . - Ed. 2nd, rev. and add. - M .: Nauka , 1986 .-- 208 p. - ( Scientific and biographical literature ). - 35,700 copies.
• Outstanding Soviet geologist, Academician V. A. Obruchev: (On the occasion of the 90th birthday): Recommended References / All-Union. Society for the dissemination of watered. and scientific. knowledge. Center. Polytechnic b-ka. - Moscow: CPB, 1953. - 6 p.
• Hero of Socialist Labor, laureate of the Stalin Prize, academy Vladimir Afanasevich Obruchev [Izomaterial]: [Reproduction]. - Moscow: Art, 1953. - [1] p.
• Obruchev, Vladimir Afanasevich // Tomsk from A to Z: A Brief Encyclopedia of the City. / Ed. Dr. East. Sciences N. M. Dmitrienko . - 1st ed. - Tomsk: NTL Publishing House, 2004 .-- S. 237-238. - 440 s. - 3,000 copies. - ISBN 5-89503-211-7 .
• Pobupalskaya M. And . Obruchev / M.I. Postupalskaya, S.D. Ardashnikova. - M.: Young Guard, 1963. - 432 p.: Ill. - (The life of wonderful people; issue 13 (369). St. Petersburg. 300 + 300 biographies. Biographical dictionary / St. Petersburg. 300 + 300 biographies. Biographic Glossary // Comp. G. Gopienko. - In Russian and English language - M .: Markgraf, 2004 .-- 320 p. - Tyr. 5000 copies .-- ISBN 5-85952-032-8 .
• Ryabukhin G. E. Academician V. A. Obruchev [Text]: (On the occasion of the 90th birthday): Material for the lecture / Dr. geol.-mineral. sciences prof. G.E. Ryabukhin; All-Union. Society for the dissemination of watered. and scientific. knowledge. - Moscow: [b. and.], 1953. - 28 p.
• Chubik P.S. Mining and geological school of the Tomsk Polytechnic - hometown and territory // Tomsk Polytechnic. - 2004. - Vol. 10 . - S. 46–55 .
• Shilo N. A. Problems of the geology of gold in the works of V. A. Obruchev // Izv. USSR Academy of Sciences. Ser. Geol. - 1989. - No. 11. - S. 27-31.
• Shcherbakova M.V. Contribution of V. A. Obruchev to the development of Russian geography and geology: (To help the lecturer) / Kiev Mountains. organization of the island of "Knowledge". - Kiev: [b. and.], 1965. - 36 p.

• Obruchev, Vladimir Afanasevich (Russian) . Site " Heroes of the country ".
• Profile of Vladimir Afanasevich Obruchev on the official website of the RAS
• Publications by V. A. Obruchev in the Scientific Library of Russia Electronic Library, Russian Academy of Sciences (18 books)
• Bibliography and documents on the website of the GIN RAS .
• The first geologist of Siberia on the site neftrossii.ru
• V. A. Obruchev on the site "Fiction Archive"
• Presentation for awarding a gold medal named after A.P. Karpinsky to Academician V.A. Obruchev