Из архива профессора Д. П. Григорьева: к 160-летию со дня рождения В. И. Вернадского и 140-летию со дня рождения А. Е. Ферсмана

Abstract

The article publishes previously unknown materials for the biographies of academicians V. I. Vernadsky and A. E. Fersman, found by the author in Professor D. P. Grigoriev’s archive, stored in the Russian Mineralogical Society. These are the memoirs of mineralogist A. Ya. Mikey, the autobiography of A. E. Fersman and his personal file, signed by academician V. A. Obruchev. All documents have been deciphered, annotated and commented on by the author. The relevance of the article is the need to defend the priorities of domestic science and technology. The purpose of the work is the fullest possible coverage of the professional and creative activities of V. I. Vernadsky and A. E. Fersman, the introduction of new documents into scientific circulation. These materials introduce information about the repressed Professor A. Ya. Mikey. The citation of famous scientists and travelers I. P. Aliber, A. I. Antipov, A. I. Brodsky, W. Wollaston, V. M. Goldschmidt, P. L. Dravert, L. L. Ivanov, V. I. Kryzhanovsky, S. M. Kurbatov, A. Lacroix, P. M. Leontovsky, G. M. Permikin, R. A. Prendel, K. Rosenbush, E. S. Fedorov, and L. A. Yachevsky should be interesting for a wide range of readers. Attention is drawn to the importance of personal archives in the study of the history of science. The archive of Professor D. P. Grigoriev in letters and other documents reflects a whole layer of pre- and post-war history of Russian mineralogy. The article is dedicated to the 160th anniversary of the birth of V. I. Vernadsky and the 140th anniversary of the birth of A. E. Fersman.