ALL-UKRAINIAN CONFERENCE ON THE 100th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOIL SCIENCE AND GEOGRAPHY OF SOILS OF THE ODESA UNIVERSITY OF PROFESSOR IVAN GOGOLEV

Abstract

Information is provided on the All-Ukrainian Scientific Conference, held at the Geologi­cal and Geographical Faculty of Odessa II Mechnikov National University, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the founder of the Department of Science and Geog­raphy, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, and outstanding scientist and practitioner in soil science, geography and melioration of soils, Professor Ivan Nikolaevich Gogolev. To commemorate this date and the contr ibution of Ivan Mykolayovych to the development of national soil - geography science and practice, was held the All-Ukrainian Scientif ic Conference Soil and Geography Science and Practice - Traditions and Present on September 12-13, 2019. The conference was attended by more than 80 participants-rep- resentatives of scientific institutions and educational institutions from Canada, the Rus­sian Federation, Moldova, regions of Ukraine. The conference consisted of plenary and sectional meetings. About 50 papers were included in the conference program, which considered theoretical and applied problems of soil science, genesis, chemical composi­tion and soil properties of regions of Ukraine and neighboring Moldova, protection of the soil cover of the Chernozem zone, evaluation of their current status, resear ch of scientific school.. The conference materials were published in the compilation “Soil and geograph­ical science and practice - traditions and the present”. The life of Pr ofessor Ivan Gogolev's, becoming him as a scientist, teacher is very instruc­tive. Student-excellent of agricultural academy, volunteer at the front in the Second World War, senior laboratory assistant, assistant professor, professor, head of the department, outstanding soil scientist and geographer, leading specialist in the field of reclamation soil science.