Scientific path of Viktor Borisovich Sochava and his contributions for landscape analysis

Alexey V. Sobisevich,Valerian A. Snytko

doi:10.33958/revig.v41i3.723

Abstract

This paper is dedicated to the life of the Soviet geographer Viktor Borisovich Sochava (1905-1978), who contributed substantially to the geosystemic theory formation in the field of knowledge of Geography, Ecology, and Geosciences in general. The paper covers his academic trajectory and scientific production, pointing out V. Sochava’s main research and contributions for landscape analysis and evolution and development of these disciplines in theoretical and applied sciences. The main results of V. Sochava’s research are also presented throughout the text.

Highlights

Viktor Borisovich Sochava (Fig. 1) was born on June 7, 1905 in the village of Pargolovo near St
In 1926 he started working as an intern at the Botanical Museum of the USSR Academy of Sciences, which was transformed into the Botanical Institute in 1931
Sochava’s research has always been characterized by a desire to reflect the current state of the natural environment, and to anticipate its future. This was evident in the 1960s and 1970s, when geography was faced with the task of optimising the natural environment

Summary

INTRODUCTION

Viktor Borisovich Sochava (Fig. 1) was born on June 7, 1905 in the village of Pargolovo near St. In 1926 he started working as an intern at the Botanical Museum of the USSR Academy of Sciences, which was transformed into the Botanical Institute in 1931. Snytko & Sobisevich the USSR Academy of Sciences with simultaneous work at the Institute of Reindeer Husbandry of the All-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences of the Soviet Union. Candidate of Biological Sciences degree, he was awarded in 1935 for a series of published scientific works in the field of geobotany, even without a thesis defence. In 1943, as a result of his successful defence of his thesis “Geography and cenology of the plant cover of the Amur and Primorye regions”, he received the degree of Doctor of Biological Sciences. Sochava was elected a corresponding member, and in 1968 he became an academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences, specializing in Geography

EXPEDITIONARY ACTIVITIES

СONTRIBUTIONS FOR LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS

ESTABLISHMENT OF SIBERIAN OBSERVATION STATIONS

CONCLUSION