THE MAIN STAGES OF THE LIFE WAY AND THE CREATIVITY OF PROFESSOR GOLOVKINSKY NIKOLAI ALEKSEEVICH (on the 185-th anniversary of his birth)

Abstract

Problem Statement and Purpose. Nikolai Alekseevich Golovkinsky is a well-known personality on the territory of the Russian Empire (then the USSR and Ukraine), a researcher who earned well-deserved fame for his scientific achievements in the field of geology and hydrogeology.In this scientific work we set the task: to carry out a historical section of the life path of Nikolai Golovkinsky and to show his contribution to the development of geological science in the territory of the Russian Empire.Data & Methods. The material for this publication was compiled in the scientific li­brary of the IGS NAS of Ukraine, which has become the main source of information.When writing the article, a comparative historical research method was used, which allowed us to consider the chronological sequence of the scientific and creative path of N. A. Golovkinsky.Results. The material of the article contains biographical information on the mili­tary, scientific research and pedagogical and social-organizational activities of the prominent geologist and hydrogeologist, Doctor of Geology and Mineralogy, N. A. Golovkinsky. Much attention is paid to his work at Kazan and Novorossiysk universities. The geological developments of Nikolay Alekseevich in the territories of the Kamsky-Volga Basin and Crimea are shown, as well as its hydrogeological achievements in the Kherson County and Tavria Province.Review of the major milestones of life, research and pedagogical creativity of the scientist shows that Professor Nikolay Alekseevich rightly belongs to the leading sci­entists who worthily represented geological science on the world stage during the Russian Empire.N. A. Golovkinsky – a prominent figure of Novorossiysk University, which made a significant «summer» in the development of this university and the Faculty of Phys­ics and Mathematics, namely the formation of geological specialty at this university, which is still developing in it.