XX century: Brief historical outline of Soviet/Russian glaciology

• Published in: Ice and Snow
• Main Author: V. M. Kotlyakov
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: Nauka 2019
• Subjects: гляциологические симпозиумы; журнал по гляциологии; каталог ледников ссср; международный геофизический год; секция гляциологии; Science; Q; Franz Josef Land; Avsyuk; Antarc*; Antarctica; Novaya Zemlya; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15356/2076-6734-2019-3-436; https://doaj.org/article/29ddbda5388f408ea3f52037d6af251a

The article describes the formation and development of Soviet glaciology during the second half of the XX century and the role of the Glaciological Department of the Institute of Geography of the USSR Academy of Sciences in this process. The Department of Glaciology had been organized in 1957 by out...