XX century: Brief historical outline of Soviet/Russian glaciology

• Published in: Ice and Snow
• Main Authors: V. Kotlyakov M., В. Котляков М.
• Other Authors: This research was supported by the project «Glaciation and accompanying natural processes in the epoch of global warming» (the Government Contract № 0148-2019-0004АААА-А19-119022190172-5, Работа выполнена в рамках фундаментальных научных исследований по проекту «Оледенение и сопутствующие природные процессы при изменениях климата» (№ 0148-2019-0004АААА-А19-119022190172-5)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: IGRAS 2019
• Subjects: Division on Glaciology; Glaciological Journal; glaciological symposia; International Geophysical Year; USSR Glacier Inventory; гляциологические симпозиумы; журнал по гляциологии; Каталог ледников СССР; Международный геофизический год; Секция гляциологии; Franz Josef Land; Avsyuk; Antarc*; Antarctica; Novaya Zemlya; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://ice-snow.igras.ru/jour/article/view/583; https://doi.org/10.15356/2076-6734-2019-3-436

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...