Geographers and the Russian Geographical Society in the Great Patriotic War (1941–1945)
https://doi.org/10.15356/0373-2444-2015-3-8-18
Abstract
Main directions of activity of geographers and Russian Geographical Society in the Second World War are described. There were military geographical support of the armed forces, the activity of geographers to rear, and the work of geographers in the war – research, educational, and pedagogic. The role of the participants of the war (both who has become geographers before the war and veterans who came in geography after the Victory) in the post-war development of geographical science is shown. The necessity of future study under aegis of the Russian Geographical Society, as well as at the level of regional geographic and research centers is underlined.
About the Authors
G. M. Lappo
Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Moscow
Russian Federation
Moscow
A. A. Aguirrechu
Faculty of Geography, Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Moscow
Russian Federation
Moscow
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Lappo G.M., Aguirrechu A.A. Geographers and the Russian Geographical Society in the Great Patriotic War (1941–1945). Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Geograficheskaya. 2015;(3):8-18. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.15356/0373-2444-2015-3-8-18
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