THE EPOCH AND ITS CREATOR: the 90th anniversary of Yu.V. Medvedkov
https://doi.org/10.7868/S2587556618010125
Abstract
Yuri Medvedkov was one of the most glittering figures in the Soviet geography of 1960–1970. He was one of the standard-bearers of the quantitative and theoretical revolution. He brought in the geography not only the extremely valuable results and methods of modeling, but much more strict way of thinking, which is peculiar to the exact sciences. The level of theoretical thinking in geography has decreased significantly over the last half century and we are sorely behind the level of the Dr. Sci. thesis of Yu. Medvedkov. Medvedkov has created in1974 intheInstituteofGeographythe Laboratory of human ecology, which became for several years one of the most vibrant centers of geographical thought in our country. In 1972, Medvedkov was deprived by the arbitrary of power to return toGeneva, where he headed the Laboratory of ecology of WHO. After this he was deprived of the opportunity to travel abroad. Such a problem finally forced him to submit in 1981 the statement on emigration. He was excluded from the scientific community until his emigration in 1986.
About the Author
Viacheslav A. Shuper
Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Moscow
Russian Federation
Moscow
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Shuper V.A. THE EPOCH AND ITS CREATOR: the 90th anniversary of Yu.V. Medvedkov. Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Geograficheskaya. 2018;(1):139-146. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.7868/S2587556618010125
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