Ninety years since the birthday of the Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences I.M. Gadzhiev

Abstract

The article provides basic information about the professional, organizational, and administrative activities of Ilyas Mamedovich Gadzhiev, a renowned Russian soil scientist and ecologist, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor, Honored Ecologist of Russia, winner of the State Prize of the Russian Federation, and the member of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Professor I.M. Gadzhiev worked fruitfully in the Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences since its founding, he dedicated his entire life and scientific talent to the development of soil science, focusing on soil genesis and evolution in Siberia and Mongolia, soil classification and cartography, and the comprehensive assessment and rational use of soil cover. He made a significant contribution to the development of soil science and related fields.