Geological Committee

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GEOLOGICAL COMMITTEE, the first governmental geological institution in Russia. It was founded in 1882 as part of the Department of Mines to conduct systematic studies of Russia's geological structure and mineral resources and construct general geological maps and local maps of mining areas. It was in the Geological Committee that national geological disciplines developed such as regional geology and geological cartography, palaeontology and stratigraphics, coal geology, oil geology, geology of ore deposits, hydrogeology, quaternary geology, and geomorphology. The committee work is associated with a number of prominent geologists including G. P. Gelmersen, the first director, A. P. Karpinsky, the director in 1885-1903 and honorary director in 1903-29, N. I. Andrusov, A. A. Borisyak, I. M. Gubkin, A. N. Zavaritsky, A. N. Krishtofovich, L. I. Lutugin, V. P. Nekhoroshev, M. M. Prigorovsky, M. P. Rusakov, N. N. Slavyanov, P. I. Stepanov, et al. The Geological Committee managed, conducted, and supervised all geological work and exploration work that had national importance from 1923 onwards. The committee's functions were taken over by the Main Geological Survey Board under the President of the All-Russian Council for National Economy in 1929. Based on the scientific subdivisions of the committee, separate institutes were founded and united under the Geological Institute in 1931, apart from the Geological Oil Institute. It was situated at 15 Fourth Line of Vasilievsky Island and 74 Sredny Avenue of Vasilievsky Island since 1916.

Reference: Клеопов И. Л. Геологический комитет, 1882-1929 гг.: История геологии в России. М., 1964.

O. N. Ansberg. Andrusov Nikolay Ivanovich
Borisyak Alexey Alexeevich
Gelmersen Grigory Petrovich
Gubkin Ivan Mikhailovich
Karpinsky Alexander Petrovich
Krishtofovich Afrikan Nikolaevich
Lutugin Leonid Ivanovich
Nekhoroshev Vasily Petrovich
Prigorovsky M.M.
Rusakov Mikhail Petrovich
Slavyanov Nikolay Nikolaevich
Stepanov Pavel Ivanovich
Zavaritsky Alexander Nikolaevich
4th Line of Vasilievsky Island/Saint Petersburg, city, house 15
Sredny Ave of Vasilievsky Island/Saint Petersburg, city, house 74
Клеопов И. Л. Геологический комитет, 1882-1929 гг.: История геологии в России. М., 1964 Karpinsky All-Russian Geological Institute