TO THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF MIKHAIL M. ODINTSOV, CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE USSR ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

Abstract

This article provides basic information about Mikhail M. Odintsov (1911–2011), Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, and his scientific, organizational and social activities. From 1954 to 1976, he was the founder and director of the Institute of Geology of the East Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences, which is now world known as the Institute of Earth's Crust of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The Institute was awarded with two Orders of Lenin (in 1963, and in 1971), and the Order of Red Banner of Labour (1975). In 2011, the scientific community in Russia celebrates the 100th anniversary of Mikhail M. Odintsov.

Keywords

• siberian platform
• prediction of mineral reserves
• kimberlite pipes
• diamonds