Included in science of V.I. Shikanov
In the article becoming of V.I. Shikanov is examined as a criminal scientist-lawyer. The his fundamentalness, boldness is marked in defending of scientific point of view. A discussion is described through question of the use in the criminal procedure proving of smell tracks of man. History of defence is expounded by a candidate and doctoral dissertations of V.I. Shikanov. The directions of scientific search of V. I. Shikanov are called.