ACADEMICIAN K. GLINKA: LIFE AND SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY IN THE HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL CONTEXTS
The author presents a generalized analysis of scientific activity of the Academician K.D. Glinka, who was one of the founders of Russian soil science as a branch of scientific knowledge; shows the contribution of this outstanding scientist to the establishment and development of the Russian system of higher agricultural education, particularly to the foundation of Voronezh Agricultural Institute of the Emperor Peter the Great.