OUTSTANDING ECONOMIST AND STATISTICIAN (ON THE 180TH ANNIVERSARY OF D.I. MENDELEYEV)
The paper shows that scientific activity of the outstanding Russian chemist D.I. Mendeleev is extremely vast and multifaceted. He is author of 25 volumes of academic works; among them there are 120 papers on economy based on the analysis of extensive statistical material. The paper studies his major research on economics and statistics and other scientific publications in different years, emphasizes the contribution of D.I. Mendeleev to the development of statistical science and economic thought in Russia, stresses his scientific advances in statistics, analyzes the origins of his interest in the figures, indicators and methods of statistics, names famous statisticians whose work D.I. Mendeleev knew and used in his studies, and present interesting facts about the life and work of D.I. Mendeleev. The paper states that studying the achievements of academics in the statistical fields important for managers at various levels and the younger generations of researchers, as the lessons of history give us a new perspective into the present.