ORDINARY AND MARINE GEOLOGY DEPARTMENT: 145 YEARS OF GEOLOGY EVOLUTION IN ODESSA (IMPERIAL NOVORUSSIJSKIY) UNIVERSITY AND SIGHT IN THE FUTURE
The history of development of Physical and Marine Geology Department at the Odessa National University is indissolubly connected to traditions and basic scientific directions of the Odessa scientific geological school which has arisen after establishing of Novorossijskiy Imperial University. Despite of numerous transformations of the education system, the geology at Odessa University invariable revived and was kept not only as basic section of physical sciences, but also the key element of classical university education.