TULAYKOV N.M. IN THE FIGHT AGAINST FAMINE
An outstanding russian soil scientist N.M. Tulaykov, who lived and worked at the beginning of the last century, have gave a lot to the scientific foundations of agriculture in the South of Russia. Coming from a poor peasant family, he received an excellent education and worked with other outstanding scientists. In 1908-1910, he was sent to scientific and practical trip to the United States, Germany and Britain. In 1910, he was appointed Director of the Bezenchuk Agricultural experimental station. Since 1915 he was in charge of the agricultural chemical laboratory in Petrograd, since 1918 he was the Chairman of the Agricultural Scientific Committee of the Ministry of agriculture. Since 1920 until the end of his life, he was Director of the field production Department of the Saratov experimental station and was a Professor at the Saratov agricultural Institute. Developed and promoted a system of dry farming to combat famine (including famine in the Volga region in 1921-1923). He was undeservedly repressed and died approximately in 1937-1938 in Solovetsky islands or in prison in Saratov.