CONTRIBUTION OF GRADUATES OF THE YAKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY TO THE GEOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE TERRITORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE MINERAL RESOURCE BASE OF YAKUTIA (to the 65th anniversary of the beginning of the geology training in Yakutia and the 60th anniversary of the first graduation)
The article presents data on the foundation of higher geological education inYakutia, contribution of the graduates of the Faculty of Geology and Survey of the Yakutsk State University (now known as the M. K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University) to the geological study of the territory and development of the mineral resource base of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia). The Faculty of Engineering and Technology (now the Faculty of Geology and Survey) was established within the university in 1956. At the faculty, the training of geologists in the Department of Geology and Exploration of Mineral Deposits began 65 years ago. In 2021, the rst graduating class of geologists in Yakutia celebrates its 60th anniversary, with more than 2,130 specialists trained during this period. The graduates of the YSU and NEFU have been working in the geological enterprises of Yakutia, scienti c organizations, and public and executive agencies. At present, graduates of the YSU and NEFU are the members of DPMGI SB RAS research team and academic staff of the Faculty of Geology and Survey. Among the YSU/NEFU graduates, there are 2 winners of the USSR State Prize, 2 Honoured Geologists of the Russian Federation, 23 Honoured Geologists of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), and 2 Honoured Miners of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia); 25 geologists were awarded with the badges of the Honoured Prospector and Honourable Worker of Mineral Exploration. There are there over 25 discoverers of mineral deposits, 2 corresponding members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 4 full members of the Academy of Sciences of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), 7 Honoured Science Workers, and winners of the State Prize. They have participated in the development of the mineral and hydrocarbon base of the region, and contributed to the study of the geology of mineral deposits and their distribution patterns, geological structure and history of the geological evolution of the territory of Yakutia.