Saint-Petersburg Mining University, Saint Petersburg, Russia:

A. I. Leiberov, Associate Professor, Candidate of Historical Sciences, leybmih@mail.ru

D. S. Korzhinsky made a huge contribution to the development of geological science by turning crystallography and petrology from auxiliary, applied areas in geology into independent theoretical disciplines in the Earth science. The most of numerous works of literature telling about the biography of D. S. Korzhinsky are written in honor of anniversaries in the life of Dmitry Sergeevich, and present his memories of the childhood and youth, study at the Leningrad Mining Institute, work at the Geological Department of the Mining Institute and his research activities as a member of the Geological Committee. This article offers a scientific biography of D. S. Korzhinsky, mainly, the Leningrad period of his life. On the archival evidence from the Saint-Petersburg Mining University and the Central State Archive of Saint-Petersburg, as well as transactions of the Central Research Institute of Geological Prospecting for Base and Precious Metals, the All-Russian Geological Institute and others, the author have made an attempt to analyze the practical (exploration, prospecting), scientific and teaching activities of D. S. Korzhinsky.

1. Zharikov V. A. Originator of physical geochemistry. In commemoration of Academician D. S. Korzhinsky’s 100th anniversary. Vestnik Rossiyskoi akademii nauk. 1999. Vol. 69. No. 9. pp. 804–823.

2. Perchuk L. L., Korifey L. L. D. S. Korzhinsky. Recollections. Priroda. 1980. No. 8.
3. Alekseev, V. I. Type intrusive series of the Far East belt of lithium-fluoric granites and its ore content. Journal of Mining Institute. 2022. Vol. 255. pp. 377–392. DOI: 10.31897/PMI.2022.21
4. Ivanov M. A., Simakov A. P. Plagioclase’s iridescent as mineralogical sign of pegmatites with large-crystalline muscovite (North Baikal muscovite province). Journal of Mining Institute. 2012. Vol. 197. p. 174–179.
5. Machevariani M. M., Alekseev V. I. Typomorfic features of the zircon from Verchneurmiysky granite massif (Priamurye). Journal of Mining Institute. 2012. Vol. 196. p. 14–17.
6. Marin Y. B., Gulbin Y. L., Ilichenko V. O. et al. Variability of material constitution and morphometry of ore toward prediction of mineral process properties and reduced loss of useful components. 2004. Journal of Mining Institute. 2004. Vol. 158. pp. 29–32.
7. Petrov D. A. Internal structure peculiarities of feldspar in Salma granite. Journal of Mining Institute. 2009. Vol. 182. pp. 41–44.
8. Skublov S. G., Li S.-K. Anomalous geochemistry of zircon from the Yastrebetskoe rare metal deposit (SIMS- and TOF-study). Journal of Mining Institute. 2016. Vol. 222. pp. 798–802.
9. Rumyantseva N. А., Vanshteyn B. G., Skublov S. G. Petrochemical features of tholeiites from the Shaka ridge (South Atlantic). Journal of Mining Institute. 2021. Vol. 248. pp. 223–231.
10. Voloshinova I. V. Becoming a scientist: the young years of Academician Paleontologist D. V. Nalivkin (1889–1982). Voprosy istorii. 2022. Vol. 1(2). pp. 152–167.
11. Podolsky S. I., Tropov I. A. Dmitry A. Kazakovsky and development of mine surveying in the USSR. Gornyi Zhurnal. 2022. No. 2. pp. 97–100. DOI: 10.17580/gzh.2022.02.16
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13. Bondareva O. N., Egorenkova N. A. Shchukina D. A. To the origins of humanitarian education at the Saint-Petersburg Mining University. Voprosy istorii. 2021.Vol. 12(3). pp. 89–101.
14. A graduate of the Mining Institute—An outstanding scientist-geologist, Academician Pavel Ivanovich Melnikov (1908–1994). Voprosy istorii. 2022.Vol. 2(2). pp. 94–103.
15. Berdyshev G. D., Siplivinsky V. N. The First Siberian Professor in Botany—Korzhinsky’s 110^th Anniversary. Novosibirsk: SO AN SSSR, 1961. 88 p.
16. Fominykh S. F., Nekrylov S. A., Bertsun L. L. et al. The Tomsk University’s Professors : Biographical Dictionary. Issue I: 1888–1917. Tomsk : TGU, 1996. 286 p.
17. Classic of the 20th Century Petrology. D. S. Korzhinsky’s 110^th Anniversary. Recollections. Мoscow, 1999. 177 p.
18. Central Sate Archive of Saint-Petersburg. Fond 8811. Inventory 14. Part 2. Record 139. Sheet 2.
19. Central Research Institute of Geological Prospecting for Base and Precious Metals (TsNIGRI). Transactions. Мoscow, 1935. Iss. 41. 24 p.