UDC 55; 93

https://doi.org/10.26516/2541-9641.2025.1.183

EDN: EJINBN

The Contribution of the Leningrad Mining Institute to the Development of Geological Education and the Study of the Geology of Siberia during the Great Patriotic War

S.V. Snopkov^1,2

¹Irkutsk State University, Irkutsk, Russia

²Irkutsk National Research Technical University, Irkutsk, Russia

Abstract. With the outbreak of World War II, a number of higher education institutions in the western and central regions of the Soviet Union were evacuated. The Leningrad Mining Institute is located in Cheremkhovo, Irkutsk region. LGI teachers not only organized the educational process during the war, but also conducted searches and exploration of strategic mineral resources in Siberia.

Keywords: Leningrad Mining Institute, evacuation of central universities to Siberia, geological education, geophysical research, Botogol graphite deposit

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