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Two years ago, the outstanding scientist, statesman, and a titular member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academician Alexey Emilievich Kontorovich (January 28, 1934 – October 24, 2023) passed away. The scope of his personality and achievements as a world-class researcher, a prominent organizer of science, and a higher-education lecturer are impressive and admirable.



Alexey Emilievich was widely known as a prominent organizer of fundamental research, as well as the founder of the theory of naphthide genesis. Furthermore, A.E. Kontorovich made a formidable contribution to the scientific substantiation and development of the mineral resource base for the oil and gas industry in Western Siberia, Eastern Siberia, the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), and the Russian Arctic. He played instrumental role in the development of the Strategy for Economic Development of Siberia, the Energy Strategy of Russia, and many other documents of national significance.

Academician Kontorovich was the founder and director of the Institute of Petroleum Geology, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (later, the Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics SB RAS), where he subsequently worked as the scientific supervisor and principal research scientist.

Alexey Emilievich was actively involved in training petroleum geologists at Novosibirsk State University, where he headed the Department of oil and gas field geology for many years. He also lectured at numerous Russian universities, as well as universities and companies abroad. Academician Kontorovich supervised dozens of PhD and doctoral students. His students include members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan.

Until his very last days, A.E. Kontorovich who loved and aimed to do some good for his country, continued to actively and effectively work for the benefit of Russian and international science. Great many of Alexey Kontorovich's disciples and followers continue to develop the fields of science established by him, both at IPGG SB RAS and many other scientific organizations.

For more details of A.E. Kontorovich's biography, works, and accomplishments, please, visit his memorial page: http://www.ipgg.sbras.ru/ru/institute/history/persons/kontorovichae