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A. V. Lapo

GeolCom Knight. To the 120th anniversary of Vasily Petrovich Nekhoroshev

Publications by V. P. Nekhoroshev on the history of GeolCom – TsNIGRI – VSEGEI, which gave an impetus for further investigations in this area are considered. Based on the analysis of unpublished materials of the scientist, his uncompromising struggle against belittling the role of GeolCom in the geological exploration of Kazakhstan is also shown.
Key words: Nekhoroshev, Geological Committee, TsNIGRI, VSEGEI, history of geology, Kazakhstan.