Kashtanov Alexander

Born March 25, 1928 in the village Yurasova Ramensky District. Father - Kashtanov Nikolai (1901. born.). Mother - chestnut Claudia I. (1909. born.). Children: Oleg (1955. born.), Andrew (1959. born.), Olga (1965. born.).

In 1952 he graduated from the Moscow Agricultural Academy. Timiryazev, specialty - a scientist-agronomist. Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor. Academician of the Russia Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the International Slavonic Academy, International Academy of Environmental Sciences, the Belarusian Agricultural Academy. Member of the Association of agricultural landscapes ". Honored Worker of Science. Awarded Order of Lenin, Red Banner of Labor, Badge of Honor, medals "For Labor Valor", "For development of virgin lands" and other. Author of monographs "Protecting the soil from wind and water erosion". - Rossel'khozizdat, 1974, "Conservation agriculture '. - Rossel'khozizdat, 1979; "Pochvovodoohrannoe farming". - Rossel'khozizdat, 1984, "Fundamentals of landscape-ecological agriculture". - Moscow, Kolos, 1994. He loves music, poetry, sports.