Klimov Alexei Ivanovich

(8.VIII.1902, Vladimir Province. - 29.V.1989)
He graduated from the Second Moscow State University (1930), post-graduate Institute of Geography, Moscow State University (1935). From 1936 to 1951. - In the Smolensk Pedagogical Institute, in 1936-41 he. headed the Department of Physical Geography. In the postwar years - deputy director of the Smolensk Pedagogical Institute. In 1951-56 he. - Rector of the Arkhangelsk Pedagogical Institute. In 1964-80 he. - Head of the Department of Physical Geography Gorky Pedagogical Institute. Major works - on geomorphology, regional physical geography, cultural studies.

. Vol.: The Nature of the Smolensk region, 1951; Physical Geography and Urban Planning, 1967; about Soviet geographical area studies, 1975.

. Lit.: Krasnopolsky, AV
. Domestic Geographers. - T. 1. - SPb., 1993.