The scientific path of Oktavii Konstantinovich Lange and the development of hydrogeological research in the Soviet Union

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The article examines the biography of Oktavii Konstantinovich Lange, who made a significant contribution to the development of hydrogeology. The longest period of his work was associated with Moscow State University where he headed the Department of Dynamic Geology in 1943–1953 and the Department of Hydrogeology from 1953 to 1964. Lange made a substantial contribution to the creation of a basic stationary network of hydrogeological stations that could help carry out the territorial hydrogeological zoning. His findings concerned with the zonality, dynamics, and regime of groundwater allowed him to practically address the problems of water supply and irrigation in Central Asia, using groundwater.

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Alexey V. Sobisevich

S. I. Vavilov Institute for the History of Science and Technology, Russian Academy of Sciences; Russian State University for the Humanities

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Email: alexsobis@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Ul. Baltiyskaya, 14, Moscow, 125315; Miusskaya ploshchad, 6, Moscow, 125047

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