PACHIKINA LYUBOV IVANOVNA - ONE OF THE «QUEEN» OF SOILS - 100 YEARS

Abstract

A graduate of the Kazakh Agricultural Institute, working as an agronomist during the The Second World War in South Kazakhstan, in 1946 entered the postgraduate studies of the Institute of Soil Science. Having mastered the subtleties of soil science and having gone through field and laboratory work, she defended her doctorate thesis in 1949, and did a great work of cartography. The incredible trials, both terrible and great, that fell to her and her generation's lot made her path extraordinary. The path of Pachikina L.I. was not an easy way for woman in the male profession, which can set as an example for studying the history of the development of soil science in Kazakhstan and be a model for the current generation. This path is interesting not only to soil scientists, but also to sociologists working in the field of gender studies.