IRINA ANATOLIEVNA ASSING - THE GREATEST SOIL-GEOCHEMIST, BIOGEOCHEMIST, GENETIC AND GEOGRAPHIC SCIENTIST OF KAZAKHSTAN - 100 YEARS (30.11.1919 - 06.07.1999)

Abstract

The legacy left to posterity by female scientists like Assing I.A. requires a special assessment. It is distinguished by scientific eccentricity and a non-standard approach in solving fundamental and applied problems of soil science. Irina Anatolyevna's research in the field of biogeochemistry, genetics and geography of soils in Kazakhstan is still fundamental for this region. Having experienced all the difficulties and upsurges in the country, women soil scientists have done a great job, the significance of which remains to be rethought. Assing I.A has carried out studies to substantiate the differences between mountain soils and the plains corresponding to them by type of soils. These differences should first be sought in the composition and properties of humic substances: humic acids of mountain soils have fewer carbon rings in the monomer, less light absorption, etc. For these reasons, the mechanism of soil erosion is being strengthened. Can these studies help determine the cause of soil erosion in agricultural use? The value of the scientific work of Assing I.A is a reliable starting point for further research on the soils of Kazakhstan.