AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE IN SOLVING PROBLEMS OF PRESERVING AND RESTORING LAND POTENTIAL, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Abstract

This article examines the work of agricultural scientists, current and future employees of the Soil Science Institute, during the Great Patriotic War. It emphasizes that, under mobilization and all resources shortage conditions, it was necessary to economically and effectively utilize the agricultural production and natural resource potential of the Soviet Union. The main areas of agricultural research and production activities in ensuring the country's food supply during the war are described. Various areas of this work are separately considered, with the names of such scientists as D.N. Pryanishnikov, N.M. Tulaykov, V.R. Williams, A.G. Doyarenko, A.N. Kostyakov, V.V. Dokuchaev, I.P. Gerasimov, I.N. Antipov-Karataev, P.A. Kryukov, N.I. Gorbunov, V.A. Chernov, N.A. Komarova, R.Kh. Aydinyan, L.I. Prasolov, I.P. Gerasimov, E.V. Lobova, V.A. Kovda, A.A. Rode, A.F. Bolshakov, E.I. Kochergina, V.A. Shaumyan, I.A. Sharov, S.L. Mirkin, and V.M. Romanov. Their research not only supported the domestic agro-industrial complex during the Great Patriotic War and the extremely difficult post-war period, but continues to benefit the Motherland.