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This
page is devoted to my dearest teachers and colleagues whose contribution to my
education and work I find absolutely precious.
Evgeniy Vladislavovich Maksimov (1931-2000) – an outstanding explorer of the
ice and the mountains. Physical geographer, glaciologist and hydrologist whose
ideas had a tremendous influence within the Russian geographic community,
although have not been formally acknowledged during the Soviet times. The
concept of natural rhythms as the driving force of the world’s evolution, which
he proposed and defended from obstructionist criticisms for decades, ranks
among the brightest ideas of the past century and makes Evgenii Vladislavovich
one of the finest fellow geographers I known. He had a strong personality, and
never gave up his stand, even when it was necessary for advancing his career
(his Doctor of Science dissertation was dismissed by the Moscow authorities in
1972). He was a man dedicated to exploration and science with no concept of
material profit and money-driven research. He was a wise and thoughtful person,
and he has always been willing to devote his time to working with undergraduate
starters like me, in order to help them to pave their way into the Science.
That is why he left quite an impressive number of former students and
colleagues who admire his talent and value his heritage. His last book “Rhythms
in the Earth and in the Space” (1995) is something that should be read by
every geographer.
Sergey Petrovich Semenov – Associate Professor at the
Department of Economic Geography, Herzen State Pedagogical University of
Russia, St. Petersburg.
My Specialist thesis supervisor and
my adviser for the Kandidate of Science dissertation that has not been yet
defended.
Yurii Nikiforovich Gladkiy – Professor and Head at the Department
of Economic Geography, Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, St.
Petersburg,
Vice-President of the
Russian Geographic Society
Vladimir Alekseevich Dobroskok – Associate Professor at the
Department of Economic Geography, Herzen State Pedagogical University of
Russia,
St. Petersburg. An exceptional
economic geographer, specialist in quantitative analysis and economics of
industrial production. He is also known for his interests in ethnology
(associated with the Lev Gumilev’s theory) and political geography. Frequent
research collaboration with him is the gift I treasure.
Tim R. Strauss – Associate Professor at the Department of
Geography, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
Ramanathan Sugumaran – Assistant Professor at the
Department of Geography, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
Thomas M. Foragty – Professor at the Department of Geography,
University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
Rick J. DiFrancesco – Associate Professor at the
Department of Geography, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
John R. Miron – Professor and Chair at the Department of Social
Sciences, University of Toronto at Scarborough, Scarborough, ON
Professor
at the Department of Geography, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Larry S. Bourne – Professor at the Department of Geography, University
of Toronto, Toronto, ON. A Patriarch of Canadian urban geography
Meric S. Gertler – Professor and Goldring Chair of Canadian
studies at the Department of Geography, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Peter H. Solomon, Jr. – Professor at the Department
of Political Science, Centre for Criminology, and Faculty of Law and Director of the Centre
for Russian and
Eastern European
Studies at University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Graham White – Professor and Chair at the Department of
Political Science, University of Toronto at Mississauga