Background
BORISYAK, Aleksey was born on September 3, 1872 in Romny.
BORISYAK, Aleksey was born on September 3, 1872 in Romny.
1896 graduate Saint St. Petersburg Mining Institute.
1896-1932 served on Geological Committee, directing the paleontological service he founded. 1911-1930 lecturer, then professor, Saint St. Petersburg/ Leningrad/University. From 1918 at Geological Museum, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sciences.
1923-1929 correspondent member, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sciences. 1930 founded Paleontological Institute, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sciences and directed it until his death. In geology developed the theory of facies, id est (that is), conditions for the formation and conversion of geological rocks depending on physical-geographical conditions and their historical evolution.
His profound geosynclinal theory contributed to an understanding of the tectonic structure of the earth’s core and of its development, regarding the history of the earth as a single regular process in the development of physical-geographical conditions and organic lile. Studied the geological structure of the Donets Basin and the Crimea the tectonics of the northwestern Donets Ridge. Monographs on the fauna of the Jurassic molluscs of European Russia.
Studied Tertiary mammals. Was the first to describe a number of ancient mammal fossils. Wrote textbooks on paleontology, historical geology and the geological features of Siberia.
Wrote popular sci works and biographies of sci personalities. Founded specialist periodicals: Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituto Academy of Sciences Soviet Socialist Republic (1932). Paleontologicheskoye obozreniye (1939).
Paleontologiya USSR (1935). Organized major paleontological expeditions.
Since religion offers a complete set of answers to the problems of purpose, morality, origins, or science, it discourages exploration of those areas by suppressing curiosity, denies its followers a broader perspective, and prevents social, moral and scientific progress.
Marxism–Leninism as the only truth could not, by its very nature, become outdated.
Member, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sciences from 1929.