Dmitri Kvasov, the Forgotten Eminent Encyclopaedist, and Palaeolimnology
Dmitri Kvasov, the Forgotten Eminent Encyclopaedist, and Palaeolimnology

Summary/Abstract: This article aims to present information about Dmitri Kvasov (1932–1989), one of the most outstanding geographers and palaeolimnologists of the former Soviet Union, who is not so well known in the Western countries and among younger colleagues. Kvasov’s political views were unacceptable to the Soviet authorities and it was impossible for him to travel abroad. He regarded the Baltic States as foreign countries and had very close scientific and personal contacts with the Baltic natural scientists. He investigated the history of many large lakes (Ladoga, Onega, Peipsi) and inland seas (Black, Azov, Caspian, White, Baltic), worked out the geographical zonation of the former Soviet Union for palaeogeographical purposes, and organized the publishing of the multi-volume collection of books on the history of lakes in the former Soviet Union.

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