Geological results of the A.A. Chernov Upper-Pechora team

The year 1921 marks the beginning of a systematic study of the north of the Urals, which was initiated by the research of the Upper Pechora Geological Team under the leadership of A.A. Chernov, conducted in the Ilych River basin. The research of this territory continues to this day, the author of this paper gives a retrospective analysis of some of A.A. Chernov conclusions in his preliminary report of 1922. The his-tory and some results of the study of Paleozoic reef formations are discussed. They are widely distributed in the Ilych River basin and poorly subjected to secondary transformations. A.A. Chernov, in his report, described the bright prospects of the graphite discovered during re-search. However, upon further investigation, Ilych graphite turned out to be a “beautiful fairy tale” and, after the discovery of the Pechora coal basin, it was forgotten. The history of the study and repeated attempts to explore and extract lead ores in the Shantym-Priluk tract, which lasted almost until the 1960s of the XX century, is considered