The patriarch of the national soil algology (to 110 anniversary of M.M. Gollerbakh)

M.M. Gollerbakh has not gone the way of the traditions of the artisans of his ancestors. He early showed interest in botany. Via joint excursions into nature, this interest was developed by a wellknown algologist-lichenologist A.A. Elenkin. M.M.Gollerbakh became his disciple and friend for life. The direction of M.M.'s post-graduate work on the study of soil algae approved by A.A. Elenkin turned out to be crucial. The results of this first fundamental research were published. They gave impetus to the further development of Soil Algology in the country.For about 40 years after the death of A.A.Elenkin M.M. Gollerbakh had been in charge of Algology in the Botanical Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences. As a brilliant editor, he continued the creation of "Identifiers" and "Flora" started by his predecessors for the purpose of "scientific and competent” definition of algae in the inventory of algae. This played a huge role in the development of regional algological studies. For a quarter of a century his name is associated with the formation and development of Algology in the Komi region. The generalization of the author's long-term research is based on M.M.'s theoretical views on the "landscape-forming" role of algae in extreme conditions. He couldn't live without teaching. As a brilliant lecturer, he began to teach yet in his post-graduate years, without stopping the lecture work even in difficult war years. M.M.Gollerbakh is the author of a number of textbooks on the life of algae. M.M. went through the hardships of life. During the siege of Leningrad, and during the party dictatorship in science, he retained himself as a scientist. His Doctoral thesis in memory of his Teacher, he defended during the war. M.M. Gollerbakh is a worthy example in science for the new generation of researchers.