Value of archival documents for evaluation of scientific and organizational activity of M.V. Fishman

M.V. Fishman (1919 2003) is a wellknown scien tistpetrographer, Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences, Professor. He was Director of the Institute of Geology of the Komi Branch, USSR Academy of Sciences (1961 1985). The formation and development of geological science in the Komi Republic, the Institute of Geology of the Komi Branch is connected with his scientific and organizational activity. At the initiative of M.V. Fishman and under his leadership the A.A.Chernov Geological Museum was established. The documents of his scientific biography preserved in the funds of the Scientific Archive of the Komi Science Centre, Ural Branch, RAS, were revealed and characterized. In the course of the study, written sources were identified, documents were verified, internal and external criticism was carried out, their informative value was assessed for the full study of M.V. Fishman’s scientific biography. Analysis of documents showed that they contain sufficient information about his research, official and popularization activities. The documents allow to define the main stages of M.V. Fishman’s scientific biography, to identify the topics of his research, his contribution to the development of domestic science and the Komi Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences.