Rusanov

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Rusanov (1875-1913) - vydayuschiysya issledovatel' Russkogo Severa i otvazhnyy puteshestvennik. Krupnyy geolog, on pervym obratilsya k neposredstvennomu izucheniyu Shpicbergena i Novoy Zemli. On stal pervym v pleyade nashih sootechestvennikov, kotorye prolozhili dorogu k osvoeniyu iskopaemyh bogatstv Zapolyar'ya. Chelovek slozhnoy i tragicheskoy sud'by, raboty kotorogo poluchili mezhdunarodnoe priznanie uzhe pri zhizni, Rusanov ostalsya dlya russkih polyarnikov primerom blestyaschego organizatora i otvazhnogo uchenogo, sumevshego predopredelit' mnogie dostizheniya rossiyskoy nauki.