Universal History Annotation << Back EVEN BEING A PRISONER IN THE GULAG, PROFESSOR N.M. FEDOROVSKY WORKED FOR THE COUNTRY, FOR VICTORY V.I. Kuzmin Founder and fi rst Director of the all-Union scientifi c research institute of mineral resources (VIMS) professor N.M. Fedorovsky (1886– 1956) created the fi rst in the USSR geological institute, carrying out different tasks, beginning from large-scale prognosticate searches for ore minerals up to local forecasting, including calculation reserves and design complex processing of ore deposits. VIMS became the world’s fi rst scientifi c institute where such goals were achieved. But when «the Great terror» of 1937–1938 cameshocked the country Fedorovsky was arrested on false testimony about his alleged connections with German intelligence. Keywords: N.M. Fedorovsky; All-Union scientifi c research institute of mineral resources named after N.M. Fedorovsky; complex processing of non-metallic minerals; manganese ore; Vorkutlag. Contacts: E-mail: vims@df.ru Pp. 22-32.