In memory of Professor Vladimir Dmitrievich Slesarev (1890-1954)

Abstract

On January 4, 1954, Professor, Doctor of Technical Sciences V. D. Slesarev passed away. He devoted more than 35 years of his activity to the domestic mining industry and headed the Department of Development of Stratum Deposits at the Leningrad Mining Institute for 20 years. V. D. Slesarev was the first promoter of the introduction of longwall mining in the Moscow Basin. This method seemed impossible at that time, but is now considered the only appropriate one. V. D. Slesarev is the author of the first and original theoretically substantiated studies of the manifestation of rock pressure in the Moscow Basin. Based on his personal experience, V. D. Slesarev developed and scientifically substantiated such issues as the dependence of rock pressure on the shape of the cross-section of workings, the choice of their shape and methods of driving workings depending on specific conditions.