In memory of Vladimir Ivanovich Bauman (1867 - 1923)

Abstract

Bauman’s activities began at a time when mining, which had developed in our country, posed a number of new and complex tasks for surveyors. He radically reorganized the organization of surveying in the state; his activity should be noted as a special era in the development of the specialty in which he have worked. Our country also owes V.I. Bauman the introduction of the first of the geophysical exploration methods—magnetometry. Bauman's merit lies in the fact that he gave us this method, as a technical method, as a working one. Vladimir Ivanovich radically reorganized the teaching of surveying art and geodesy. He was the first professor in Russia in the independent department of surveying art. On his initiative, a surveying department was opened at our Institute at the Faculty of Geological Exploration.