Alexander Alyoshkov was a senior child in the family. After the death of his father, he took his role on himself. He helped stand on his feet five younger brothers and four sisters. Higher education scientist received in Leningrad. Alyoshkov had two children: son and daughter. She continued his father's business. I became a candidate of geological and mineralogical sciences and even studied the Tungusian meteorite.
The Supilar Ural has always been considered the place of unprecedented wealth. His deposits began to seriously develop almost 100 years ago. As part of the Expedition "Uralplan" and the Academy of Sciences, Alexander Alyoshkov went to these places.
He started with a simple manifold, performed the route topographic shooting. But after a few years, being a graduate student of the Leningrad State University, he headed the expedition himself. Scientists came to the Urals came every spring. All summer were looking for crystal nests and delivered piezochvartz.
The first major deposit of this mineral Alyoshkov opened in 1929. In those years, industry was in dire needed industry, including defense. After all, then such quartz imported only because of the border, mostly from Japan.
In 1934, Alyoshkov, with their like-minded people, discovered the largest crystals. Now they are in Moscow. Giant smoky single crystal from the Dodo deposit is kept in the Museum of the Institute of Geology of Ore deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy and Geochemistry.
In the newspapers of those years they wrote that mineral lay at a depth of about two meters in the marine crystal. However, it was not easy to take it. First, the stone on deers transported to Saranpaul. A year later, on the boat on the rivers Lyapin and the northern savings were delivered to Birchov. From here on a steamer in Tobolsk. Then by car in Tyumen, where it weighted. And after the railway, they brought to Moscow.
Another sample weighing less than halfnone is located in the Mineralogical Museum named after Alexander Fesman.
Artyom Cossacks, a specialist in working with visitors of the Mineralogical Museum. A.E. FERSMANA, Moscow: "In the Mineralogical Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, more than 80 years have been exhibited by crystals-giants delivered to the institution for the XVII International Geological Congress of 1937."
Frequent expeditions to the Supilar Urals and the opening of new deposits, confused scientists for the construction of the Parnuk industrial base. It began in 1935. In the mountains, houses, household buildings, baths, bakery and bridge across the river with the same name. The distance from Saranpaul to the base is about 120 km. Food, equipment and tools were delivered here on horseback and donkey. Communication with the world Geologists supported using field radio stations. And in the fall, left for Leningrad to study and describe the collected material.
Quartz crystals mined in Ugra are particularly clean and very durable, few impurities in them. Therefore, such properties make it possible to use this mineral in the space and defense industry, as well as in microelectronics.
Not only geological discoveries in Ugra are connected with the name of Alyoshkov, but also geographical. It was he who determined the highest peak of the Ural Range and gave her the name - Mount People. He opened her foot, as well as on a saber grief, glaciers. Developed topographic maps and allocated the indoor Urals from the northern part of the Ural Mountains.
"I believe that this person was probably hard-working, workable. Troubleshide, because to go through 2-3 months on the Supillary Urals, this physical endurance should be at all at a high level. He is a man loving his business, his family. That picture that is converted on the Internet, one is the only one, on it appeal to his wife, he calls her and the friend, and his beloved, and writes the words of gratitude for being with him and the fact that they have two children. There is so touching this letter. I think that we will ever publish it, "says Valentina Konev media wagon.
In 1937, Alyoshkov, together with his family, moved from Leningrad to Moscow. During the war they were evacuated to the Sverdlovsk region. In the spring of 1947, he was awarded the title of Dr. Geological and Mineralogical Sciences. And after 2 years, they came to their small homeland, where he stayed forever.