In memory of the scientist :: KEDROV-ZIKHMAN Oskar Karlovich

Oskar Karlovich Kedrov-Zikhman (31.12.1885, Riga – 12.02.1964), agrochemist. Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (1931), Academician of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences (1935), Academician of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences of the BSSR (1957-1961). Doctor of Agricultural Sciences (1934), Doctor of Chemical Sciences (1936), Professor (1923). Honored Scientist of the BSSR (1940).

— Graduated from Kiev University (1913).
— In 1921-1930 - Professor, Head of the Department of Organic Chemistry of the Belarusian Agricultural Academy, in 1930-1941 - Professor of the Moscow Agricultural Academy.
— In 1940-1941, 1945-1946 - Academician-Secretary of the Department of Natural and Agricultural Sciences of the Academy of Sciences of the BSSR.
— In 1931-1963 - Head of the Laboratory of Soil Liming at the All-Union Scientific Research Institute of Fertilizers and Soil Science (Moscow).

The main works on the liming of acid soils, the study of the role of magnesium in lime fertilizers, the effect of lime on the biological quality of seeds, the use of trace elements in soil liming. Created a scientific basis for taking into account the biological characteristics of individual crops in soil liming.

Author of about 200 scientific papers, incl. 8 monographs.

Awarded with the Order of Lenin (1954), the Red Banner of Labor (1944, 1949), "Badge of Honor" (1940), medals.

Major papers:

Вапнаванне глеба· БССР. Мн., 1951.
Известкование почв и применение микроэлементов. М.: Сельхозгиз, 1957.
Основные вопросы известкования дерново-подзолистых почв Советского Союза. М., 1957.