Mining engineer, teacher and friend. In memory of Yuri Nikolaevich Malyshev

On September 5, 2022, Yuri Nikolaevich Malyshev, President of the Vernadsky State Geological Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, President of the Academy of Mining Sciences, died at the age of 83.

Yuri Nikolaevich is an example of a mining engineer.

His biography reflects the entire history of the mining industry in our country. Starting from a simple loader at the mine, he worked for more than 30 years in Kuzbass and went through an honest career path from a worker to chief engineer and general director of a coal mining company.

His experience was equally in demand in the scientific community and in the leadership of the country's mining industry: he led the work of the Coal Industry Committee of the Russian Ministry of Fuel and Energy and was elected a full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the Department of Geosciences.

Yuri Nikolaevich enjoyed exceptional prestige among his mining colleagues and became one of the initiators of the industry's development through specialized public and scientific associations - the non-profit partnership "Mining Industrialists of Russia", the interregional public organization "Academy of Mining Sciences" and the system of adjuncts at the Academy of Mining Sciences.

Yuri Nikolaevich conveyed to the youth his interest and love for mining. This is evidenced by the numerous projects for schoolchildren and students that he organized and supported at the Vernadsky State Geological Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences: the Interuniversity Academic Center for Navigation in Mining and Geological Specialties, the contests "The Wealth of the Bowels of my Country" and "Grow your Student" and many others.

It was important for Yuri Nikolaevich to spread knowledge about mining and help colleagues share their experiences. On his initiative and with his participation, the reputable industry publications "Mining Industry" and "Coal" were published, and since 2020, the magazine "Junior", a youth supplement to the "Mining Industry".

Yuri Nikolaevich was our great friend. "The museum is your home where youth events can be held" He said in 2013, and since then, for five years in a row, the Vernadsky State Geological Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences has been the official venue for the finals of the International Engineering CASE–IN Championship, and Yuri Nikolaevich himself has been an honored guest at the CASE-IN finals every year. His address to future mining engineers traditionally opened the ceremony of awarding champions in the fields of mining and exploration.

This year, in May, Yuri Nikolaevich came to us for the championship finals and addressed the students with parting words: study all my professional life, constantly improve and not be afraid of difficulties.

"You have important strategic tasks to solve, so right now, develop your competencies, gain new knowledge and learn from the experience of experts in order to become a worthy generation of specialists in the future and represent Russia at the highest level."

Yuri Nikolaevich Malyshev will remain a model of a real miner for the industry youth. His life will be proof that the goal of hard work should be not only professional success and recognition, but also the benefit of society.

Thank you, Yuri Nikolaevich.

How to be a mining engineer. Yuri Malyshev's speech at the "CASE-IN – 2022" finals