V.V. Sapozhnikov's 1897 expedition to the Altai, its results

The article explores the process of organizing and conducting the expeditions in the higher educational institution during the prerevolutionary period. The second expedition of Tomsk University Professor V.V. Sapozhnikov to the Altai in 1897 is considered as an exampe. This expedition was the second independent scientific journey under the Professor after he had arrived in Siberia, and it largely determined the direction of his subsequent scientific work. Having come to Tomsk as a botanist, plant physiologist, V.V. Sapozhnikov expanded the scientific sphere to physical geography. In 1895 V.V. Sapozhnikov aimed at studying the Altai during his trip there; and since 1897 his expeditions to the Altai became systematic. The article deals with the system of organization and conduct of the scientific researches and, moreover, with the sources of their financing at the first university in the Asian part of Russia. The value of the expedition material in the scientific and educational activity of Professor V.V. Sapozhnikov is demonstrated in this paper too. ThatV.V. Sapozhnikov's expedition to the Altai in 1897 proved to be successful not only from the scientific point of view, but its results were used for delivering public lectures in Tomsk and other Siberian cities. At last, V.V. Sapozhnikov was awarded a silver medal for his report on the Altai glaciation made in the Russian Geographic Society

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