This article presents the main biographical data on G.Yu. Vereshchagin—the founder of the Russian and Soviet Limnology—who organized complex scientific research of Lake Baikal, the deepest and oldest freshwater body on the planet. Vereshchagin’s development as an outstanding researcher of lakes is described. He started his activity on Lake Baikal as a participant, and then as the head of the expedition of the Commission for the Study of Lake Baikal of the Imperial Academy of Sciences and as the Scientific Secretary of this Commission. In 1928, the Baikal Expedition was transformed into the Baikal Limnological Station of the USSR Academy of Sciences, which was headed by G.Yu. Vereshchagin until 1944. His scientific heritage is diverse and includes fundamental works on hydrology and hydrophysics of lakes, on plankton studies, and on the problem of the origin of endemic fauna and flora of Lake Baikal, as well as the first methodological guide for field hydrochemical analysis of natural waters and comprehensive bibliographic reports on limnology.

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贝加尔湖著名研究员

本文介绍了 G.Yu 的主要传记数据。Vereshchagin 是俄罗斯和苏联湖沼学的创始人，他组织了对贝加尔湖的复杂科学研究，贝加尔湖是地球上最深、最古老的淡水水体。描述了 Vereshchagin 作为杰出湖泊研究人员的发展。他以参与者的身份开始了在贝加尔湖的活动，然后担任了帝国科学院贝加尔湖研究委员会考察组的负责人，并担任了该委员会的科学秘书。1928年，贝加尔湖探险队改制为苏联科学院贝加尔湖湖沼站，由G.Yu领导。Vereshchagin 直到 1944 年。他的科学遗产是多种多样的，包括关于湖泊水文和水物理学、浮游生物研究、