MIKHAIL VLADIMIROVICH KOZLYANINOV – SCIENTIST AND MAN

More than 30 years have passed since the death of Dr. Mikhail Vladimirovich Kozlyaninov, and fewer and fewer people remain who communicated and worked with him. However, the memory of M.V. Kozlyaninov should not disappear with them. First, because the enormous contribution that he made to the formation and development of ocean optics should not be forgotten. Kozlyaninov - the “founding father” of this science at the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology; under his leadership, the world’s first complex of optical equipment for work in sea expeditions was created; a method for conducting hydro-optical studies in natural conditions was developed, with his direct participation, studies were carried out, many of which were of pioneering nature and made it possible to obtain new essential results. The presented article consists of three sections: a short biography; the main achievements of M.V. Kozlyaninov, their scientific and practical significance; the author’s memoirs about more than 20 years of work and communication with Dr. Kozlyaninov. The author tried to be as accurate as possible in the first two sections; the third section was written precisely from the memories of how the author remembered this bright, extraordinary person.