Nikolay Ivanovitch Karakash - an outstanding scientist-naturalist
Journal: SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología
Year: 2015

The 2016 year is a year of the 100th anniversary of the death of the outstanding Russian geologist and paleontologist, one of the first investigators of Cretaceous deposits of Crimea and Caucasus, Nikolay Ivanovitch Karakash. His researches of Caucasas are emphasized to have significantly improved the stratigraphic scheme of Cretaceous deposits. The paper considers the contribution of N.I. Karakash in Lower Cretaceous deposits of Crimea, where Nikolay Ivanovitch took part in a 10-verst geologica