Corresponding Member of Russian Academy of Sciences, doctor of geol.-min. sciences, professor, chief researcher of IGG UB RAS.

Puchkov Viktor Nikolaevich is a geologist-theorist, an expert in the field of tectonics, stratigraphy and metallogy of the Urals. For 25 years he has been the Director of the Institute of Geology of the Ufa Scientific Center of Russian Academy of Sciences, Honored Scientist of the Republic of Bashkortostan.

The main works are devoted to the geology of the Urals and general theoretical questions of geotectonics. One of the first in the country raised the question of the necessity to revise the existing tectonic concepts based on neomobilism; he applied these principles to a new interpretation of the Ural tectonics; gave the most complete and deep monographic analysis of the geology of the Ural-Timan region. For the first time he carried out a tectonic-formational analysis of passive margins of continents with the aim of restoring their relics in the folded regions of the world. The results of these studies are further used in the compilation of tectonic maps of the largest regions. In the Urals and Central Asia new groups of fauna and, above all, the conodonts were introduced into a wide practice of geological survey and thematic work; he improved the methods of their searching and processing, which led to geological discoveries of paramount importance. He made a significant contribution to the stratigraphy of the Riphean stratotypic profile of the Urals. He laid the foundation for the ideas on the collision of island arc and  passive margin of the continent. He is the leader in studying the role of plumes in the geological history of the Urals. According to RISC he is the most quoted geologist of the Urals. In 2000−2016 he worked as a Professor and Head of the Department of Geology and Geomorphology of the Bashkir State University.

He is a member of the Russian Union of Writers, the author of three poetry collections and a book of memoirs.
A.D. Arkhangelsky academical prize. S.N. Ivanov medal. Honorary Member of the Russian Geological Society Member of RPS, RMS.

Main publications for 2017–2018.

• Puchkov V.N., Sergeeva N.D., Krasnobaev A.A., Arzhavitina M.Yu., Ratov A.A. STRATIGRAPHIC CONSEQUENCES OF NEW ISOTOPE-GEOCHRONOLOGICAL DATA ON THE BAGRUSHIN RYODACYTE PORPHYRY COMPLEX (THE TARATASH ANTI-CLINORIUM, SOUTHERN URALS). Geological bulletin. 2017. No. 13. P. 3-15.
• Krasnobaev A.A., Puchkov V.N., Sergeeva N.D., Shokalsky S.P., Busharina S.V. POLYCHRONIC ZIRCONOLOGY OF SYENITES OF THE AVASHLINSKY INTRUSION IN THE KURGASS ANTICLINE (SOUTHERN URAL). Doklady Academy of Sciences. 2017. V. 473. No. 2. P. 195-200.
• Seravkin I.B., Kosarev A M, Puchkov V.N. GEODYNAMIC CONDITIONS OF FORMATION OF THE MAGNITOGORSK MEGAZONE COPPER SULFIDE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN URALS AND CRITERIA FOR THEIR PROSPECTING. Geology of ore deposits. 2017. V. 59. No. 3. P. 220-237.
• Krasnobaev A.A., Puchkov V.N., Sergeeva N.D., Busharina S.V. MINERALOGY, U-PB (TIMS, SHRIMP) AGE AND RARE EARTH ELEMENTS IN ZIRCONS FROM GRANITES OF THE MAZARA MASSIF (SOUTHERN URALS). Geochemistry. 2017. No. 6. P. 497-512.
• Kovalev S.G., Puchkov V.N., Vysotsky S.I., Kovalev S.S. CONDITIONS OF FORMATION OF MAGMATIC ROCKS DURING THE PLUME PROCESS (ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE SOUTHERN URAS WESTERN SLOPE). Doklady Academy of Sciences. 2017. V. 475. No. 2. P. 171-175.
• Malich K.N., Badanina I.Yu., Puchkov V.N., Belousova E.A., Stepashko A.A. RESULTS OF THE U-PB DATING OF ZIRCONS OF THE PLATININIFEROUS FELISTOV MASSIF VERLITHS (THE SHANTAR ARCHIPELAGO, RUSSIA). Doklady Academy of Sciences. 2017. V. 475. No. 3. P. 295-298.
• Krasnobaev A.A., Puchkov V.N., Busharina S.V., Sergeeva N.D., Shokalski S.P. POLYCHRONOUS ZIRCONOLOGY OF SYENITES FROM THE AVASHLA INTRUSION IN THE KURGASS ANTICLINE (SOUTHERN URALS). Doklady Earth Sciences. 2017. V. 473. No. 1. P. 323-328.
• Kazakov I.I., Ronkin Yu.L., Puchkov V.N., Smirnov V.N., Gerdes A., Faust A.S. FIRST DATA ON EARLY CARBONIFEROUS INTRUSIVE MAGMATISM OF THE MIDDLE URALS EASTERN MARGIN: GEODYNAMIC CONDITIONS AND U-PB ISOTOPE LIMITATIONS.DokladyAcademy of Sciences. V. 476. № 1. P.88-92.
• Saveliev DE, Puchkov V.N., Sergeev S.N., Musabirov I.I. DEFORMATION-INDUCED DECOMPOSITION OF THE ENSTATITE IN MANTLE PERIDITITES AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE PROCESSES OF PARTIAL MELTING AND CHROMITE FORMATION. DokladyAcademyof  Sciences. 2017. V. 476. No.2. P. 200-204.
• Puchkov V.N. PLUME COMPLEXES OF THE URALS AND THEIR METALLOGENIC POTENTIAL. In: Magmatism of the Earth and related strategic metal deposits of the XXXIV International Conference. Editors: V.A. Zaitsev, V.N. Ermolaeva. 2017. P.187-191.
• Kovalev S.G., Vysotsky S.I., Puchkov V.N. FIRST FINDINGS OF PARAGENETIC TH-REE-MINERALIZATION IN PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS OF THE SHATAK COMPLEX (SOUTHERN URALS). Doklady Academy of Sciences. 2017. V. 476. No. 5. P. 547-552.
• Puchkov V.N., Krasnobaev A.A., Sergeeva N.D., Busharina S.V., Shokalsky S.P. ZIRCONS, AGE AND GEOLOGICAL POSITION OF RYODACYTIC PORPHYRIES OF THE BAGRUSHIN COMPLEX (SOUTHERN URALS). Doklady Academy of Sciences. 2017. V. 477. No. 1. P. 75-80.
• Ronkin Yu.L., Semenov I.V., Puchkov V.N. RB-SR- AND 147SM-143ND-SYSTEMATICS OF GABBRO AND DOLERITES FROM FRAGMENTS OF THE MIDDLE URALS OPHIOLITE ASSOCIATION. Doklady Academy of Sciences. 2017. V. 477. No. 2. P. 204-210.
• Puchkov V.N.,SergeevaN.D., Krasnobaev A.A. STRATIGRAPHIC SCHEME OF RIPHEAN  STRATOTYPE OF THESOUTHERN URALS. Geology. Proceedings of the Department of Earth Sciences and Natural Resources of theAcademy ofSciences of Republic  Bashkortostan. 2017. No. 23. P. 3-26.
• Krasnobaev A. A., Busharina S.V., Puchkov V.N., Sergeeva N.D. MINERALOGY, U-PB (TIMS, SHRIMP AGE) AND RARE- EARTH ELEMENTS IN ZIRCONS FROM GRANITES OF THE MAZARA MASSIF, SOUTH UALS. Geochemistry International. 2017. V. 55. № 6. P.521-524.
• Kovalev S.G., Vysotsky S.I., Puchkov V.N. FIRST FINDINGS OF PARAGENETIC TH-REE-MINERALIZATION IN PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS OF THE SHATAK COMPLEX (SOUTHERN URALS). Doklady Earth Sciences. 2017. V. 476. No. 2. P. 1181-1186.
• Puchkov V.N. GENERAL FEATURES RELATING TO THE OCCURRENCE OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN THE URALS: WHAT, WHERE, WHEN AND WHY.OreGeology Reviews. 2017. V. 85. P. 4-29.
• Malich K.N., Badanina I.Yu., Puchkov V.N., Belousova E.A., Stepashko A.A. RESULTS OF THE U-PB DATING OF ZIRCONS OF THE PLATINIFEROUS FELISTOV MASSIF VERLITHS (THE SHANTAR ARCHIPELAGO, RUSSIA).DokladyAcademyof Sciences. 2017. V. 475. No. 1. P. 762-765.
• Kovalev S.G., Puchkov V.N., Vysotsky S.I., Kovalev S.S. CONDITIONS OF FORMATION OF IGNEOUS ROCKS IN PLUME MAGMATISM ON THE EXAMPLE OF WESTERN SLOPE OF THE SOUTHERN URAS). Doklady Earth Sciences. 2017. V. 475. No. 1. P.743-747.
• Seravkin I.B., Kosarev AM, Puchkov V.N. GEODYNAMIC CONDITIONS OF FORMATION OF MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS IN THE MAGNITOGORSK MEGAZONE, SOUTHERN URALS AND PROSPECTING CRITERIA. Geology of Ore deposits. 2017. V. 59. No. 3. P. 227-243.
• Kazakov I.I., Faust A.S., Ronkin Yu.L., Smirnov V.N., Puchkov V.N., Gerdes A. FIRST DATA ON EARLY CARBONIFEROUS INTRUSIVE MAGMATISM OF THE EASTERN  MARGIN OF THE MIDDLE URALS: GEODYNAMIC CONDITIONS AND U-PB ISOTOPE LIMITATIONS.DokladyAcademy of Sciences. V. 476. № 1. P.1038-1042.
• Puchkov V.N. DOES THE BASALTOID MAGMA LEAVE THE TRACES IN MANTLE PERIDOTITES DURING ITS MOVEMENT TO THE EARTH SURFACE? (REPLICA ON THE ARTICLE OF D. E. SAVELYEV ET AL., PUBLISHED IN THE GIVEN EDITION OF "GEOLOGICAL BULLETIN"). Geological bulletin. 2017. No. 14. P. 149-150.
• Krasnobaev A.A., Puchkov V.N., Sergeeva N.D. POLYCHRONIC ZIRCONOLOGY OF THE HIGHER VOLCANITES OF THE AYSKAYA SUITE (SOUTHERN URALS). Doklady Academy of Sciences. 2018. V. 478. No. 1. P. 74-80.
• Rakhimov I.R., Vishnevsky A.V., Vladimirov A.G., Saveliev D.E., Puchkov V.N., Salikhov D.N.THE  FIRST FINDS OF PLATINUM AND PALLADIUM MINERALS IN SULfIDE ORES OF THE KHUDOLAZOV INTRUSIVE COMPLEX (SOUTH URALS). Doklady Academy of Sciences. 2018. V. 479. No. 5. P. 542-545.
• Maslov A.V., Kovalev S.G., Puchkov V.N., Sergeeva N.D. THE ARSHIN SERIES OF  THE SOUTHERN URALS RIPHEAN: TO THE ISSUE OF GEODYNAMIC NATURE OF ROCK ASSOCIATIONS. Doklady Academy of Sciences. 2018. V. 480. No. 1. P. 64-68.
• Golovanova I.V., Danukalov K.N., Puchkov V.N., Kosarev A.M., Salmanova R.Yu. THE POSITION OF THE MAGNITOGORSK ARC IN DEVONIAN ON PALEOMAGNETIC DATA. In book: Geology, mineral resources and problems of geoecology of Bashkortostan, the Urals and adjacent territories. Materials of the Twelfth Interregional Scientific and Practical Conference. 2018. P. 85-93.
• Puchkov V.N. RELATIONSHIPS OF PLUME AND PLATE-TECTONIC PROCESSES IN THE URALS. In bulletin: PROBLEMS OF TECTONICS AND GEODYNAMICS OF THE EARTH CRUST AND MANTLE. Materials of tectonic conference. 2018. P. 124-128.
• Puchkov V.N., Abdrakhmanov R.F., Kisin A.Yu., Shanina S.N. GAS-HYDRO-GEOTHERMAL PHENOMENA OF THE YANGANTAU MOUNTAIN (SOUTH URAL). Geological bulletin. 2018. No. 1. P. 24-50.
• Rakhimov I.R., Saveliev D.E., Puchkov V.N., Salikhov D.N., Vishnevskiy A.V., Vladimirov A.G. FIRST FINDS OF PLATINUM AND PALLADIUM MINERALS IN SULFIDE ORES OF THE KHUDOLAZ INTRUSIVE COMPLEX (SOUTHERN URALS). Doklady Earth Sciences. 2018. V. 479. No. 2. P. 439-442.
• Krasnobaev A.A., Puchkov V.N., Sergeeva N.D. POLYCHRONOUS ZIRCONOLOGY OF NAVYSH VOLCANICS OF THE AI FORMATION (SOUTHERN URALS). Doklady Earth Sciences. 2018. V. 478. No. 1. P. 56-61.
• Puchkov V.N., Sergeeva N.D., Ratov A.A., Kozlova O.V. STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION OF THE RIPHEAN DEPOSITS OF THE VOLGO-URAL AREA AND  SOUTHERN URALS AND THEIR SPATIAL RELATIONSHIP IN THE CONJUNCTION ZONE OF PLATFORM AND FOLDED STRUCTURES ON SEISMIC MATERIALS. Geological Bulletin. 2018. No. 2. P. 79-95.
• Puchkov V.N. PLUMES - A NEW WORD IN GEOLOGY OF THE URALS. Lithosphere. 2018. V. 18. No. 4. P. 483-499.
• Snachev A.V., Puchkov V.N., Snachev V.I. NEW DATA ON CRYSTALLIZATION CONDITIONS OF MONZODIORITE-GRANITE MASSIFS ON THE EASTERN SLOPE OF THE URALS. Doklady Earth Sciences. 2018. V. 481. No. 2. P. 1056-1059.
• Maslov A.V., Puchkov V.N., Kovalev S.G., Sergeeva N.D. THE RIPHEAN ARSHA GROUP OF THE SOUTH URALS: A PROBLEM OF THE GEODYNAMIC ORIGIN OF ROCK ASSOCIATIONS. Doklady Earth Sciences. 2018. V. 480. No. 1. P. 551-554.
• Stanevich AM, Puchkov V.N., Kornilova T.A., Sergeeva N.D., Maksimova E.N. MICROFOSSILS OF RIPHEAN STRATOTYPE OF THE SOUTHERN URALS AND PROTEROZOIC OF THE EASTERN SIBERIA (PALEOBIOLOGICAL ASPECTS). Geological Bulletin. 2018. № 3. P. 3-41.
• Romanyuk T.V., Kuznetsov N.B., Puchkov V.N., Sergeeva N.D., Paverman V.I., Gorozhanin V.M., Gorozhanina E.N. THE U / PB DATING (LA-ICP-MS) OF DETRITAL ZIRCONS FROM THE BASEMENT OF THE STRATOTYPE PROFILE OF THE LOWER RIPHEAN (BASHKIRIAN UPLIFT, SOUTH URALS): LOCAL SOURCE OF DETRITAL MATERIAL FOR THE AI SUITE ROCKS) In book: Geodynamic evolution of the lithosphere of the Central Asian mobile belt (from ocean to continent). Materials of the conference. 2018. P. 217-219.
• Puchkov V.N.  PLUME-DEPENDING GRANITE-RHYOLITE MAGMATISM. Lithosphere. 2018. V. 18. No. 5. P. 692-705.
• Snachev V.I., Puchkov V.N., Snachev A.V. NEW DATA ON THE CONDITIONS OF  CRYSTALLIZATION OF MONZODIORITE-GRANITE MASSIFS OF THE SOUTHERN URALS EASTERN SLOPE. Doklady Academy of Sciences. 2018. V. 481. No. 5. P. 544-547.
• Snachev A.V., Puchkov V.N., Znachev V.I., Romanovskaya M.A. GEODYNAMIC AND PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL CONDITIONS OF FORMATION OF THE STEPNIN MONZO-GABBRO-GRANOSYENITE-GRANITE COMPLEX (SOUTHERN URALS). Bulletin of MoscowUniversity. Ser.4: Geology. 2018. № 6. P. 82-92.