.В монографии широко использованы архивные материалы, представлены уникальные документы и фотографии. Она будет полезна для историков науки, России и европейской культуры.
.The monograph is devoted to the international activity of the academician, General of Navy Mikhail Rykachev (1840/1841-1919), the Main Physical Observatory of the Imperial Academy of Sciences Director (1895-1913), one of the creators of the geophysical network in Russia, the weather service founder, the first general magnetic survey of the country organizer, the Chairman of the Standing Commission of water-metering, investigating floods, the initiator and organizer of the of aerological observations in Russia. During his half-century scientific activities M. A. Rykachev actively participated in many international scientific forums, was a member of the International Meteorological Committee and a number of its committees, was the chairman of three international commissions. M. A. Rykachev was familiar with dozens of outstanding foreign scientists from England, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United States and Japan, as well as the Emperor of Germany Wilhelm II, the Prince of Monaco Alber I, the King of Italy, Victor Emmanuel III and other public figures.
.Archival materials are widely used in the book, it presents unique documents and photographs. It will be useful to historians of science, historians of Russian and European culture.
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