The memorial plaque in honor of Zhurmbek Sydykov was opened in Almaty

The solemn opening of the memorial plaque in honor of Honored Scientist of the Republic of Kazakhstan, prominent academician-hydrogeologist and veteran of the Great Patriotic War Zhurimbek Sydykov was held at  Nazarbayev street 172.

The event was attended by family members, culture department of Almaty, academicians of the National Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan, leading researchers of the Institute of Hydrogeology and Geoecology named after U. M. Akhmedsafin.

Zhurimbek Sydykov is an academician, Honored Scientist of the Kazakh SSR, winner of a large gold medal of the National Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan Republic, the K. Satpayev Prize, the the first degree Order of the Patriotic War.

The scientist wrote a fundamental monograph on long-term studies of underground waters of the Ural-Mugalzhar Mountains and the Mugalzhar plain. In total, 35 monographs and 720 works on hydrogeology have been published in various periodicals.