To the 100th Anniversary of Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor M. P. Zabrodskaya (1919-1994)

Abstract

The works of Maria Pavlovna Zabrodskaya are very important for the development of country studies. She has been dealing with rather complicated issues in country studies: problems of physical and geographical zoning of Africa, at the same time she has considered in detail the issues of formation and development of methodological and methodical approach to their solution. The author identified the contribution of Russian travelers to the history of African studies and discovered new names of researchers. Of particular interest is the work devoted to the factors of spatial differentiation of continents and the study of geographical analogues of natural zones of Africa, Eurasia, Australia and South America. The author paid great attention to the development of lectures, practical classes and methodological recommendations for the study of physical geography of continents of Africa and South America. Her works have not lost their relevance at present and are of both methodological and scientific interest.