Gennady Burlachenko

The author is Gennady Filippovich Burlachenko, PhD of Geographical Sciences, Associate Professor. Russian. Born in 1938 in Rostov-na-Donu in a family of military personnel. Served as a private sold...view moreThe author is Gennady Filippovich Burlachenko, PhD of Geographical Sciences, Associate Professor. Russian. Born in 1938 in Rostov-na-Donu in a family of military personnel. Served as a private soldier in the Soviet Army from 1957 to 1960. Graduated from the Geology-Geographic Department of Kuibyshev Tomsk University with special subject of Geography (Tomsk). Lived and worked in Novosibirsk. Now lives in Novosibirsk Science Centre. After graduation worked in the expedition of aerogeodesic enterprise in the position of the editor of large-scale topographic maps (for 6 years), then in the planning organization as a senior engineer of the Department of regional planning (for 3 years). For about 40 years was a teacher in the institutes of higher education and second employment as a senior researcher in the Institute of Economy and Industrial Engineering of rhe Siberian Branch, RAS. For the last years, in addition to other courses, gave lectures on "The geography of tourism". This book is the experience gained during delivering this course.view less