Igor Bondyrev

Igor. Bondyrev - 28.09.1948 was born in Tbilisi, Georgia. In 1967, after graduating from high school, he studied at the Moscow school mapping (Russia). 1967-1971 - student of the Faculty of geography the Tbilisi Pedagogical Institute. 1972-1975 - the post-graduate student of the Vakhushti Bagrationi Institute of geography – specialize “physical geography”. In 1976 he defended his thesis "Per glacial landscapes of Georgia", in 1991 - his doctoral thesis "Geomor­phology of Mozambique". After graduation, he worked as a teacher of geography at the University of Georgia. In 1978 to work in the system of the Department of geology of Georgia, working his way from Engineering Geologist to the head of the geological party, then - head of the information service of Department. Conducted research in practically all the regions of Georgia, as well as Azerbaijan, Turkey, South-East Africa, Syria, Russia (Altai, far East, North Caucasus), Ukraine, Kazakhstan and others.