CONTRIBUTION OF RAS ACADEMICIAN Yu.A. KONKIN TO AGROENGINEERING EDUCATION

The article is dedicated to Yuri Aleksandrovich Konkin, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Economics, Professor, Honored Worker of Sciences of the Russian Federation, Honorary Worker of Higher Education of Russia. After graduating with honors from the Faculty of Agricultural Mechanization of Moscow Institute of Agricultural Mechanization and Electrification (MIMESKH), Yu.A. Konkin came a long way from an assistant, associate professor, and professor of the Department of Farm Production Organization to Rector of Moscow Institute of Agricultural Engineering named after VP. Goryachkin - a leading university for the training of highly qualified engineering personnel. Yuri Konkin as an enthusiastic inborn organizer, a talented teacher, and a scientist, actively tried to improve the quality of teaching economic subjects while training agricultural engineering specialists. About 80 DSc and PhD theses have been defended under the supervision of Academician Yu.A. Konkin, the founder of the scientific school on the depreciation and service life of equipment, the restoration and renewal of the machinery fleet, the economics of agricultural machinery repair. Many of his students later became professors, key experts in the field of agricultural economics. The creative legacy of Yuri Konkin contains more than 200 scientific works and study manuals. His scientific and pedagogical activity was marked by seven government awards, including the Order of the Badge of Honor, four gold medals of the Exhibition of Economic Achievements, "For the Success Achieved in the Development of the National Economy of the USSR."

1. Лачуга Ю.Ф., Ерохин М.Н. К 75-летию со дня рождения. Конкин Юрий Александрович Академик Россельхозакадемии. М.: ФГНУ «Росинформагротех», 2006. 41 с.

2. Кленин Н.И. МГАУ на рубеже веков. М.: ФГНУ «Росинформагротех», 2000. 140 с.

3. Кубрушко П.Ф., Стрельцов В.В. и др. Ведущие ученые МИМЭСХ - МИИСП - МГАУ 1930-2010. М.: ФГОУ МГАУ, 2010.

4. Конкин Ю.А. ВУЗ и его проблемы. Профиль инженера // Сельская жизнь. 1973. № 12 (15934). 24 июля.

5. Конкин Ю.А. Совершенствовать уровень подготовки специалистов // Механизация и электрификация социалистического сельского хозяйства. 1975. № 6.

6. Ректоры МИМЭСХ, МИИСП, МГАУ: Документальное научное издание. М.: ФГОУ ВПО МГАУ, 2005. 32 с.