In the course of several decades of its existence, South Ural State University provided training of thousands of talented specialists and brilliant scientists. In 2018, the university celebrates its 75th anniversary, and now it is represented by entire scientific dynasties, including the Ryabukhin dynasty.
Science and conquering of the Tian Shan mountains
Aleksandr Grigorievich Ryabukhin was born on July 2 of 1931. Having graduated from Dmitry Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Moscow, he became an assistant and later a senior lecturer of the Department of General Chemistry at Chelyabinsk Polytechnic Institute (CPI). Working at the CPI in different years, Aleksandr Grigorievich occupied positions as Professor of the Department of General Chemistry, was founder and Head of the Department of Corrosion and Protection of Metals, worked as Professor of the Department of Physical Chemistry. During the time of his teaching career, he wrote 7 monographs and more than 400 research articles; 11 candidate’s dissertations were successfully defended under the Professor’s supervision.
For his merits in the sphere of research and teaching activity, Aleksandr Ryabukhin was awarded with Order of the Badge of Honour, medals for Veteran of Labor and “On the occasion of the 100th anniversary from the birth day of V.I. Lenin”. He was also awarded with the honorable title of “Honored Worker of Higher Education of the Russian Federation”.
It should be noted that Aleksandr Grigorievich is known not just as a talented scientist and author of many research articles, but also as an outstanding athlete. In 1956, he organized a Mountain Skiing Club at CPI. From 1965 till 1970, he was a coach and a member of Chelyabinsk mountaineering team; he was also the President of Chelyabinsk Regional Mountaineering Federation until 1977. His team got 1 golden, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals. In 1969, he was awarded the title of Master of Sports and Honored Coach of RSFSR in mountaineering, and in 1970 he was awarded the title of Snow Leopard, a title which was awarded to alpinists who climbed on top of all Soviet Union’s mountains higher than 7000 meters. Aleksandr Grigorievich cultivated 11 Masters of Sports; 9 of his trainees were awarded the honorable title of Snow Leopard. He was awarded the Medal “For development of student sport in Russia” and the Badge of “Silver Edelweiss” for conquering mountain peaks of the Northern Caucasus. It was under his guidance when in 1957 alpinists B. Samokhvalov and M. Levitin ascended one of the nameless peaks of the Tian Shan mountains, which nowadays is named the Peak of CPI.
Photo: Aleksandr Grigorievich Ryabukhin; Nina Vasilievna Germanyuk
Aleksandr Grigorievich’s wife, Nina Vasilievna Germanyuk, is also a graduate of Dmitry Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Moscow. After her graduation, she had been working at Chelyabinsk Radio Plant Polet for a long time. Having defended her Candidate’s dissertation, she was given a position as Associate Professor at Kurgan Mechanical Engineering Institute, and from 1990 she worked as Associate Professor of the Department of Physical Chemistry at CPI. In 2018, Nina Vasilievna is going to finish her teaching activity.
Aleksei Ivanov: how to become a professional?
Aleksandr Grigorievich’s grandson, Aleksei Ivanov, has been working at South Ural State University for about 15 years. Having graduated from SUSU’s Faculty of Economics and Management, Aleksei Evgenievich started his career at Chelyabinsk Plant of Technological Equipment, where later he became supervisor of various accounting and economic subdivisions; he also got enrolled to postgraduate studies at the Department of Economics and Investment at SUSU branch university in the city of Snezhinsk. In 2016, Aleksei Evgenievich started working at the Department of Accounting, Analysis and Audit.
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Photo: Aleksei Evgenievich Ivanov, Candidate of Sciences (Economics), Associate Professor
At the present time, Aleksei Evgenievich is a Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor, Deputy Head of the Department for research, author of more than 100 research articles and 3 monographs. Besides, he is advisor of Director General of Avuar Audit Company which is a long-term partner of the university:
“Practical lessons on many disciplines at SUSU are taught by practicing accountants and auditors from Avuar Company, and our lecturers, in turn, take part in auditing inspections of the Company. It is a very interesting experience which helps students and lecturers of the Department to learn about latest changes taking place in accountants’ work,” notes Aleksei Evgenievich. “In the nearest future, we are planning to open a joint laboratory of accounting and analysis. Avuar is the author of innovative project entitled ‘Geniuses’ Headquarters’, using which a businessman can remotely manage accounting documents with the use of his smart phone. In this laboratory, our students will learn about the process of remote operation of a modern accountant.”
Besides, the Department of Accounting, Analysis and Audit is taking part in creating new federal standards of accounting, which none of other accounting departments of Russian universities does. This is a unique project that distinguishes our university’s scientists from many other specialists in this sphere, as Aleksei Evgenievich thinks. In his opinion, connection with practice is an important component in activity of an economist.
“This profession values precision, diligence and, no matter how strange it sounds for non-accountants, creativity. The latest one is important, because if you start thinking mechanically and narrow-mindedly, you become the first candidate for quitting the profession. It’s not a secret that lately mass media has been actively discussing the opinion that accountants soon will be replaced by robots. But as a rule, this opinion is expressed by non-professionals who barely know anything about modern accounting. In fact, the most important role in our work belongs to professional evaluation, and not always there is an algorithm that can be taught to a robot. A true accountant is not a computer operator but an architect of financial structure of an enterprise and a major provider of information necessary for managerial decision making. Computerization does not replace an accountant, only sufficiently simplifies his work: there is less routine work and more time for analytical work.”