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A brief review of research and organizational and teaching activities of a famous geographer Yuri Petrovich Mikhailov, whose creative life activity is connected with the V.B. Sochava Institute of Geography, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences (1961-2010). The fields of his scientific interests are considered: theory and methods of socio-economic geography, problems of nature management, peculiarities of the development of the domestic agrarian sector and rural areas, and integrated development of the taiga territories of Russia. A special place in Yu.P. Mikhailov’s scientific work is occupied by the issues related to the study, assessment and mapping of natural resources as well as geographical expert examination of major projects, the study of processes associated with the transformation of the habitat and the prediction of the consequences, and the protection and reproduction of the natural environment. It is explicitly pointed out that the wishers and message of Yu.P. Mikhailov’s scientific work to future generations of geographers imply their commitment to a system approach in geography. Presented is an extensive geography covered by the scientist’s research: Leningrad oblast, Crimea (subjects-polygons of his first field work) and, later, the territories of Siberia and the Far East. Qualitative and quantitative parameters of his publication activity and achievements in research and organizational activities are reflected. It is emphasized that the works of Yuri Petrovich Mikhaylov have an enduring theoretical and methodological, constructive and ideological significance.