Academicians

Qualifications
Doctor of Geological-Mineralogical Sciences (since 1969), Professor.
Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. Elected in 1977 on speciality Geology.

Membership of other Academies, Scientific Societies and Councils
Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
Member of the American Geophysical Union (AGU),
Member of the Russian Tectonic Committee,
Member of the Commission for International Tectonic Map,
Chairman of the Belarusian National Committee for the International Geological Correlation Programme (IGCP),
Chairman of the Belarusian Geological Society,
Member of the Belarusian Geographical Society,
Member of the Russian Geographic Society,
Chairman of the Scientific Degree Council at the Institute of Geological Sciences of the NAS of Belarus,
Member of the Scientific Council for the Problems of Biosphere of the NAS of Belarus,
Member of the Belarusian Commission for the UNESCO affairs.

Editorial Board Membership
Chairman of the Editorial Board of the journal Lithosphere,
Member of the Editorial Board of the Geophysical Journal (National Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine),
Member of the Editorial Board of the Belarusian Encyclopedia.

Current Position
The Institute of Geological Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Head of Laboratory.
7 Academician V.F.Kuprevich Street, Minsk BY-220141, Republic of Belarus
Tel.: +375 (17) 264-85-02. Fax: +375 (17) 264-85-02. E-mail: garetsky@ns.igs.ac.by

Research areas
Geology, geotectonics, geophysics, seismology, geology of minerals: structure and development of platforms of earth's crust.

Main Publications
1. Clastical dikes (1956).
2. Tectonic analysis of thickness (1960).
3. Tectonics of young platforms of Eurasia (1972).
4. Main problems in tectonic platforms studying (1991).
5. I sacrifice my ego... (Maksim and Gauryla Garetsky) (1998).

Literature
1. Radzim Gaurylavich Garetsky (To the 70th Anniversary of his Birthday) (In Belarusian).