engineering and scientific elite at the mendeleev congress in ekaterinburg and reflections about science and education

The article by professor Eugene Golosman was dedicated to Mendeleev congress, science, education, officials, conferences, Hirsch index, Russian Academy of Sciences, RIA, MANEB, competitions "Engineer of the Year", the Mendeleev Museum, the catalysts, the Union of scientific and engineering organizations, chemical society named after D. I. Mendeleev. E. Z. Golosman is a rare example of a great scientist being a famous public figure. The raised issues are of a sharp polemic character, but always they seen the sincere interest of the author in addressing of key issues. The evidence of the importance of the problems under consideration are the numerous responses from readers, responses from the heads of Committees on science, education, the State Duma, the number of Departments of the Ministries of the Russian Federation, the Russian Academy of Sciences and its departments.