History of Science and Engineering Annotation << Back Academician Vladimir Alexandrovich Kistyakovsky Yu.M. Polukarov Brief biographical facts are given. V.A. Kistyakovsky spared no efforts to develop investigations on chemical resistance of materials, corrosion activity of various media, including environment. He applied his judgment to the importance of colloidal systems in proceeding of electrochemical and corrosion processes. Thus new research direction named by V.A. Kistyakovsky as colloidal electrochemistry arose. Key words: physical chemistry; chemical resistance of materials; corrosion; colloidal systems; electrochemistry. E-mail: polukarov_ipc@mail.ru