Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society 42: 146-149, doi: 10.3897/jbgs.2020.42.20
Acad. Anastas Beshkov – Founder of the Regional Geographical Researches in Bulgaria
Georgi Zhelezov‡‡ National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Zhelezov G (2020) Acad. Anastas Beshkov – Founder of the Regional Geographical Researches in Bulgaria. Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society 42: 146-149. https://doi.org/10.3897/jbgs.2020.42.20 |  |
Abstract
Acad. Anastas Beshkov (1896-1964) is one of the leading Bulgarian geographic researchers of the 20th century. His fundamental work is connected with development of regional geographical researches in Bulgaria and the first economic geographic regionalization of Bulgaria (1934). The scientific work and expertises of acad. Beshkov are related to important economic national projects as the importance of transport for development of the economy and settlements, decision of the transport problems in Dobrudzha, position of the factory for fertilizers near Stara Zagora town, an idea for the channel Varna- Devnya, developed in a project in 1965 and realized in 1975.
Keywords
regional, economic, geography