On December 27, 2022, at the age of 86, an outstanding scientist, laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine in the field of science and technology, corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, doctor of geological and mineralogical sciences, professor, head of the department of environmental geology and thermodynamics of geospheres of the State institution “Institute of Geochemistry” passed away of the environment of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine” Rudolph Yakovych Belyevtsev.