MODERN UKRAINIAN GEOMORPHOLOGY: ACHIEVEMENTS, PROBLEMS, PROSPECTS (ON THE OCCASION OF THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOMORPHOLOGY AND PALEOGEOGRAPHY OF IVAN FRANKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LVIV)

Abstract

Representatives of the specialty, science or scientific field periodically discuss their condition, problems, prospects for development. This applies to a large extent to geomorphology as geological and geographical science. The analysis of its status, problematic issues, state and prospects of development was highlighted during the 70th anniversary of the Department of Geomorphology and Paleogeography of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, which was celebrated by the geomorphological community of Ukraine and neighboring countries in 2020. The All-Ukrainian scientific-practical conference "Current state and prospects of development of geomorphology and paleogeography in Ukraine" was dedicated to this matter. It featured reports by Lydia Dubis, Jaroslav Kravchuk, Ivan Kovalchuk, Volodymyr Stetsiuk, Andriy Bogutsky, Roman Spitsa, Natalia Gerasimenko, Galyna Bayrak, Petro Voloshin, Oleksandr Mkrtchyan, Andriy Yatsyshyn and other researchers, which reflected modern trends in geomorphological and paleogeographical research. Given this fact, we will try to answer a range of questions that are raised by both the geomorphologists themselves and in specialists in related fields of geographical and geological science. These include, in particular: can we consider the attention, paid to the analysis of the current state of the science of relief and the processes of relief formation in Ukraine sufficient? What are the achievements of geomorphology of the 20s of the XXI century? How does Ukrainian geomorphology relate to foreign geomorphology in research methods, results obtained, and public recognition? What problems does geomorphological and paleogeographic science have to solve in order to remain modern and socially important? What obstacles does it have to overcome? What prospects await her? The highlighted research results are based on the analysis of publications, reports at conferences of various ranks, creative work of the founders of Ukrainian geomorphology, its protagonists who worked in the XIX - XXI centuries or continue to work today, summarizing the results of own research on geomorphological science. Key words: modern Ukrainian geomorphology, problems of geomorphology, prospects of geomorphological researches.