TECTONOPHYSICAL MEETINGS IN THE USSR AND RUSSIA: INFORMATION ON THE EVE OF THE THIRD TECTONOPHYSICAL CONFERENCE IN IPE RAS “TECTONOPHYSICS AND TOPICAL PROBLEMS IN EARTH SCIENCES” (MOSCOW, 8–12 OCTOBER 2012)

The article provides a brief review of the history of tectonophysical meetings in the former Soviet Union and Russia. This information is published on the eve of the Third Tectonophysical Conference convened by the Institute of Physics of the Earth in October 2012