The Local History Museum of hosted "Paleontologist who discovered the secrets of the Cretaceous mountains" event in memory of the founder of the Museum of Paleontology in the region, a cultural figure of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the best local historian Yuri Pastukhov.

The meeting began with a video on the life and work of the local historian, who dedicated part of his life to the study of cretaceous plateau in the vicinity of the Caspian Sea. Galina Chernova, chairwoman of the Globe Ecological Association, a well-known journalist Victor Sutyagin,  friends Georgy Trukhin and Valery Ten, and a student Irina Beshtanko made speech at the vent. They remembered the special aspects of the talented person's full of science destiny. Alexander Pastukhov, the paleontologist's son, expressed his  kind and gentle relation to own family.

At the end of the event, Rashida Kharipova, the head of the Local History Museum of Atyrau Region, said that the work of the first paleontologist was immeasurable. In this regard, the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the book "Paleontological Collections" was presented to the son of a local historian Alexander and the chairman of the ecological association "Globe" Galina Chernova.

The meeting was also attended by friends, descendants of the paleontologist, members of the press, students and students of Kh. Dosmukhamedov Atyrau University and 11th grade students of D. Baibosynov national school-gymnasium #13 took part.