ABOUT HISTORY OF CATALYSIS IN RUSSIA OF FIRST HALF OF XIX CENTURY
Historical analysis of development of catalysis in Russia in the first half of the XIX century are discussed. In the context of the interaction of domestic scholars of that time with world science reflected the stages of formation of the first theoretical views catalysis. Outlines the key facts of history and the names of scientists catalysis, among which are the works of the Russian academician K. Kirchhoff and his first observation of the kinetic parameters of the catalytic reactions. Honorary member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences J. Berzelius first attempted to describe the phenomenon of catalysis and the first to introduce scientific terminology its current name. J. von Liebig generalized physical and chemical concepts of the mechanism of the catalytic reaction. His theoretical position of catalytic reactions have continued to develop Russian scientists who learned from Liebig.