摘要
An international symposium "Geology of Reefs" was held from 4-6 July 2005 in Syktyvkar (Komi Republic, Russian Federation). It was organized by several Russian institutions although the leading organization, and the host of the conference, was the Institute of Geology of the Komi Science Centre of the Uralian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences. The organizing committee was led by V. G. Kuznetsov, N. P. Yushkin, A. I. Antoshkina and A. N. Sandula. The conference was attended by 74 participants from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, and Poland.