Presentation of the book “Life and logics of an arborist” written by a merited academic figure, professor of Bryansk Technological Institute Anatoly Semenovich Tikhonov was held at the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan. Professor A. Tikhonov incarnates adherence to the classical concept of Russian forestry, and in his scientific work he proved benefits of natural forest reproduction. During the meeting with experts of the Ministry, A. Tikhonov also presented his book “Types of forest, cutting, forest reproduction and formation of the forest stand in Scandinavian-Russian province”.