Аннотация:The paper is a brief historical review of the Quaternary research in the Geological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Scientific management of A.P. Pavlov, V.I. Vernadsky, D.I. Mushketov, V.I. Obruchev, A.D. Arkhangelsky, and A.E. Fersman in geological programs and in the Academy of Sciences of the USSR successfully developed the Quaternary studies. The Geological Institute had an important role in the Quaternary research, during the last 90 years, which was made possible by its organizational structure, research and expeditions, organized in close cooperation with the Commission for the study of the Quaternary period, and by a large number of prominent scientists who worked at the Quaternary Department and were leaded and inspired by G.A. Bonch-Osmolovsky, G.F. Mirchink, V.I. Gromov, V.V. Menner, C.V. Nikiforova and others.