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Abstract: The article presents an overview of the studies of the territory of Sverdlovsk Oblast and the Urals Region by women-geographers who simultaneously carry out academic work at Department of Geography and Geographical Education of the Faculty of Geography and Biology of the Ural State Pedagogical University. The authors characterize the scientific-research strategy of the USPU and describe the original scientific approaches and research methods used in landscape science (one of the fundamental areas of geography that has methodological potential for contemporary studies and, at the same time, plays a great role in revealing the natural potential of the region and territory development), landscape phenology (methodological guidelines and the scope of scientific works in this area determine the ideas of interdisciplinary synthesis) and methods of geographical education (theoretical interpretation of the experience of scientific schools and the ways of its implementation into teaching practice) adapting the results of scientific research for the purposes of professional education of teachers. The determined areas are characterized by a wide scope of scientific interest and versatility of research determined by their belonging to various scientific schools. The article reveals the role of activity of the women-geographers in the process of improvement and development of geographical education.