The article by Ural scientists is devoted to one of the largest Ural chemists, who made a great contribution to the creation of the Physics and Technology Faculty of the famous Ural Polytechnic Institute. Being a prominent scientist and organizer of science, A.K. Sharova played a significant role in the formation of academic science in the Urals, stood at the origins of the oldest of the institutes - the Chemical Institute of the Ural branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Her fundamental works on the chemistry of rare and trace elements and the technologies developed became the basis of the Ural scientific school in the chemistry of rare elements, and also contributed to the creation of a scientific school of physical chemistry in the region.