PRZHEVALSKY, NIKOLAI MIKHAILOVICH

nyĭkəlīˈ mēkhīˈləvĭch pərzhĭvälˈskē, 1839–88, Russian geographer and explorer in central and E Asia. He made five major expeditions—one to the Ussuri area in the Russian Far East (1867–68) and four to Mongolia, Xinjiang, and Tibet (1870–85). Przhevalsky is credited with the Russian discovery of Lop Nur and the Altun (Altyn Tagh) range on his trip in 1876–77. He studied the orography, climate, and flora and fauna (discovering the wild horse named after him) of these regions. He wrote Mongolia, and the Tangut Country (tr. 1876) and From Kulja, Across the Tian Shan to Lob-Nor (tr. 1879).

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The Life of a Chemist: Memoirs of Vladimir N. Ipatieff
Book by Xenia Joukoff Eudin, Harold H. Fisher, Vladimir Haensel, Ralph H. Lusher, Helen Dwight Fisher; Stanford University Press, 1946
Subjects: Chemistry--Soviet Union--History, Soviet Union--Politics And Government--20th Century
...firing from hidden positions, that our batteries were no match for the Japanese. Much credit is due to Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich,* who, as a battery commander, made a thorough study of the firing characteristics of the new gun. Later, when he became...
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The Emergence of Modern Russia, 1801-1917
Book by Sergei Pushkarev, Robert H. McNeal, Tova Yedlin; Holt Rinehart and Winston, 1963
Subjects: Russia--History--1904-1914, Russia--History--19th Century
...Speranskys Codification The most recent Russian law code before Speranskys time was the Ulozhenie of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, composed in 1649. All of the abler rulers of the imperial period, Peter the Great, Elizabeth, Catherine the Great, and...
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The Tsar's Last Armada: The Epic Journey to the Battle of Tsushima
Book by Constantine Pleshakov; Basic Books, 2002
Subjects: Tsushima, Battle Of, 1905
...jewels, or geography, she invited Nikolai Przhevalsky to Gatchina in May 1881. In 1881...Dubasov, and to a lesser extent, Nikolai Skrydlov and Alexei Birilev...steamer Vesta , commanded by Nikolai Baranov. The Vesta was old...
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Biographic Directory of the USSR
Book by V. S. Meretisalov; Scarecrow Press, 1958
Subjects: Soviet Union--Biography
...eparchy, henceforth the Kharkov Nikolai Cathedral, filled with pilgrims...ALEKSANDROV, Aleksandr Mikhailovich. Diplomat; Envoy Extraordinary...Studied in Crown Prince Nikolai Lyceum; grad. Juridical Faculty...position strengthened. ANDREEV, Nikolai Nikolaevich . Head, Laboratory...
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Russia: Tsarist and Communist
Book by Anatole G. Mazour; D. Van Nostrand, 1962
Subjects: Soviet Union--History
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Przhevalsky, Nikolai Mikhailovich
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PRZHEVALSKY, NIKOLAI MIKHAILOVICH nyik li mekhi l vich p rzhival ske, 1839 88, Russian geographer...1867 68) and four to Mongolia, Xinjiang, and Tibet (1870 85). Przhevalsky is credited with the Russian discovery of Lop Nur and the Altun...
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Przewalski's Horse
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...extended from W Mongolia to N Xinjiang, China. The horse was first recognized as a separate species by Nikolai Mikhailovich Przhevalsky , a Russian explorer and geographer, in the 1870s. In the 1960s the horse became extinct in the wild...


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