“with a carbine in one hand, a whip in the other.”
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Nikolay Przhevalsky
Nikolay Mikhaylovich Przhevalsky was a Russian geographer and a renowned explorer of Central and East Asia. Although he never reached his ultimate goal, the city of Lhasa in Tibet, he still travelled through regions then unknown to Westerners, such as northern Tibet, Amdo and Dzungaria. He contributed substantially to European knowledge of Central Asian geography.
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culture · Polish-Russian explorer (1839–1888) · zoologist · explorer · writer · botanist · military personnel · geographer · naturalist · traveler · botanical collector · scientific collector · also Nikolay Przhevalsky, Nikolai Mikhailovich Przhevalsky, Nikolai Przhevalsky, Nikolai Mikhailovich Prjevalsky, Nikolai Prjevalsky, Nikolai Mikhailovich Prejevalski
Born 31 March 1839 · Died 20 October 1888 · Q192442
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1946· 1 entry
Established a Gold Medal to be awarded in his honor
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1892· 1 entry
A monument was erected to him in the Alexander Garden in St
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1891· 1 entry
The Russian Geographical Society established a prize in his honor
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1888· 1 entry
Died 1888-10-20.
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1884· 1 entry
Won Vega Medal (1884).
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1881· 1 entry
Paycheck ledger contained brief notes on money transfer from Przhevalsky to Stalin's mother; however, Przhevalsky's visits to Georgia are not recorded, and G
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1879· 1 entry
Won Founder’s Medal (1879).
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1878· 1 entry
Won Alexander von Humboldt Medal (1878).
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1867· 1 entry
Successfully petitioned the Russian Geographical Society to be dispatched to Irkutsk, in central Siberia
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1864· 1 entry
Became a geography teacher at the military school in Warsaw
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1839· 1 entry
Born 1839-03-31.
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