Przhevalsky biography
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Scientist of the Day - Nikolay Przhevalsky
Early published drawing of Przhevalsky’s horse, Nature, vol. 30, 1884 (Linda Hall Library)
Nikolay Mikhaylovich Przhevalsky,a Russian explorer, was born Apr. 12, 1839. Between 1870 and 1885, Przhevalsky (pronounced Purr-zhe-VAL-ski) led four expeditions into unexplored regions of Central Asia, inhabited, although barely, by Mongols, Dungans, and Chinese. Some of these trips were over 3000 miles in length, through deserts completely devoid of living things, although where he did encounter animals and plants, he collected them diligently, even eagerly, since he was an avid hunter of large game. He found and brought back hundreds of new species of plants and animals, but by far the most famous is the horse named after him, Equus przhevalskii, Przhevalsky's horse, the only truly wild horse in the world. This small, shaggy, fiercely independent beast was so elusive that in spite of repeated attempts, neither he nor his men were ever able to catch one, or even shoot one, so the specimen skin and skull he brought back was one obtained as a gift from a Mongol. The Mongols called them takhi. Przhevalsky supposedly pictured the horse in the travel account of his third expedition, but we do not have any of Przhevalsky’s
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Nikolai Przhevalsky
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Nikolay Przhevalsky
Polish-Russian explorer (1839–1888)
"Przhevalsky" redirects here. For the inhabited localities in Russia, see Przhevalsky (inhabited locality). For the 1951 Soviet film, see Przhevalsky (film).
Nikolay Mikhaylovich Przhevalsky (or Prjevalsky;[note 1] 12 April [O.S. 31 March] 1839 – 1 November [O.S. 20 October] 1888) was a Russian geographer[1] 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 (modern Tibet Autonomous Region), Amdo (now Qinghai) and Dzungaria (now northern Xinjiang).[5] He contributed substantially to European knowledge of Central Asian geography.
Przhevalsky described several species previously unknown to European science, such as Przewalski's horse, Przewalski's gazelle, and the wild Bactrian camel, all of which are now endangered. He was also a mentor of the explorer Pyotr Kozlov.
Biography
[edit]Przhevalsky was born in the Kimborovo family estate (in the Smolensky Uyezd of the Smolensk Governorate of the Russian Empire) which belonged to his grandfather from his mother's side, a Russian nobleman Ale