The Beginnings of Research on the Caucasus Region: Expeditions to North Caucasus in the Second Half of the 18th--Early 19th Centuries (2010)
Kolesnikova, M. E. (Author)
VIET: Voprosy Istorii Estestvoznaniia i Tekhniki
Volume: 10, no. 1
Issue: 1
Pages: 55-62
Edition Details: [Translated title.] In Russian.
Language: Russian
Academic expeditions at the end of the 18th century pioneered scientific investigation of the region near the Caucasus Mountains. This article analyses the travels and research of S. G. Gmelin, J. A. Giildenstadt, P. S. Pallas, J. N. Potocki, and J. H. Klaproth in the North Caucasus, the difficulties they encountered and the historical sites they studied, in particular the ruins of ancient Majar.
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