Article ID: CBB001211418

Contributions by the Konstantin Institute of Surveying Alumni to the Geographical and Scientific Exploration of Siberia (2012)

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Iliushina, T. V. (Author)


VIET: Voprosy Istorii Estestvoznaniia i Tekhniki
Volume: 12, no. 2
Issue: 2
Pages: 55-69


Publication Date: 2012
Edition Details: [Translated title.] In Russian.
Language: Russian

The Konstantin Institute of Surveying in Moscow took an active role in expeditions that explored and mapped the vast territory of the Russian Empire, especially Siberia. One key episode involved the expedition sent to Eastern Siberia by the Imperial Russian Geographical Society in 1855 - 1858, in which the Institute's employees and alumni determined astronomical coordinates of more than 70 points spread over 10000 miles of travel routes. In addition to providing the basis for the mapping of Eastern Siberia, they collected data on the geology, meteorology, flora and fauna, and ethnography of the area. This paper provides some little known biographical information on the institute's alumni and analyses their role in founding the school of studies of the Russian Far East.

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Authors & Contributors
Dritsas, Lawrence S.
Rodney S. Tucker
Wisnicki, Adrian S
West-Sooby, John
Suckow, Christian
Schwarz, Ingo
Concepts
Scientific expeditions
Travel; exploration
Geography
Biographies
Research institutes; research stations
Maps; atlases
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century
Places
Russia
Great Britain
Australia
Africa
North America
Caucasus region
Institutions
Rossiiskaia Akademiia Nauk
Stazione Zoologica di Napoli
Harvard University
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