| Alexei Pavlovich Fedchenko |
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| fedchenko, alexei pavlovich | |
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He was born at Irkutsk , in Siberia , and after attending the gymnasium of his native town, proceeded to the University Of Moscow , for the study more especially of Zoology and Geology . In 1868 he travelled through Turkestan , the district of the lower Syr-Darya and Samarkand ; and shortly after his return he set out for Khokand , where he visited a large portion of territory till then unknown. Soon after his return to Europe he perished on Mont Blanc while engaged in an exploring tour in Switzerland . Accounts of the explorations and discoveries of Fedchenko have jeen published by the Russian government; his ''Journeys in Turkestan'' in 1874, ''In the Khanat of Khokand'' in 1875, and ''Botanical Discoveries'' in 1876. The Fedchenko Glacier in the Pamir s is named after him, as is the asteroid 3195 Fedchenko . See Petermanns ''Mittheilungen'' (1872-1874). REFERENCES |
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