Nikolay Mikhaylovich Przhevalsky was a Russian geographer and a renowned explorer of Central and East Asia.
Nikolay Przhevalsky
Nikolay Przhevalsky in 1860 (age 21)
Sketch of Nikolay Przhevalsky in Popular Science Monthly, Volume 30, January, 1887
Monument to Nikolay Przhevalsky in the Alexander Garden, Saint Petersburg
Przewalski's horse, also called the takhi, Mongolian wild horse or Dzungarian horse, is a rare and endangered horse originally native to the steppes of Central Asia. It is named after the Russian geographer and explorer Nikolay Przhevalsky. Once extinct in the wild, since the 1990s it has been reintroduced to its native habitat in Mongolia in the Khustain Nuruu National Park, Takhin Tal Nature Reserve, and Khomiin Tal, as well as several other locales in Central Asia and Eastern Europe.
Przewalski's horse
Head shot, showing convex profile
Winter coat
Przewalski's horses