Nikolay Przhevalsky
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Nikolay Mikhaylovich Przhevalsky was a Russian geographer 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
Przhevalsky in 1888
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 gazelle
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Przewalski's gazelle is a member of the family Bovidae, and in the wild, is found only in China. Once widespread, its range has declined to six populations near Qinghai Lake. The gazelle was named aft
Nikolay Przhevalsky
…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. Przhevalsky was born in the Kimborovo…
The book of antelopes Procapra przewalskii
Male Przewalski's gazelle