The postal envelope was issued in honor of the centennial of the town of Przhevalsk in 1969. The picture shows the museum of Nikolai Przhevalsky, and a special postmark shows the grave of the scientist. Nikolai Przhevalsky was a traveler, a geographer and a naturalist, and one of Pyotr Semenov-Tyan-Shansky’s associates in the Russian Geographical Society.
The scientist is considered to be the first researcher of the nature of Central Asia. During his lifetime he undertook several expeditions to this region. On his travels, Przhevalsky explored the territories of Mongolia, China, and Tibet. In total, he mapped 20 thousand square kilometers of new territories.
In 1867, on the initiative of Semenov-Tyan-Shansky, Przhevalsky went to the Ussuriysk region. The Siberian branch of the Russian Geographical Society entrusts him with the study of the flora and fauna of these places. He conducted his research for three months, having walked about 1,100 kilometers over that time. The result of expeditions were the books ‘On the Foreign Population in the Southern Part of the Amur Region’ and ‘Journey to the Ussuriysk territory’.
In 1870 Przhevalsky undertook his first trip to Central Asia. He was the first European to visit the interior of northern Tibet and explore new territories. The two-volume work ‘Mongolia and the Country of the Tanguts, ’ based on the expedition, made the scientist famous. The Russian Geographical Society awarded him the Grand Gold Medal and a lifetime prize of 600 rubles annually.
Przhevalsky’s second trip to Central Asia was in 1876. It is described in the book ‘From Kuldja to Tyan-Shan and to Lob-Nor’. And three years later he went on his third expedition. After his return to Russia, Przhevalsky published the first information about a new species of horse, previously unknown to science and named after him. The scientist also assembled vast zoological and botanical collections, which included previously undescribed specimens.
The Nikolai Przhevalsky Memorial Museum, which is pictured on the envelope, was opened on April 29, 1957. A special place in the exhibition is occupied by the scientist’s belongings, including the gun, which was made, among other weapons, by the famous gunsmith Vasily Lezhin at the request of Przhevalsky in preparation for his fourth journey to Tibet. Now the gun serves as the item of greatest interest to visitors to the museum.
The scientist is considered to be the first researcher of the nature of Central Asia. During his lifetime he undertook several expeditions to this region. On his travels, Przhevalsky explored the territories of Mongolia, China, and Tibet. In total, he mapped 20 thousand square kilometers of new territories.
In 1867, on the initiative of Semenov-Tyan-Shansky, Przhevalsky went to the Ussuriysk region. The Siberian branch of the Russian Geographical Society entrusts him with the study of the flora and fauna of these places. He conducted his research for three months, having walked about 1,100 kilometers over that time. The result of expeditions were the books ‘On the Foreign Population in the Southern Part of the Amur Region’ and ‘Journey to the Ussuriysk territory’.
In 1870 Przhevalsky undertook his first trip to Central Asia. He was the first European to visit the interior of northern Tibet and explore new territories. The two-volume work ‘Mongolia and the Country of the Tanguts, ’ based on the expedition, made the scientist famous. The Russian Geographical Society awarded him the Grand Gold Medal and a lifetime prize of 600 rubles annually.
Przhevalsky’s second trip to Central Asia was in 1876. It is described in the book ‘From Kuldja to Tyan-Shan and to Lob-Nor’. And three years later he went on his third expedition. After his return to Russia, Przhevalsky published the first information about a new species of horse, previously unknown to science and named after him. The scientist also assembled vast zoological and botanical collections, which included previously undescribed specimens.
The Nikolai Przhevalsky Memorial Museum, which is pictured on the envelope, was opened on April 29, 1957. A special place in the exhibition is occupied by the scientist’s belongings, including the gun, which was made, among other weapons, by the famous gunsmith Vasily Lezhin at the request of Przhevalsky in preparation for his fourth journey to Tibet. Now the gun serves as the item of greatest interest to visitors to the museum.
