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The Neva ship in the St. Paul harbor. Engraving made on Lisyansky’s drawing
07 August 2018

On August 7, 1803 the expedition by Ivan Krusenstern and Yury Lisyansky left Kronstadt

N.N. Miklukho-Maclay
17 July 2018

July 17 is the 172nd anniversary of the birth of Nikolai Nikolayevich Miklukho-Maklay

Photo by Gombojab Tsybikov
20 April 2018

145 years ago, Gombojab Tsybikov, the first Russian scientist who visited Central Tibet, was born.

Mikhail Mikhailovich Somov
07 April 2018

Talented scientist and enthusiastic researcher Mikhail Somov was born April 7 1908

Tuva. Photo by Anton Agarkov
18 February 2018

Feb 17 was the 158th anniversary of the birth of outstanding geographer Grigory Grumm-Grzhimaylo

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