Alexei Pavlovich Fedchenko
Alexei Fedchenko ( Russian Алексей Павлович Федченко * 7 . Jul / 19th February 1844 greg. In Irkutsk ; † 3 jul. / 15. September 1873 greg. In Chamonix ) was a Russian scientist and explorer in Central Asia . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is “ A.Fedtsch. ".
Life and travel
After attending secondary school in Irkutsk, Fedchenko studied at Moscow University until 1864 . During his studies and in the following years he dealt with zoology (mainly entomology ), botany , anthropology and ethnography and put on extensive collections.
In 1867 Fedtschenko traveled to Finland and Sweden , in 1868 to Austria and Italy , where he worked in Naples under the direction of Rudolf Leuckart .
In the years 1868-1871 Fedchenko led several expeditions to Turkestan by: so 1869 in the Serafschantal , 1870 to the lake Iskanderkul and the upper reaches of Zeravshan , 1871, the Desert Kyzylkum and the first Russian traveler the Alai Valley , which is the Alay Mountains from the Transalaikette of Pamir separates. He “discovered” the highest peak of the Transalai, which he named Pik Kaufmann (renamed Pik Lenin in 1928 ) after the Governor General of Turkestan Konstantin Petrovich (von) Kaufmann .
In 1872 Alexei Fedchenko traveled to Western Europe with the aim of processing the materials brought from Turkestan. He stayed at the universities of Leipzig (again with Rudolf Leuckart), the University of Heidelberg and the University of Lucerne and conducted studies in the Alps to compare the glaciers there with those in Turkestan.
In September 1873, Fedtschenko died at the age of 29 while climbing a Mont Blanc glacier near Chamonix when he and his two companions got caught in a storm at the Col du Géant .
Since 1867 Fedtschenko was with the botanist Olga Alexandrowna Fedtschenko , geb. Armfeld (Ольга Александровна Армфельд, 1845–1921) who accompanied him on his travels and expeditions and after his death a. a. was involved in the publication of his writings.
The Fedchenko glacier in the Pamir, with 77 km the longest extra-polar valley glacier on earth, and the asteroid (3195) Fedchenko , discovered in 1978, are named after Alexei Fedtschenko .
Works
After his death, Fedchenko's most important revised works were published under the title Reise nach Turkestan by AP Fedtschenko (Путешествие в Туркестан А. П. Федченко) in five volumes of the communications of the Society of Lovers of Natural History, Извесесютиблен77 1950) published.
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- Entry in Brockhaus-Efron (Russian)
Individual evidence
- ^ Article Alexei Pawlowitsch Fedtschenko in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fedchenko, Alexei Pavlovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Федченко, Алексей Павлович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian explorer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 19, 1844 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Irkutsk |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 15, 1873 |
| Place of death | Chamonix |