Nikolai Petrovich Rychkov
Nikolai Petrowitsch Rytschkow ( Russian: Николай Петрович Рычков ; born October 15, 1746 in Orenburg , † 1784 ibid) was a Russian explorer and geographer .
Life
Rytschkow was the second son of the historian Pyotr Ivanovich Rytschkow . He completed his training in the army by serving in various infantry regiments and was discharged from military service as a captain in 1767 and sent to the academy expeditions.
1768 Rytschkow took part in Ivan Ivanovich Lepjochin's expedition to Orenburg . In 1769 and 1770 he explored the governorates of Kazan , Orenburg , Ufa , Vyatka and Perm on behalf of Peter Simon Pallas . In the spring of 1769 he examined the forest steppe and steppe on the Kama . In June 1969 he observed the transit of Venus in front of the sun . Then he followed the Ik , the Great Kinel , the Djoma and the Belaya . In 1770 he explored in the Vyatka opens Cheptsa River . He then spent the winter in Chelyabinsk . His reports were published by the Academy in two parts, while the topography of his father's Orenburg governorate appeared later.
In the summer of 1771, Rytschkow was assigned to a military caravan. He was now exploring the steppe on the Ishim in the Kazak Khanate . Then he went to the steppe east of the Mugodschar Mountains . In 1772 he became chief director of the new silk factories on the Akhtuba . In 1780 he was appointed Hofrat (7th class ). The Kollegienrat followed in 1784 (6th class).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Иосиф Магидович, Вадим Магидович: История открытия и исследования Европы . ozon.ru, Moscow 1970, p. 245–247 ( ozon.ru [accessed November 6, 2017]).
- ↑ Биография.ру: Рычков Николай Петрович (accessed November 6, 2017).
- ↑ Журнал или дневные записки путешествия по разным провинциям Российского государства 1769 и 1770 годова 1769 и 1770 годова 1 . St. Petersburg 1770.
- ↑ Журнал или дневные записки путешествия по разным провинциям Российского государства 1769 и 1770 годова 1769 и 1770 годова 2 . St. Petersburg 1772.
- ↑ Топография Оренбургской губернии. Сочинение П.И. Рычкова 1762 года . Типография Б. Бреслина, Orenburg 1887 ( opck.org [PDF; accessed November 6, 2017]).
- ↑ Дневные записки путешествия в Киргиз-Кайсацкой степи в 1771 году . St. Petersburg 1772.
- ↑ А. А. Клушин: История Ахтубинского шелководства . 2012.
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SURNAME | Rychkov, Nikolai Petrovich |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Рычков, Николай Петрович (Russian) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian explorer and geographer |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 15, 1746 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Orenburg |
DATE OF DEATH | 1784 |
Place of death | Orenburg |