Aleksandr Lavrent'yevich Chekanovskiy, pioneer geologist and explorer of north central Siberia, 1873-76

Aleksandr Lavrent'yevich Chekanovskiy, a Pole by nationality, who had studied geology at the universities of Kiev and Derpt (Tartu), was exiled to Siberia for his participation in the uprisings in Kiev in 1863. Through the intercession of his colleague Friedrich Schmidt, his sentence to hard la...

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Published in:Earth sciences history 1991, Vol.10 (2), p.106-129
Main Author: Barr, William
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Areal geology
Asia
biography
Boats
Chekanovskiy, Aleksandr Lavrent'yevich
Commonwealth of Independent States
Exile
exploration
Fossils
Geology
history
Ice
Rafts
River deltas
Rocks
Siberia
Snow
USSR
Valleys
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Summary:Aleksandr Lavrent'yevich Chekanovskiy, a Pole by nationality, who had studied geology at the universities of Kiev and Derpt (Tartu), was exiled to Siberia for his participation in the uprisings in Kiev in 1863. Through the intercession of his colleague Friedrich Schmidt, his sentence to hard labour at Padun was repealed in 1868 and he was allowed to move to Irkutsk where he was employed by the Siberian Branch of the Russian Imperial Geographical Society. Over the next few years he carried out extremely valuable geological surveys in the areas around Irkutsk and Ozero Baykal. Probably his major contribution during this phase of his career in terms of paleobotany was the discovery of a new genus of gingkos, namely Czekanowskia Heer.
ISSN:0736-623X
1944-6187
DOI:10.17704/eshi.10.2.h862g62033j5215w