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Jan Czerski

1845 - 1892

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Jan Stanisław Franciszek Czerski, also known as Ivan Dementievich Chersky (Russian: Иван Дементьевич Черский) or Yan Dominikovich Chersky (Russian: Ян Доминикович Черский; 15 May [O.S. 3 May] 1845 – 25 June [O.S. 7 July] 1892), was a Polish, Belarusian, and Russian paleontologist, osteologist, geologist, geographer and explorer of Siberia. He was exiled to Transbaikalia for participating in the January Uprising of 1863. A self-taught scientist, he eventually received three gold medals from the Russian Geographical Society, and his name was given to a settlement, two mountain ranges, several peaks and other sites. He authored the first map of Lake Baikal. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Czerski is the 249th most popular explorer (down from 236th in 2019), the 77th most popular biography from Belarus (up from 83rd in 2019) and the most popular Belarusian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Jan Czerski ranks 249 out of 498. Before him are Tristão Vaz Teixeira, Vladimir Atlasov, Nikolaus Federmann, St John Philby, Yerofey Khabarov, and Dmitry Laptev. After him are Francisco Serrão, Friedrich Welwitsch, Diego de Almagro II, Julius Klaproth, Thorvald Eiriksson, and Dinis Dias.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1845, Jan Czerski ranks 53. Before him are Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin, Afonso, Prince Imperial of Brazil, André Bessette, Jules Guesde, Wollert Konow, and Walter Crane. After him are Gustave Ador, William, Prince of Wied, Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant, Prince Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, William Kingdon Clifford, and Àngel Guimerà. Among people deceased in 1892, Jan Czerski ranks 45. Before him are Charles Lavigerie, Afanasy Fet, Prince Francis, Count of Trapani, Carlo Cafiero, Alexander Cartwright, and Bernhard Windscheid. After him are Enrico Betti, Anthon van Rappard, Abdyl Frashëri, Theodor Meynert, Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke, and Constantin von Alvensleben.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Jan Czerski ranks 77 out of 368. Before him are Władysław Strzemiński (1893), Carl Anton von Meyer (1795), January Suchodolski (1797), Alexander Rybak (1986), Sergei Aleinikov (1961), and Vasil Bykaŭ (1924). After him are Simon Dubnow (1860), Czesław Niemen (1939), Mieczysław Karłowicz (1876), Lev Polugaevsky (1934), Napoleon Orda (1807), and Ivan Yarkovsky (1844).

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Among EXPLORERS In Belarus

Among explorers born in Belarus, Jan Czerski ranks 1. 

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