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Pyotr Chikhachyov

1808 - 1890

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Pyotr Alexandrovich Chikhachyov, last name also spelled Chikhachev or Tchihatchev (Russian: Пётр Алекса́ндрович Чихачёв; 23 December 1808 – 13 October 1890) was a Russian naturalist and geologist who was admitted into the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1876 as an honorary member. He authored geographical and geological descriptions of the Altai, Xinjiang (1845), and Asia Minor (1853-1869). One of the Altai mountain ranges is named after him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pyotr Chikhachyov is the 330th most popular explorer (up from 373rd in 2019), the 1,299th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,636th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Russian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Pyotr Chikhachyov ranks 330 out of 498. Before him are Semyon Chelyuskin, Theodor Kotschy, Hermann Wissmann, Pedro Tafur, Nain Singh, and Félix de Azara. After him are Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser, Gonçalo Velho Cabral, Boris Vilkitsky, Thorvald Asvaldsson, Irina Solovyova, and Khariton Laptev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1808, Pyotr Chikhachyov ranks 46. Before him are Prince Frederick of Württemberg, Caterina Scarpellini, Karl Friedrich Lessing, August von Werder, Auguste Franchomme, and Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso. After him are James Nasmyth, Sofia Adlersparre, Lysander Spooner, Rodolfo Amando Philippi, Josef Kajetán Tyl, and Salmon P. Chase. Among people deceased in 1890, Pyotr Chikhachyov ranks 46. Before him are Alexander Parkes, Jacques-Louis Soret, John C. Frémont, Władysław Taczanowski, Karl Friedrich Otto Westphal, and Marianne North. After him are Johann Georg Halske, James Nasmyth, Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury, Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina, Lydia Becker, and Gottfried Ludolf Camphausen.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Pyotr Chikhachyov ranks 1,299 out of 3,761. Before him are Viacheslav Fetisov (1958), Rustam Minnikhanov (1957), Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow (1507), Benjamin Jekhowsky (1881), Alexandre Alexeieff (1901), and Endel Puusepp (1909). After him are Efim Zelmanov (1955), Alexander Kutepov (1882), Jürgen Moser (1928), Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin (1693), Antonina Makarova (1920), and Sophie Liebknecht (1884).

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Among EXPLORERS In Russia

Among explorers born in Russia, Pyotr Chikhachyov ranks 18. Before him are Dmitry Laptev (1701), Karl Maximovich (1827), Aleksei Chirikov (1703), Pyotr Kozlov (1862), Grigory Shelikhov (1747), and Semyon Chelyuskin (1700). After him are Boris Vilkitsky (1885), Irina Solovyova (1937), Khariton Laptev (1700), Pyotr Anjou (1796), Stepan Krasheninnikov (1711), and Gombojab Tsybikov (1873).

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