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Kozlov, Pyotr Kuz'mich | |
1863 | |
1935 | |
Russia / Smolensk | |
Geography ; Archaeology | |
Russian geographer and archaeologis. Kozlov’s family were cattle traders, and in his youth he followed his father from Smolensk to herd cattle and horses to the periodically-held local livestock markets in the Ukraine. Although he finished elementary school with an excellent academic record, he was unable to continue his education due to family poverty and instead found work at a brewery in the Smolensk village of Sloboda, during which he spent many hours reading travelogues including famous Russian explorer Przhevalskii's accounts of his expeditions. In 1880, when Kozlov was 17 years old, Przhevalskii moved to Sloboda in order to enjoy the area’s many forests and lakes. The two men eventually encountered each other, with Przhevalskii providing academic guidance to Kozlov, loving him as if he were his own son. He appointed Kozlov as his assistant in the fourth expedition to Central Asia from 1883 to 1885. Kozlov mastered the many skills necessary to lead an expedition during this experience. After Przhevalskii's death, Kozlov made numerous discoveries as a key figure in expeditionary activities of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society. Koslov’s greatest discovery was the Xixia ruins at Kara-khoto, in the lower reaches of the Etsin-Gol. | |
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