Geology

In the galaxy of Russian navigators, Vasily Mikhailovich Golovnin (1776–1831) occupies a special place. Vice Admiral, Corresponding Member of the St. Petersb...

Already the first trip put Major General Mikhail Vasilyevich Pevtsov (1843-1902) among the outstanding explorers of Central Asia. Many places in Altai and th...

A truly great personality rarely fits into the framework of his biography. The outstanding Russian naval sailor Admiral Stepan Osipovich Makarov (1849-1904) ...

The British Empire has long been famous for its sailors and naval commanders, dashing pirates and fighting admirals: Walter Raleigh, Francis Drake, William D...

Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikova (1711-1755) belongs to those modest heroes for whom Russia is so famous. The son of a soldier, for his outstanding academic ...

This publication from the “Great Travels” series introduces the domestic reader to the famous Russian traveler and navigator Otto Evstafievich Kotzebue (1788...

Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) not only discovered America - he pushed the boundaries of what was possible and permitted. All his life he strove for wealth...

It is easiest to write about heroes who have accomplished an unprecedented feat. But what to do when one person performed thousands of outstanding deeds, ama...

In 1900, the young Russian correspondent Dmitry Yanchevetsky went to China to see the exotic country with his own eyes and describe the great uprising that s...

The Russian fleet is famous for the names of many outstanding travelers and discoverers. Vitus Bering, the Laptev brothers, Kruzenshtern, Lisyansky, Golovnin...

No one knows how a dream is born, even if it is known for certain how it all began. The life of Robert Edwin Peary (1856-1920) did not stand still even befor...

There are destinies, the starting point of which is a chance meeting, and the mainspring is luck. Such is the fate of the famous Russian explorer Pyotr Kuzmi...