В статье Б.Н. Комиссарова реконструирована история российских исследований в Бразилии в 10– 30-х годах XIX в., связанных с деятельностью академика Г.И. Лангсдорфа (1774–1852). В связи с этим представлен культурно-экологический проект “Лангсдорф – XXI век”, предусматривающий, в частности, повторение маршрутов Лангсдорфа по Южной Америке с целью сопоставления материалов, собранных им и его спутниками с современными данными.
The article describes in details the history of Russian researches in Brazil in the 10th – 30th years of the XIX century. They were realized thanks to the scientifi c activity of the naturalist and ethnographer academician G.I.Langsdorff (1774–1852). At present the name of Langsdorff is respected as “the father of Brazil ecology”, and is the symbol of Russian-Brazil relations. The scientist was also the forerunner of the idea of the foundation of the group BRICS. His life and heritage gave the beginning of the international culture-ecological project “Langsdorff – the XXI century” which foresees the reiteration of the routes of the traveler with the aim of the comparison of materials which were gathered by him and his fellowtravelers with the modern facts. This will favor the measures of the development of the environment.
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