Nikolay Yakovlevich Dinnik – Outstanding Geographer, Biologist, and Researcher of the Caucasus
https://doi.org/10.15356/0373-2444-2015-1-129-140
Abstract
The article analyzes the role of the famous geographer and biologist N.Ya. Dinnik (1847–1917) in study of the nature of the Caucasus, its glaciers, fauna, fl ora and vegetation. Key events in the settling of the Caucasus by ethnic Russian are marked. Dramatic events which hindered and postponed systematic studies of the Caucasus, which began essentially only at the end of the 18th century, are listed. Detailed map of routes and places which Dinnik visited in the almost 40-year period of his research – from Kuban and Dagestan to the Transcaucasia – is given for the fi rst time in the national geographic literature. The assessment of the contribution of the scientist to the fi rst description of glaciers of the Greater Caucasus, the study of the distribution of mammals, the formation of the research on “humanitarian geography”, as well as the analysis of the reasons for transformation of the nature of this mountainous country is presented in the article. Exceptional importance of the works of N.Ya. Dinnik for modern geography and teriology is shown.
About the Authors
D. S. Asoyan
Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Moscow
Russian Federation
Moscow
A. A. Tishkov
Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Moscow
Russian Federation
Moscow
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Asoyan D.S., Tishkov A.A. Nikolay Yakovlevich Dinnik – Outstanding Geographer, Biologist, and Researcher of the Caucasus. Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Geograficheskaya. 2015;(1):129-140. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.15356/0373-2444-2015-1-129-140
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