HERITAGE OF I. G. DOROFEEV – ONE OF DISCOVERERS OF THE CENTRAL PAMIRS

Abstract

This brief essay presents some materials of topographer I. G. Dorofeev, who worked in 1920s‑1930s in the Pamirs as a member of the well-known Tajik-Pamir expedition. These materials demonstrate that Russia did not just “contribute,” but discovered the Pamirs for the sc ience. Russian researchers were the first to map the ridges and peaks, valleys and glaciers of this mountain area. The list of geographical objects, which were firstly mapped by I. G. Dorofeev, as well as five objects bearing his name are presented.