On June 13, 2011, volunteers of the Russian Geographical Society began excavations as part of the archaeological expedition “Kyzyl-Kuragino Railway” in Tuva. The expedition is financed through a grant of the Russian Geographical Society, distributed, among other grants, by the [...]
Grigory Grumm-Grzhimaylo – traveller, geographer and zoologist, explorer of Western China, the Pamir and Tien Shan mountains, Western Mongolia, Tuva and the Far East. One of his most famous expeditions was to Eastern Tien Shan and Nanshan, in 1889-1900. Organised [...]
Russian explorer of Mongolia and Tibet Pyotr Kozlov was a disciple of Nikolai Przewalski. In the course of Mongolian-Sichuan expedition of 1907-1909, he discovered the ruins of the dead Tangut city of Khara Khoto. During the excavations in the spring [...]
The village of Oymyakon in Yakutia is situated in the northern hemisphere Pole of Cold. The total population of the village is 521 people. Because of Oymyakon’s high-latitude location, the average day length ranges from three hours in December to [...]
For some history is a difficult school subject, for others – the object of careful and meticulous study. There are people who get engrossed in contemporary memoirs or scientific research books, while there are those who prefer watching educational films. [...]
Certain places on Earth possess such strong and mystical energy that many people get drawn to that place, fall in love with it at first sight and get submerged into its enigmatic history full of ancient mysteries and legends. Crimea [...]
Being sailor is not just the matter of occupation, or vocation, – it is the way of life, probably even, the special state of mind. A sailor, who is hundreds and thousands miles far away from the seas and oceans, [...]
