Nikolai Mikhailovich Przhevalsky (1839-1888) was a Russian general and traveler whose explorations were major contributions to the geography of central Asia. Of Polish descent, Nikolai Przhevalsky was born on March 31, 1839, in Kimbory in the Smolensk...

Nikolay Przhevalsky Born April 12, 1839, Kimborovo, Russia Died November 1, 1888, Karakol [now Przhevalsk], Russia During his lifetime Nikolay Mikhaylovich Przhevalsky gained considerable fame for his explorations in the Russian Far East, Mongolia,...

1839-1888 Russian Explorer, Geographer and Zoologist In the late nineteenth century central and eastern Asia remained a mystery to most of the world beyond the region's inhabitants. Russia, partly because of it's geographic proximity but...

Between 1869 and 1884, Russian explorer Nikolay Przhevalsky (1839-1888) conducted a number of expeditions of exploration into central Asia. During these expeditions he helped to chart the interior of Siberia, Mongolia, and China. He made a number of...

Nikolai Mikhaylovich Przhevalsky (IPA: [prʐɛ'valʲskʲi]), also spelled Przewalski and Prjevalsky (Russian: Никола́й Миха́йлович Пржева́льский; April 12 [O.S. 31 March] 1839—November 1 [O.S. 20 October] 1888 ),...

Influential American choreographer and teacher Known as the "wizard" of dance, Alwin Nikolais (1910-1993) was a multi-talented multimedia pioneer who, over the course of 55 years, choreographed everything from dance, opera and site-specific pieces to work for film and worldwide television. While he...

Stalin's oil commissar If ever there was a round peg in a Soviet round hole, it was Nikolai Baibakov, who served as commissar for the oil industry under Joseph Stalin and was later in charge of general economic planning in the Soviet Union....