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Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky

1827 - 1914

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Pyotr Petrovich Semyonov or Semenov (Russian: Пётр Петрович Семёнов; 2 January (New style: 14 January), 1827 – 26 February (New style: 11 March), 1914) was a Russian geographer and statistician who managed the Russian Geographical Society for more than 40 years. He gained international fame for his pioneering exploration of the Tian Shan mountains. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky has received more than 53,696 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky is the 39th most popular geographer (up from 40th in 2019), the 734th most popular biography from Russia (down from 712th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Geographer.

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Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky ranks 39 out of 86. Before him are Abu Sa'id Gardezi, Artemidorus Ephesius, Jovan Cvijić, Vincenzo Coronelli, Jodocus Hondius, and Alfred Hettner. After him are Otto Nordenskjöld, Johann Georg Gmelin, Conrad Malte-Brun, Erich von Drygalski, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, and Marie Tharp.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1827, Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky ranks 24. Before him are Oswald Achenbach, Jules Breton, Frederick Abel, Konstantin Pobedonostsev, Mihály Zichy, and Henry Gray. After him are Archduke Wilhelm Franz of Austria, Lew Wallace, Goffredo Mameli, Sandford Fleming, Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria, and Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia. Among people deceased in 1914, Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky ranks 44. Before him are Giuseppe Mercalli, Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Julio Argentino Roca, Angelo Moriondo, Ivan Zajc, and John Henry Poynting. After him are Stevan Mokranjac, Charles Martin Hall, Ödön Lechner, John Muir, Albert Günther, and Giovanni Sgambati.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky ranks 734 out of 3,761. Before him are Irena Szewińska (1946), Georgy Shpagin (1897), Tanya Savicheva (1930), Anna Sophia of Prussia (1527), Bella Akhmadulina (1937), and Alisa Freindlich (1934). After him are Vera Figner (1852), Lyudmila Chernykh (1935), Ivan Susanin (1501), Fyodor Sologub (1863), Gabdulkhay Akhatov (1927), and Boris Gromov (1943).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In Russia

Among geographers born in Russia, Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky ranks 2. Before him are Wladimir Köppen (1846). After him are Erich von Drygalski (1865), and Yuly Shokalsky (1856).

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