Veniamin Fedorovich Ladygin (1860–21 August 1923, Harbin) —Participant in the Tibetan expedition (1893–1895) by V.I. Roborovsky and the Mongol-Kama expedition (1899–1901) P.K. Kozlova , a botanist, an outstanding plant collector in Central Asia.
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| Scientific field | botany , geography |
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Biography
He headed and taught at the Dungan school in Karakunuz (later Masanchin [1] in the Kuradaysky district of the Dzhambul region ). He had the rank of provincial secretary. He perfectly knew the Chinese language, knew the Turkic languages.
In the expedition of 1893-1895, in addition to translations, Ladygin's duties included botanical and entomological fees. As a rule, he remained on the main bivouac of the expedition and constantly kept a meteorological diary.
Before the 1899 expedition, Ladygin was ordered to purchase camels and supplies in Ust-Kamenogorsk and Katon-Karagai . In the summer of 1899, having separated from the main detachment of the expedition, together with Lieutenant Kaznakov, he examined the upper reaches of the Kobdo River and the basin of Lake Dain-nur. He participated in the shooting of the lakes Alyk-nor and Oringnor (or Lake Russky according to Przhevalsky), the source of Juan-he . After returning from the expedition, as a member of the Russian Geographical Society, he collaborated with Semenov-Tien-Shansky, Potanin , Pozdeev, Severtsev-Polilov. Collected information on European trade in Central Asia.
Since 1902, the senior commercial agent of the CER in Harbin [2] . Examined Manchuria and Korea. He worked on the CER until 1920 [3] .
Taxa described in honor of Ladygin
- Oxytropis ladyginii Krylov - Ladykiller Ladygin (Xinjiang)
- Draba ladyginii Pohle - Krupka Ladygin .
- Ground beetle Carabus (Rhigocarabus) ladygini Semenov , 1903 (Qinghai, Sichuan).
- A subspecies of the hawk-mackerel Accipiter nisus ladygini Bianchi , 1906, 4-10. XII. 1900 p. Dza-chu or upper. Mekong North from the city of Chamdo.
Proceedings
- Ladygin V.F. On the suppression of the Gobi from Dalyn-tur in Su-zhou. News from the expedition of P. K. Kozlov // Izv. IRGO. 1900. T. XXX VI. Vol. II. S. 169-197;
- Ladygin V.F. A trip to the upper reaches of the Urungu River (Bulugun). News from the expedition of P. K. Kozlov // Izv. IRGO. 1900. T. XXX VI. Vol. I. S. 47-66.
- Report of the commercial agent of the Eastern Railway of Russia V.F. Ladygin on an expedition to inspect the Jin-chou-Aigun railway area. Ed. Commercial Service CJW, [1911?]. 4 volumes.
- Korea. Report of the commercial agent of the Chinese Eastern Railway V.F. Ladygin on a trip to Korea in December-January 1912-1913, Ed. The commercial part of the CWC, 1915.
Links
- Sergey Markov Semirechenets Veniamin Ladygin
- Obituary // Dawn. Harbin. 1923, August 30, No. 195.
- Obituary // Russian voice. Harbin. 1923, August 30, No. 909.
Notes
- ↑ Encarta 2000 program
- ↑ According to other sources, he worked on the CER only since 1912: Letter from A. D. Simukov to P. K. Kozlov Archival copy of August 12, 2014 on the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Chuvakov V.N. (comp.) Unforgettable graves. Russian abroad. Obituaries 1917-1999. Volume 4. M .: 2004.S. 26.