Great Russian travelers

In the XIX century, the interest of geographers with the power of an ever -increasing one is at Asia. Science owes the study of Asia and China mainly to Russian names. Thanks to the works of G.N. Potanin (1835-1920), G.E. Grum-Grzhimaylo (1860-1936) and M.E. Grum-Grzhimaylo (1861-1921) and, of course, primarily thanks to N.M. Przhevalsky (1839-1888) The Asian map has completely changed. Russian travelers managed to draw the attention of the West to the successes of science in Russia and were awarded the highest scientific honors.
The book is dedicated to the whole era in the history of geographical science - the new discovery of Central and East Asia. The publication was based on fascinating notes of outstanding travelers