Przhevalsk Museum - 2013
Nikolai Mikhaylovich Przhevalsk (1839 - 1888), was a Russian geographer
and a renowned explorer of Central and Eastern Asia.
Between 1870 and 1885 he led 4 major explorations.
He contributed significantly to European knowledge of Central Asia and was the first known European
to describe the only extant species of wild horse which is named after him.
Przhevalsky died of typhus here at Karakol on the shore of Lake Issyk-Kul.
Nikolai Mikhaylovich Przhevalsk (1839 - 1888), was a Russian geographer
and a renowned explorer of Central and Eastern Asia.
Between 1870 and 1885 he led 4 major explorations.
He contributed significantly to European knowledge of Central Asia and was the first known European
to describe the only extant species of wild horse which is named after him.
Przhevalsky died of typhus here at Karakol on the shore of Lake Issyk-Kul.
