Nikolai Danilevsky (1822-1885) was a naturalist, economist, ethnologist, philosopher, historian of the Russian Empire, ideologist of Pan-Slavism and the Slavophilic movement.
Since 1853, Danilevsky was repeatedly directed by the Russian government for expeditions to study the state of fish stocking and fishiery in the Lower Volga, the Caspian Sea, and later on, in the White Sea and Northern Russia. A total of 9 expeditions were made, which resulted in a study of all the waters of European Russia. In addition to his work in the field of fisheries and seal hunting, he was the Head of the commission that established the rules for the use of flow water in the Crimea (1872-1879); besides, he administered the Nikitsky Botanical Garden (1879-1880).
The fundamental work by Nikolai Danilevsky was his book Russia and Europe, published in 1869-1871 in the Zarya (Sunrise) journal. Danilevsky had been working on the book for four years since 1864. It is in this book that Danilevsky sets forth his concept of the existence of eleven cultural-historical types, expresses his opinion on the commonality of the historical process and, finally, touches upon the subject of Slavophilism and Westernism.
For his activities, he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Russian Geographical Society, became a member of the Council of the Ministry of State Properties, where he actively participated in the development of laws to regulate the state of the fish wealth in the country.
The main illustration shows a portrait of Nikolai Danilevsky, his papers against the map of territories under study and the logo of the Russian Geographical Society; the commemorative stamp features symbolic images of geographical projects.
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| Letter “B” |
Chalk surfaced |
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105 × 148 mm |
6,5 thousand postcards |