Ivan Mushketov (1850-1902) was a Russian geology scientist, a Professor at the Catherine II Mining Institute, a member of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society.
He was born on January 10 (22) of 1850 in the village of Alekseyevskaya, which at that time was the center of the Khopyorsky District of the Don Army. In June of 1872, he graduated from the Mining Institute with a diploma of mining engineer. I. Mushketov actively explored Central Asia, conducted geological surveys in the Urals, the Caucasus, as well as researches along the Circum-Baikal railway (Trans-Siberian railway) in Eastern Siberia. He reported on the results of his research of Central Asia in his paper Turkestan, where he described in detail the geological and orographic structure of the large region. In cooperation with G. Romanovsky, he compiled the first geological map of Turkestan.
Ivan Mushketov organized a Russian service of permanent seismic observations, which he initially headed. He also gave classes of physical geography at the Historical and Philological Institute (1883-1892), at the St. Petersburg Institute of Railway Engineers (1884-1902), at the Higher Women's Courses and at the P.F. Lesgaft Physical Education Courses.
In the capacity of generalization of all his scientific research results, he wrote the seminal work Physical Geology, which became a new word not only in domestic but also in the global science of that time.
The main illustration shows a portrait of Ivan Mushketov against the map with the routes of the scientist's expeditions and the RGO logo; the commemorative stamp features images that symbolically represent geographical projects.
Illustrative material provided by the RGO
| Denomination |
Paper |
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Format of the postal card |
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| Letter “B” |
Chalk surfaced |
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105 × 148 mm |
5.0 thousand postcards |