Jan Czerski

This article is about the explorer. For the priest, see Johannes Czerski (priest).

Jan Czerski
Jan Stanisław Franciszek Czerski
Czerski, 1879
Born15 May [O.S. 3 May] 1845
Swolna, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire
Died25 June [O.S. 7 July] 1892 (aged 47)
near Omolon, Kolyma, Yakutsk Oblast, Russian Empire
NationalityPolish
CitizenshipRussian Empire
Known forpaleontologist, osteologist, geologist, geographer and explorer of Siberia. The mountain range of the same name is named after Czerski.
AwardsLarge and Small gold, Silver medals of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society
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Jan Stanisław Franciszek Czerski, also Ivan Dementievich Chersky or Yan Dominikovich Chersky (‹See Tfd›Russian: Иван Дементьевич Черский, Ян Доминикович Черский; 15 May [O.S. 3 May] 1845 – 25 June [O.S. 7 July] 1892) was a Russian and Polish[1][2][3] paleontologist, osteologist, geologist, geographer and explorer of Siberia.

He was exiled to Transbaikalia for participating in the January Uprising of 1863.[4] A self-taught scientist, he eventually received three gold medals from the Russian Geographical Society, and his name was given to a settlement, two mountain ranges, several peaks and other sites. He authored the first map of Lake Baikal.[4]

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