Richard Karlovich Maak
Richard Karlovich Maak (1825-86), Russian naturalist, researcher of Siberia and Far East of the country. In 1853-1859 he took part in expeditions which described the land surface, geology and population of the basins of the Amur and Ussuri rivers for the first time. His works include A Journey to the River Amur Commissioned by the Siberian Branch of the Russian Geographical Society in 1855, A Journey Through the Valley of the River Ussuri and The Vilui Region of the Yakutsk Province.
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