Jan Czerski, photo 1879, Public domain
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Jan Czerski, photo 1879, Public domain
License: public domain, Source: Wikimedia Commons, License terms and conditions

Jan Czerski

Insurgent:

participant in the January Uprising

First name:

Jan

Last Name:

Czerski

Date of birth:

15-05-1845

Place of birth:

Swolna

Date of death:

07-07-1892

Age:

Profession:

January insurgent, geologist, paleontologist, naturalist

participant in the January Uprising

Biography:

Jan Czerski (1845–1892), born on the Swolna estate, was a geologist, palaeontologist and explorer of Siberia. After taking part in the January Uprising, he was exiled to Siberia and conscripted into the Russian army, but was eventually granted permission to carry out scientific research.

He led numerous geological expeditions in the Lake Baikal region, the Sayan Mountains and the basins of the Angara, Selenga and Lower Tunguska rivers. He produced the first geological map of the shores of Lake Baikal and proposed an early model of the geological structure of Siberia. He died during a research expedition to the Kolyma River.