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AT its annual meeting the Russian Geographical Society elected as vice-president M. Semenoff, and Baron Osten-Secken as his “aid.” The great Constantine medals were awarded to M. Moushketoff, for his geological researches in Central Asia, and to M. Yanson, for his remarkable work on “Comparative Sta tistics of Russia,” the two first volumes of which have already appeared; the Lütke gold medal was awarded to Baron Kaulbars for his papers on the Lowlands of the Amu-daria; the two great gold medals instituted last year for ethnographical and statistical researches were awarded to Dr. Pyasetzky for his work, “Travels to China during the Years 1875–77,” and to M. Rous-soff for his statistical description of the Nyejin district. Small gold medals were awarded to M. Nordkvist, who took part in Nordenskjöld's expedition; to M. Potanin for his travels in Mongolia; to M. Tyaghin, for meteorological observations on Novaya Zemlya, and to M. Mainoff for anthropological explorations among the Mordovians. Silver medals were awarded to Mme. Treskina and to MM. Andrianoff, Unterberger, Polonsky, Orloff, Skassi, Karatin, Zinovieff, Krasovsky, and Mikhalenko.
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Geographical Notes . Nature 23, 443 (1881). https://doi.org/10.1038/023443a0
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