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10.29003/m4697.0514-7468.2020_47_2/298-311

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Moloshnikov, S.V.

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history of science, Jan Stanisław Franciszek Czerski, geology, vertebrate paleontology, mammals, Cenozoic, quaternary period, museology, Earth Science Museum of Moscow State University.

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Moloshnikov, S.V., “Jan Stanislaw Franciszek Czerski (1845–1892) and studying Siberian mammals: on the 180th anniversary of his birthday”, Zhizn Zemli [Life of the Earth] 47, no 2, 288–311 (2025) (in Russ., abstr. in Engl.). DOI: 10.29003/m4697.0514-7468.2020_47_2/298-311.

Jan Stanislaw Franciszek Czerski (1845–1892) and studying Siberian mammals: on the 180th anniversary of his birthday

May of 2025 marks the 180th anniversary of the Siberian researcher, geologist and geo­grapher Jan Stanislaw Franciszek Czerski (1845–1892). However, he worked not only in the field of geology and geography. An important part in Czerski’s researches was works on paleontology and zoology; he is also known as an archaeologist. In 1871–1879, Czerski worked at the museum of the Siberian (Eastern Siberian) Branch of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society in Irkutsk. He studied, catalogued and significantly expanded the zoological and paleontological collections of the museum. The article provides brief information from Jan Czerski’s life. His main works on the study of modern and quaternary Siberian mammals, which laid the foundation for further research in this area, are analyzed. Czerski’s paleontological research ranks him among the outstanding palaeontologists of the second half of the 19th century.

Список литературы

  1. Aldan-Semenov, A.I., Czerski (Moscow: Molodaya Gvardiya, 1962) (in Russian).
  2. Arembovsky, I.V., “J. Czerski’s research on the paleontology of Quaternary mammals”, J. Czerski. Unpublished articles, letters and diaries. Articles about J. Czerski and A. Czerski, 49–54 (1956) (in Russian).
  3. Arembovsky, I.V., Ivan’ev, L.N., “Jan Czerski as the first researcher of the Paleolithic”, J. Czerski. Unpublished articles, letters and diaries. Articles about J. Czerski and A. Czerski, 55–60 (1956) (in Russian).
  4. Boeskorov, G.G., Baryshnikov, G.F., Late Quaternary carnivora of Yakutia (Moscow: Nauka, 2013) (in Russian).
  5. Gorbunova, T.A., “Paleoethnology in the study of the Siberian Stone Age: to a problem statement (based on J. Czerski’s works)”, Cultures and peoples of Western Siberia in the context of interdisciplinary study, Proc. of the Florinsky Museum of Archeology and Ethnography of Siberia, 92–94 (2005) (in Russian).
  6. Granina, A.N., “Bibliography of J. Czerski’s papers and works about him”, J. Czerski. Unpublished articles, letters and diaries. Articles about J. Czerski and A. Czerski, 66–90 (1956) (in Russian).
  7. Granina, A.N., Obruchev, S.V., “Names in honor of J. Czerski”, J. Czerski. Unpublished articles, letters and diaries. Articles about J. Czerski and A. Czerski, 94 (1956) (in Russian).
  8. Zagoskin, M., “Jan Czerski. Obituary”, Vostochnoe Obozrenie [Eastern Review] 39, 11–12 (1892) (in Russian).
  9. Kalikhman, A.D., “Jan Czerski’s appearance in Siberia and Irkutsk: review and analysis of literary versions”, Izvestija Laboratorii drevnih tehnologij [Reports of the Laboratory of Ancient Technologies] 20 (1), 97–107 (2024) (in Russian). DOI: 10.21285/2415-8739-2024-1-97-107.
  10. Kalikhman, A.D., Jan Czerski in Irkutsk (Irkutsk: Izdatel’stvo Ottisk, 2024) (in Russian).
  11. Klementiev, A.M., “Palaeontological heritage of J. Czerski”, Kalikhman A.D. Jan Czerski in Irkutsk, 305–318 (2024) (in Russian).
  12. Klementiev, A.M., Dzyubas, S.A., “The find of saiga borealis Czerskii (Peryssodactyla, Mammalia) in the Angara Valley and its range in the Late Pleistocene of Eastern Siberia”, The Evolution of life on Earth: Proc. of the IV Intern. Symp., November 10–12, 2010, 547–550 (2010) (in Russian).
  13. Kruchak, S.A., “Belarusian patriot – researcher of Siberia”, Lithosphere 3, 168–169 (1995) (in Belarusian).
  14. Krimgol’ts, G.Ya., Krimgol’ts, N.G., Names of Russian geologists in the paleontological nomenclature (Saint-Petersburg, 2000) (in Russian).
  15. Kolesnik, L.M., Pushkina, T.L., Svinin, V.V., “The East Siberian Branch of the Russian Geographic Society and the Museology in Irkutsk”, Izvestija Irkutskogo Gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Serija Istorija [Reports of the Irkutsk State University, History] 2 (3), 44–56 (2012) (in Russian).
  16. Kuznetsov, A.M., Molchanov, D.N., Lipnina, E.A., “On the 150th anniversary of the discovery of Voenyi Gospital site: Chapter I. New answers to old questions”, Reports of the Laboratory of Ancient Technologies 18 (2), 8–21 (2022) (in Russian). DOI: 10.21285/2415-8739-2022-2-8-21.
  17. Kuznetsov, I., “Report: Czerski J. Description of the collection of post-tertiary mammals, collected by the New Siberian expedition in 1885–86 years (Addition to the LXV volume of the Notes of Imperial Academy of Sciences)”, Izvestija Imperatorskogo Russkogo Geograficheskogo Obshestva [Reports of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society] 28 (5), 500–509 (1892) (in Russian).
  18. Loiko, A.I., “Natives of Belarus – participants study of Russian North: J. Czerski”, Materials of the First International scientific and practical conf. “Languages and culture of the Arctic peoples as a multiethnic region in the context of globalization”, 143–146 (Khanti-Mansiisk, 2018) (in Russian).
  19. Lyarskii, P.A., “The fate of the pioneer”, Belarusskaya dumka [Belorussian thought] 12, 110–115 (Moscow, 2009) (in Russian).
  20. Moloshnikov, S.V., “Researchers of fossil vertebrates in the sculptural portrait gallery of the Earth Science Museum of Moscow State University”, Palaeontology in the museum practice, Collection of the scientific articles, 12–14 (2014) (in Russian).
  21. Obruchev, S.V., “Main stage of the life and activities of J. Czerski”, J. Czerski. Unpublished articles, letters and diaries. Articles about J. Czerski and A. Czerski, 9–28 (Irkutsk, 1956) (in Russian).
  22. Onoprienko, V.I., Geologists on the Far North (Moscow: Nedra, 1990) (in Russian).
  23. Pavlova, M., “The description of fossil mammals, collected by Russian Polar Expedition in 1900–1903 years. Scientific results of the Russian Polar Expedition in 1900–1903 years, led by baron E.V. Toll, Geology and paleontology, 1”, Notes of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, Ser. 8. Phys.-math. 21 (1), 1–40 (1906) (in Russian).
  24. Pavlova, M., “A historical study of the development of tertiary and post-tertiary fossil mammals, discovered in Russia”, Bull. of the Moscow Society of Naturalists, New Series, Geology 31, 117–143 (1922) (in Russian).
  25. Skalon, V.N., “J. Czerski as a zoologist”, J. Czerski. Unpublished articles, letters and diaries. Articles about J. Czerski and A. Czerski, 29–48 (Irkutsk, 1956) (in Russian).
  26. Starodubtseva, I.A., Kuznetsova, T.V., Basova, V.B., “Caves as objects of paleontological research (To the history of their study. Museum collection)”, Caves as objects of history and culture, Materials of the International scientific forum Voronezh-Divnogor’e, April 19–22, 2016), 175–177 (Voronezh, 2016) (in Russian).
  27. Chernyshov, F., Nikitin, S., “Jan Czerski. Obituare. List of J. Czerski’s papers”, Izvestija Geologicheskogo komiteta 1892 goda [Proc. of the Geological Committee. 1892 year] 11, 1–15 (1893) (in Russian).
  28. Czerski, J., “Note on the form of anterior horn of the fossil rhinoceros Rh. Tichorhinus”, Izvestija SOIRGO [Proc. of the Siberian Branch of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society] 3 (5), 285–292 (1873) (in Russian).
  29. Czerski, J., “Daurskii Myospalax Laxm. (Siphneus Brants) as an independent species: Myospalax Dybowskii”, Bull. de la Soc. Imp. des Naturalists de Moscou 46, 430–447 (1873) (in Russian).
  30. Czerski, J., “A description of the rhinoceros’ skull, distinguished from Rhinoceros tichorhinus”, Zapiski Imperatorskoj Akademii Nauk [Notes of the Imperial Academy of Sciences] 25 (1), 65–74 (1874) (in Russian).
  31. Czerski, J., “Report on the researches in the Nizhneudinskaya Cave”, Izvestija SOIRGO [Proc. of the Siberian Branch of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society] 7 (2–3), 78–112 (1876) (in Russian).
  32. Czerski, J., “Antilope (Saiga) borealis n. spec. fossilis”, Izvestija SOIRGO [Proc. of the Siberian Branch of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society] 7 (4–5) 145–151 (1876) (in Russian).
  33. Czerski, J., “Description of some fossil remains of mammal animals (Canis nischneudensis mihi, Canis lagopus Lin., Myodes Brandti mihi et frustum corii Rinocerotis fossilis), discovered in the Nizhneudinskaya Cave’, Izvestija SOIRGO [Proc. of the Siberian Branch of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society] 10 (1–2), 7–36 (1879) (in Russian).
  34. Czerski, J., “On the fossil fauna of the Nizhneudinskaya Cave”, Trudy Sankt-Peterburgskogo obshestva estestvoispitatelej. Otdelenie zoologii [Proc. of the Saint-Petersburg Society of Naturalists, Zoo­logy] 19, 66–70 (1888) (in Russian).
  35. Czerski, J., “Description of the collection of post-tertiary mammals, collected by the New Siberian expedition in 1885–86”, Zapiski Imperatorskoj Akademii Nauk. Prilozjenie k t.LXV [Notes of the Imperial Academy of Sciences Addition to the Volume LXV] 1, VI+1–706 (1891) (in Russian).
  36. Czerski, J., “Notes on mammal animals. 1891 (Publication and comments by S.V. Obruchev, introduction by V.N. Skalon)”, J. Czerski. Unpublished articles, letters and diaries. Articles about J. Czerski and A. Czerski, 260–266 (Irkutsk, 1956) (in Russian).
  37. Iwanowski, Al., “A la mémoire de feu J.D. Czersky”, Bull. de la Soc. Imp. des Naturalistes de Moscou, Nouv. Sér. 7, 355–363 (1893).
  38. Ratajczak, U., Shpansky, A.V., Malikov, D.G., et al., “Quaternary skulls of the saiga antelope from Eastern Europe and Siberia: Saiga borealis versus Saiga tatarica – One species or two?”, Quaternary International 420, 329–347 (2016). DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.09.040.

References

  1. Aldan-Semenov, A.I., Czerski (Moscow: Molodaya Gvardiya, 1962) (in Russian).
  2. Arembovsky, I.V., “J. Czerski’s research on the paleontology of Quaternary mammals”, J. Czerski. Unpublished articles, letters and diaries. Articles about J. Czerski and A. Czerski, 49–54 (1956) (in Russian).
  3. Arembovsky, I.V., Ivan’ev, L.N., “Jan Czerski as the first researcher of the Paleolithic”, J. Czerski. Unpublished articles, letters and diaries. Articles about J. Czerski and A. Czerski, 55–60 (1956) (in Russian).
  4. Boeskorov, G.G., Baryshnikov, G.F., Late Quaternary carnivora of Yakutia (Moscow: Nauka, 2013) (in Russian).
  5. Gorbunova, T.A., “Paleoethnology in the study of the Siberian Stone Age: to a problem statement (based on J. Czerski’s works)”, Cultures and peoples of Western Siberia in the context of interdisciplinary study, Proc. of the Florinsky Museum of Archeology and Ethnography of Siberia, 92–94 (2005) (in Russian).
  6. Granina, A.N., “Bibliography of J. Czerski’s papers and works about him”, J. Czerski. Unpublished articles, letters and diaries. Articles about J. Czerski and A. Czerski, 66–90 (1956) (in Russian).
  7. Granina, A.N., Obruchev, S.V., “Names in honor of J. Czerski”, J. Czerski. Unpublished articles, letters and diaries. Articles about J. Czerski and A. Czerski, 94 (1956) (in Russian).
  8. Zagoskin, M., “Jan Czerski. Obituary”, Vostochnoe Obozrenie [Eastern Review] 39, 11–12 (1892) (in Russian).
  9. Kalikhman, A.D., “Jan Czerski’s appearance in Siberia and Irkutsk: review and analysis of literary versions”, Izvestija Laboratorii drevnih tehnologij [Reports of the Laboratory of Ancient Technologies] 20 (1), 97–107 (2024) (in Russian). DOI: 10.21285/2415-8739-2024-1-97-107.
  10. Kalikhman, A.D., Jan Czerski in Irkutsk (Irkutsk: Izdatel’stvo Ottisk, 2024) (in Russian).
  11. Klementiev, A.M., “Palaeontological heritage of J. Czerski”, Kalikhman A.D. Jan Czerski in Irkutsk, 305–318 (2024) (in Russian).
  12. Klementiev, A.M., Dzyubas, S.A., “The find of saiga borealis Czerskii (Peryssodactyla, Mammalia) in the Angara Valley and its range in the Late Pleistocene of Eastern Siberia”, The Evolution of life on Earth: Proc. of the IV Intern. Symp., November 10–12, 2010, 547–550 (2010) (in Russian).
  13. Kruchak, S.A., “Belarusian patriot – researcher of Siberia”, Lithosphere 3, 168–169 (1995) (in Belarusian).
  14. Krimgol’ts, G.Ya., Krimgol’ts, N.G., Names of Russian geologists in the paleontological nomenclature (Saint-Petersburg, 2000) (in Russian).
  15. Kolesnik, L.M., Pushkina, T.L., Svinin, V.V., “The East Siberian Branch of the Russian Geographic Society and the Museology in Irkutsk”, Izvestija Irkutskogo Gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Serija Istorija [Reports of the Irkutsk State University, History] 2 (3), 44–56 (2012) (in Russian).
  16. Kuznetsov, A.M., Molchanov, D.N., Lipnina, E.A., “On the 150th anniversary of the discovery of Voenyi Gospital site: Chapter I. New answers to old questions”, Reports of the Laboratory of Ancient Technologies 18 (2), 8–21 (2022) (in Russian). DOI: 10.21285/2415-8739-2022-2-8-21.
  17. Kuznetsov, I., “Report: Czerski J. Description of the collection of post-tertiary mammals, collected by the New Siberian expedition in 1885–86 years (Addition to the LXV volume of the Notes of Imperial Academy of Sciences)”, Izvestija Imperatorskogo Russkogo Geograficheskogo Obshestva [Reports of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society] 28 (5), 500–509 (1892) (in Russian).
  18. Loiko, A.I., “Natives of Belarus – participants study of Russian North: J. Czerski”, Materials of the First International scientific and practical conf. “Languages and culture of the Arctic peoples as a multiethnic region in the context of globalization”, 143–146 (Khanti-Mansiisk, 2018) (in Russian).
  19. Lyarskii, P.A., “The fate of the pioneer”, Belarusskaya dumka [Belorussian thought] 12, 110–115 (Moscow, 2009) (in Russian).
  20. Moloshnikov, S.V., “Researchers of fossil vertebrates in the sculptural portrait gallery of the Earth Science Museum of Moscow State University”, Palaeontology in the museum practice, Collection of the scientific articles, 12–14 (2014) (in Russian).
  21. Obruchev, S.V., “Main stage of the life and activities of J. Czerski”, J. Czerski. Unpublished articles, letters and diaries. Articles about J. Czerski and A. Czerski, 9–28 (Irkutsk, 1956) (in Russian).
  22. Onoprienko, V.I., Geologists on the Far North (Moscow: Nedra, 1990) (in Russian).
  23. Pavlova, M., “The description of fossil mammals, collected by Russian Polar Expedition in 1900–1903 years. Scientific results of the Russian Polar Expedition in 1900–1903 years, led by baron E.V. Toll, Geology and paleontology, 1”, Notes of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, Ser. 8. Phys.-math. 21 (1), 1–40 (1906) (in Russian).
  24. Pavlova, M., “A historical study of the development of tertiary and post-tertiary fossil mammals, discovered in Russia”, Bull. of the Moscow Society of Naturalists, New Series, Geology 31, 117–143 (1922) (in Russian).
  25. Skalon, V.N., “J. Czerski as a zoologist”, J. Czerski. Unpublished articles, letters and diaries. Articles about J. Czerski and A. Czerski, 29–48 (Irkutsk, 1956) (in Russian).
  26. Starodubtseva, I.A., Kuznetsova, T.V., Basova, V.B., “Caves as objects of paleontological research (To the history of their study. Museum collection)”, Caves as objects of history and culture, Materials of the International scientific forum Voronezh-Divnogor’e, April 19–22, 2016), 175–177 (Voronezh, 2016) (in Russian).
  27. Chernyshov, F., Nikitin, S., “Jan Czerski. Obituare. List of J. Czerski’s papers”, Izvestija Geologicheskogo komiteta 1892 goda [Proc. of the Geological Committee. 1892 year] 11, 1–15 (1893) (in Russian).
  28. Czerski, J., “Note on the form of anterior horn of the fossil rhinoceros Rh. Tichorhinus”, Izvestija SOIRGO [Proc. of the Siberian Branch of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society] 3 (5), 285–292 (1873) (in Russian).
  29. Czerski, J., “Daurskii Myospalax Laxm. (Siphneus Brants) as an independent species: Myospalax Dybowskii”, Bull. de la Soc. Imp. des Naturalists de Moscou 46, 430–447 (1873) (in Russian).
  30. Czerski, J., “A description of the rhinoceros’ skull, distinguished from Rhinoceros tichorhinus”, Zapiski Imperatorskoj Akademii Nauk [Notes of the Imperial Academy of Sciences] 25 (1), 65–74 (1874) (in Russian).
  31. Czerski, J., “Report on the researches in the Nizhneudinskaya Cave”, Izvestija SOIRGO [Proc. of the Siberian Branch of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society] 7 (2–3), 78–112 (1876) (in Russian).
  32. Czerski, J., “Antilope (Saiga) borealis n. spec. fossilis”, Izvestija SOIRGO [Proc. of the Siberian Branch of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society] 7 (4–5) 145–151 (1876) (in Russian).
  33. Czerski, J., “Description of some fossil remains of mammal animals (Canis nischneudensis mihi, Canis lagopus Lin., Myodes Brandti mihi et frustum corii Rinocerotis fossilis), discovered in the Nizhneudinskaya Cave’, Izvestija SOIRGO [Proc. of the Siberian Branch of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society] 10 (1–2), 7–36 (1879) (in Russian).
  34. Czerski, J., “On the fossil fauna of the Nizhneudinskaya Cave”, Trudy Sankt-Peterburgskogo obshestva estestvoispitatelej. Otdelenie zoologii [Proc. of the Saint-Petersburg Society of Naturalists, Zoo­logy] 19, 66–70 (1888) (in Russian).
  35. Czerski, J., “Description of the collection of post-tertiary mammals, collected by the New Siberian expedition in 1885–86”, Zapiski Imperatorskoj Akademii Nauk. Prilozjenie k t.LXV [Notes of the Imperial Academy of Sciences Addition to the Volume LXV] 1, VI+1–706 (1891) (in Russian).
  36. Czerski, J., “Notes on mammal animals. 1891 (Publication and comments by S.V. Obruchev, introduction by V.N. Skalon)”, J. Czerski. Unpublished articles, letters and diaries. Articles about J. Czerski and A. Czerski, 260–266 (Irkutsk, 1956) (in Russian).
  37. Iwanowski, Al., “A la mémoire de feu J.D. Czersky”, Bull. de la Soc. Imp. des Naturalistes de Moscou, Nouv. Sér. 7, 355–363 (1893).
  38. Ratajczak, U., Shpansky, A.V., Malikov, D.G., et al., “Quaternary skulls of the saiga antelope from Eastern Europe and Siberia: Saiga borealis versus Saiga tatarica – One species or two?”, Quaternary International 420, 329–347 (2016). DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.09.040.