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Zariny, V.; Zariny, E.; Chersky, I.D. 1952. Puteshestvie M.P. Cherskoj [The Mavra Pavlova Cherskaya’s Journey], edited by dr. geo-min S.V. Obruchev) [in Russian]. Gosud. Izd-vo Geograficheskoy Literatury, Geografgiz, Moskva. 63 pp., 1 photo, 1 geo-map..

Puteshestvie M.P. Cherskoj [The Mavra Pavlova Cherskaya’s Journey], edited by dr. geo-min S.V. Obruchev) [in Russian]

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The book represents a very rare and important document concerning the history of geo-palaeontological research in Siberia in the second half of the XIX century carried out by Mavra Pavlovna Ivanova Cherskaja, geologist and wife of the most famous Ivan Dement'evich Chersky (1845-1892) - one of the most prominent European scientists - who investigated, in addition to much other, the remains of the "woolly rhinoceros" Coelodonta antiquitatis (Blum.) as well as of Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis (Jäger) in the Siberian Far East.

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