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History Museum Attractions In Przhevalskoye

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Przhevalsky Memorial Museum

Teremok Historical and Architectural Complex

Monument to Yuriy Nikulin

Katyn Nationl Memorial Complex

Przhevalskoye is an urban locality in Demidovsky District of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located in the northwestern part of the oblast, on Lake Sapsho, northeast of the town of Demidov, the administrative center of the district. It is a terminus of the Demidov-Przhevalskoye Highway. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,683.The settlement is home to the Museum of Nikolay Przhevalsky, which occupies the mansion of the famous traveler. Previously called Sloboda , it was renamed after Przhevalsky in 1964.
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History Museum Attractions In Przhevalskoye

1. Przhevalsky Memorial Museum Przhevalskoye
Nikolay Mikhaylovich Przhevalsky was a Russian geographer of Polish-Russian origin and a renowned explorer of Central and East Asia. Although he never reached his ultimate goal, the holy city of Lhasa in Tibet, he traveled through regions then unknown to the West, such as northern Tibet , Amdo and Dzungaria . He contributed significantly to European knowledge of Central Asian geography. He also described several species previously unknown to European science: Przewalski's horse, Przewalski's gazelle, and the Wild Bactrian camel, all of which are now endangered.
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2. Katyn Nationl Memorial Complex Gnezdovo
3. Teremok Historical and Architectural Complex Flenovo

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