Russian Ambassador visits Karakol on occasion of 180th anniversary of Nikolay Przhevalski

AKIPRESS.COM - Issyk-Kul region governor Akilbek Osmonaliyev received Russian Ambassador Nikolai Udovichenko in Karakol.
Udovichenko visited Karakol on the occasion of 180th anniversary of Nikolay Przhevalski, a Russian geographer and renowned explorer of Central and East Asia.
Ambassador, during the talks, pointed out the uniqueness of Kyrgyzstan's nature and hospitality of Kyrgyz people.
Udovichenko expressed his readiness for cooperation on various issues.
The results of Przhevalski's journeys opened a new era for the study of Central Asian geography as well as studies of the fauna and flora of this immense region that were relatively unknown to his Western contemporaries. Among other things, he described Przewalski's horse and Przewalski's gazelle, which were both named after him.