To the 200th anniversary of P.P. Semenov-Tyan-Shansky
On October 23, 2026, within the framework of the International Immersive Forum «Eurasian Gate», a scientific and practical conference was held «To mark the 200th anniversary of P.P. Semenov-Tyan-Shansky: along the path of scientific and civil feat».
It was organized by the Center for Historical and Cultural Heritage of the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University named after B.N. Yeltsin.
The purpose of the conference was to reveal the contribution of the outstanding Russian scientist, public and statesman Pyotr Petrovich Semenov-Tyan-Shansky to science and state affairs, and his role in the fate of Kyrgyzstan. Having made important discoveries during his travels to the Tien Shan, laying the methodological basis for the study of Central Asia, laying the start for the scientific study of the Central Asian region by Russian scientists, for many generations of Earth researchers the traveler became a shining role model, personifying man’s desire to understand the world.
Before the start of the conference, a historical and documentary exhibition «Tien Shan by artist Pavel Kosharov» was opened, which was described by Artem Gribanov, a member of the student historical club «Berkut» KRSU.
A descendant of the outstanding researcher of Central Asia N.M. took part in the conference. Przhevalsky – Professor Doctor of Chemical Sciences Nikolai Mikhailovich Przhevalsky. His speech was dedicated to the spiritual connections that connected N.M. Przhevalsky and P.P. Semenov-Tyan-Shansky. The scientist's story, based on the correspondence of two great travelers, set the tone for the conference.
Speakers – scientists (BRU, DNTU, RTSU, RUDN University), students and museum workers of Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan revealed the practice of applying the scientific heritage of P.P. Semenov-Tyan-Shansky as successors of his work. Donetsk residents reminded about their fellow countryman – organizer of the first Russian expedition to the North Pole G.Ya. Sedov, Belarusians – about a native of the Mogilev region, explorer of the Pamirs and leader of the Arctic ice expedition O.Yu. Schmidt, Tajik colleagues – about the first explorers of the Fergana Valley, Pamir-Alai, Alai and Zaalai ranges A.P. Fedchenko and O.A. Fedchenko. On the formation of a traveler’s personality using the example of P.P. Semenov-Tyan-Shansky was told by employees of the museum-estate of P.P. Semenov-Tyan-Shansky (Ryazanka village, Lipetsk region of the Russian Federation).
Hero of Russia, famous explorer of the Arctic and Antarctica Mikhail Georgievich Malakhov talked about modern geographical exploration of the Earth and his own research experience. His speech and the video materials shown about the expeditions and activities of the Russian Geographical Society aroused the interest of the forum participants. The topic of the conversation with members of the historical student club «Berkut» KRSU was the question of the art of understanding the world. M.G. Malakhov, noting that «travel is a powerful tool for understanding the world around us, other cultures and oneself», invited young people in their lives to follow the example of their fellow countryman – Pyotr Petrovich Semenov-Tyan-Shansky.
