Dmitry Putyata
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Dmitry Putyata 1904
Dmitry Vasilyevich Putyata (Russian: Дмитрий Васильевич Путята) was a Captain of the Imperial Russian Army and a Russian explorer of the Pamir Mountains. In 1883 he explored Karakul Lake, Tashkurgan Town, the Bendersky Pass to the Wakhan Valley and westward along the . He covered more territory than any previous or subsequent expedition. [1] In the 1890s Putyata served on Russian General Staff as a specialist on China. [2]
References[]
- ^ Thomas Middleton and Hew Thomas, "Tajikistan and the High Pamirs", 2008
- ^ "History of Japanese-Russian relations at Waseda University website" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-15. Retrieved 2010-06-19.
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