Philip Ridder
Philip Ridder (Russian: Филипп Филиппович Риддер, tr. Filipp Filippovich Ridder; born in 1759 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire - died in 1838 in Riga) was a Russian explorer of German descent who discovered polymetallic ores in north-eastern Kazakhstan.
A town in that region, Ridder, bore Philip Ridder's name from 1786 to 1941, when it was changed to Leninogorsk; however, in 2002, the name was reverted to Ridder. The town is notable as the eastern terminus of European route E40.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1759 births
- 1838 deaths
- People from Saint Petersburg
- Baltic German people of the Russian Empire
- Russian people of German descent
- Explorers of the Russian Empire
- Explorers of Central Asia
- Kazakhstani people stubs
- Explorer stubs