Aleksei Tillo
Aleksey Tillo (Alexei Andreyevitch Tillo) (25 November (O.S. November 13), 1839, Kiev Governorate – 11 January (O.S. December 30), 1900, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian geographer, cartographer, land surveyor, lieutenant general of the Russian Imperial Army (1894). Aleksey Tillo's grandfather was a French Huguenot, but his father was a citizen of the Russian Empire.
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Aleksei Tillo
«Туркестанский альбом. Часть историческая, 1871—1872». Ташкент, 1872 · Public domain
- Name
- Alexei Tillo Алексей Тилло
- Born
- 1839
- Died
- 1900
- Birthplace
- Kiev Governorate, Russia
- Place of death
- St.
- Awards
- Order of St.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire
- Occupation
- explorer · geographer · cartographer · surveyor · military officer · geodesist
- Fields
- geography · cartography · geodesy · military service
- Honours
- Order of Saint Anna, 1st class · Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class · Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class · Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class · Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class · Order of St. Vladimir and 2nd class
- Languages
- Russian
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The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is geography, cartography and geodesy. Distinctions recorded are Order of Saint Anna, 1st class, Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class, Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class and Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class.
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• Name — Alexei Tillo Алексей Тилло • Born — 1839 • Died — 1900 • Birthplace — Kiev Governorate, Russia • Place of death — St. Petersburg, Russia • Allegiance — Russia • Service Years — 1856 - 1894 • Rank — Lieutenant General • Branch — Imperial Russian Army • Commands — 148th Caspian Infantry Regiment 37th Infantry Division • Battles — Turkestan Campaigns • Awards — Order of St. Stanislaus Order of Saint Anna Order of Saint Vladimir Order of the White Eagle
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Aleksei Tillo (13 November 1839 – 30 December 1899) is described as a general and “Geodät” in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Aleksei Tillo was born on 13 November 1839 and died on 30 December 1899 in Saint Petersburg.
Career
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Aleksey graduated from the Mikhailovskaya Artillery Academy (1862) and Department of Geodesy of the General Staff Academy in Saint Petersburg (1866). His greatest achievement was a hypsometric map of the European part of Russia published in 1889. It was the first map of its kind that showed elevation correctly. For creating this map Tillo was elected a corresponding member of the Russian (1892) and Parisian Academies of Sciences. Aleksey Tillo is known to have coined the term Central Russian Upland. Also, he measured the length of the main Russian rivers and conducted work on level difference between the Caspian Sea and the Aral Sea. Aleksey Tillo also authored a number of works on geomagnetism and meteorology. Part of the work he had initiated was continued after his death by Yuly Shokalsky (1856–1940).
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1839
Aleksei Tillo was born on 13 November 1839.
1899
Aleksei Tillo died at Saint Petersburg.
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Kiev Governorate.
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The Tillo Islands, a small archipelago in the Kara Sea, as well as Tillo Island (Franz Josef Land) near Wilczek Land in Franz Josef Land, were named after Aleksey Tillo.
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Medals
• Order of St. Stanislaus 2nd class (1869) • Order of St. Anna 2nd class (1873) • Imperial Order of Saint Vladimir 4th class (1876) • Imperial Order of Saint Vladimir 3rd class (1879) • Order of St. Stanislaus 1st class (1885) • Order of St. Anna 1st class (1888) • Imperial Order of Saint Vladimir 2nd class (1891) • Order of the White Eagle (1896)
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The authorities additionally record the headings Aleksey Tillo, Alexi Tillo, Aleksei Andreevich Tillo, Aleksei Andreievich Tillo and Aleksei Andreyevich Tillo. His recorded language was Russian. Tillo worked in geography, cartography, geodesy, military service and meteorology. He belonged to Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences and French Academy of Sciences. Recorded with the occupation military officer. Recorded as explorer, geographer, cartographer, surveyor and military officer.
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