Roderich von Erckert
Roderich von Erckert (15 December 1821 – 12 December 1900) was a German ethnographer, cartographer, and military officer in the Russian army. He was a member of the Russian Geographical Society. He was a military writer and published travel reports, scientific studies, and maps.
Roderich von Erckert
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- Born
- 15 December 1821
- Field
- Ethnography, Caucasians
- Full name
- Roderich George Friedrich Robert Erckert.
- Died
- 1900. · Berlin.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Prussia.
- Occupation
- anthropologist, linguist, ethnographer, cartographer, military officer, military writer, ethnologist and military personnel.
- Fields
- ethnography, cartography, Ibero-Caucasian and Georgian Military Road.
- Languages
- German and French.
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Roderich von Erckert (15 December 1821 – 12 December 1900) was a German ethnographer, cartographer, and military officer in the Russian army. He was a member of the Russian Geographical Society. He was a military writer and published travel reports, scientific studies, and maps.
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Biography
His earlier work focused on the Russian Empire, including ethnographic maps of present-day Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, and Poland. His later publications focused on the Caucasian languages and peoples, including Der Kaukasus und seine Völker and Die Sprachen des kaukasischen Stammes. In the last stage of his life, he turned his attention to Germanic history, publishing Wanderungen und Siedelungen der germanischen Stämme in Mitteleuropa.
Етнографічна мапа західних теренів Російської імперії за Родеріхом Еркертом з атласу «Этнографический атлас западнорусских губерний и соседних областей», Санкт-Петербург, 1863 рік
Roderich von Erckert · Этнографический Атлас западно русских губерний и соседних областей Библиотека Русского географического общества Андрій Байцар. Українські етнічні землі в "Етнографічному атласі..." Р. Еркерта (186
"Atlas ethnographique des Provinces habitees en totalite on en partie par des Polonais." by Georg Ferdinand Robert d'Erckert 1863. The French version differs not only in translation but also in the graphical distortion of the Russian original: Belarusian enclaves are not marked on it (in the Vilna Region and Podlachia, they were removed entirely; in Western Polesia, the border of the "Little Russi
Roderich von Erckert · Erkert R. F. Atlas ethnographique des Provinces habitees en totalite on en partie par des Polonais par R. d’Erkert. — St. Peters-bourg, 1863.
Key facts
Key facts
• Born — 15 December 1821 • Field — Ethnography, Caucasians
Works
Works
• Russland, Carte éthnografique de l’Empire de Russie (Berlin, 1862) • Atlas ethnographique des provinces habitées en totalité ou en partie par des Polonais (St. Pétersbourg, 1863) • Der Kaukasus und seine Völker (1887) • Der Ursprung der Kosaken, vorzüglich nach neuesten russischen Quellen (1882) • Die Sprachen des kaukasischen Stammes (1895) • Wanderungen und Siedelungen der germanischen Stämme in Mitteleuropa (1901)
Identity
Identity
Roderich von Erckert is recorded with the occupation military officer. Recorded as anthropologist, linguist, ethnographer, cartographer and military officer. Recorded at birth as Roderich George Friedrich Robert Erckert. Career and activity. Erckert worked in ethnography, cartography, Ibero-Caucasian and Georgian Military Road. He belonged to Russian Geographical Society.
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1821
Roderich von Erckert was born on 15 December 1821.
1900
Roderich von Erckert died on 12 December 1900.
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Chełmno.
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Berlin.
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