The origins of relations between the peoples of Russia and Papua New Guinea are deeply rooted in history and originate from the last third of the 19th century. Back then,…

N. Miklukho-Maklai (1846-1888) is known worldwide as the explorer of the island of New Guinea, but for a long time the traveler lived in Australia, the fifth continent. On July…

Introduction Malaysia is one of the most economically developed Countries in Southeast Asia. The Country is rightfully titled one of the four “New Asian tigers” along with Indonesia, the Philippines…

  Introduction Indonesia, a rapidly developing Country in Southeast Asia, is rightfully titled one of the four “New Asian tigers” along with Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand. It is the…

As a scientist traveler, N.N. Miklouho-Maclay (1846-1888) interacted with one of the most famous organizations of Russia  —  the Imperial Russian Geographical Society (IRGS). Founded in 1845, the Society specialized…

N.N. Miklouho-Maclay is a world-famous Russian humanist scientist and traveler, whose ideas were far ahead of his time. Nikolay Nikolaevich made a significant contribution to the development of various sciences,…

N.N. Miklouho-Maclay made it into world and Russian history as an outstanding scientist, traveler, thinker and public figure. As the Russian scientist wrote: “The only purpose of my life is…

In 1864, after being expelled from St. Petersburg University, N.N. Miklouho-Maclay came to study in Germany, where he immersed himself in the study of zoology and medicine. Medical education provided…

By the summer of 1868, N.N. Miklouho-Maclay finished his studies at the medical faculty of the University of Jena. In those years, in Germany, graduate students of medical faculties had…

The outstanding Russian scientist, humanist and traveler N.N. Miklouho-Maclay is known throughout the world as a pioneer of anthropological and ethnographic studies of the indigenous people of the northeastern coast…

During the research activity in Oceania, N.N. Miklouho-Maclay visited various parts of Polynesia. In 1871, on his way to New Guinea on the Russian corvette “Vityaz”, Miklouho-Maclay simultaneously conducted research…

Introduction N.N. Miklouho-Maclay put himself on record in world and Russian history as an outstanding scientist, traveler, thinker and public figure. During his lifetime, at the end of the 1870s,…

Russian names for geographical objects discovered by outstanding Russian navigators are found in every corner of our planet, including New Guinea, with which Russia has had strong historical and scientific…

Ethnographic studies of the Maclay Coast (the northeastern coast of the island of New Guinea) have long-standing traditions in Russian ethnology. In the second half of the XIX century, the…

N.N. Miklouho-Maclay has gone down in the world and national history as an outstanding humanist, scientist, traveler and public figure who always followed the humanistic principles of respect for the…

In almost two decades of expeditions to Africa, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, and Oceania, the outstanding Russian humanist scientist and traveler N.N. Miklouho-Maclay (1846-1888) visited China as well. Diaries,…

An outstanding Russian scientist-humanist and traveler N.N. Miklouho-Maclay (1846-1888) met a lot of outstanding people from the world of science, politics and culture, but his relationship with the imperial family…

Nowadays, despite modern technologies, the Maclay Coast (the northeastern coast of New Guinea) remains hardly accessible for Russian and foreign researchers. However in 2017 the Miklouho-Maclay Foundation with scientists of…

The nature of the Maclay Coast (Rai Coast or Bereg Maklaya on modern maps) is interesting in many ways. Located at 5° S, this area has features typical to the…

N.N. Miklouho-Maclay was born on July,17 1846 in the village of Yazykovo-Rozhdestvenskoye, Novgorod Governorate. Not far from this place, in Okulovka, there is a local museum named after N.N. Miklouho-Maclay,…

N.N. Miklouho-Maclay went down in the world and Russian history as an outstanding humanist scientist, traveler and public figure, who always followed the humanistic principles of respect for cultures and…

150 SPOTS (yandex)N.N. Miklouho-Maclay can rightly be recognized as a true traveler who conducted research in many places of our planet, including South America, the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia),…

The history of expeditions of the outstanding Russian humanist scientist and traveler N.N. Miklouho-Maclay (1846-1888) to the northeastern coast of New Guinea (the Maclay Coast) is inextricably linked with his…