Background
KRISHTAFOVICH, Nikolay was born on October 23, 1866 in Smolensk Province.
KRISHTAFOVICH, Nikolay was born on October 23, 1866 in Smolensk Province.
Secondary educational at military school. 1888-1892 attended lectures on natural sci at Faculty of Physics and Mathematics, Moscow University.
1890 discovered and described interglacial deposits with fossil flora at Troitskoye, near Moscow. Also described fossil Larix sibirica from Poland. From 1893 librarian, Novaya Aleksandriya Institute of Agric and Forestry.
1895 while in Novo-Aleksandriya founded the journal Yezhegodnik po geologii i mineralogii v Rossii, which ran to 154 issues by 1918, and collected a library of 67.000 books Made special study of Quaternary deposits in Russia. 1915-1920 associate professor, 1920-1930 professor, Khar’kov Agric Institute.
1925-1932 also head, Geology Section, University Research Institute. After retirement on pension continued to work as geologist and hydrologist for various government agencies. Wrote 214 works, of which some 100 were published.
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