Peter von Köppen (February 19, 1793- May 23, 1864), was a Russian ethnographer, historian, statistician, and geographer of German heritage, academician of the (now

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), holding the civil rank of

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. s:ru:РБС/ВТ/Кеппен, Петр Иванович, an article in Русский биографический словарь А. А. Половцова, vol. 8, 1897 In 1825 he earned the degree of doctor of philosophy from the

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and in 1826 he was elected corresponding member of the

Major works

A more complete bibliography may be found at the database "История геологии и горного дела" of the Institute of Geology, Russian Academy of SciencesОсновные труды П.И. Кёппена
/ref> * Историческое исследование о Югорской земле, в Российско-Императорском титуле упоминаемой. 1818 *Материалы для истории просвещения в России, 1819 **vol 2: "Библиографические Листы" * О виноделии и винной торговле в России. 1832 *Крымский Сборник. СПб., 1837 *Ueber die Dichtigkeit der Bevölkerung in den Provinzen des Europäischen Russlands, 1845 *Finnland in ethnographischer Beziehung, 1846 *Ethnographische Karte des St.-Petersburgischen Gouvernements, 1850 *Der Lithauische Volkstamm-Ausbreitung und Stärke desselben in der Mitte des XIX Jahrhunderts, 1851 *Города и селения Тульской губернии в 1857 г. * Главные озёра и лиманы Российской империи. 1859 * О народных переписях в России. 1889.

Awards

*1852: Full of the Russian Geographical Society for the ethnographic map of European Russia *1854 Gold of the Russian Geographical Society for the ethnographic map of European Russia

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Koppen, Peter von 1793 births 1864 deaths Russian ethnographers Russian historians Russian geographers Full members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences