Alexandr Mikhailovych Kondratov (russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Кондра́тов; October 3, 1937 in

Smolensk Smolensk ( rus, Смоленск, p=smɐˈlʲensk, a=smolensk_ru.ogg) is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River, west-southwest of Moscow. First mentioned in 863, it is one of the oldest ...

– April 16, 1993 in St.Petersburg) was a Russian linguist, biologist, journalist and

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems ( oral or wri ...

. He wrote many books on subjects as various as ancient and modern languages, history, mathematics,

paleontology Paleontology (), also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fossi ...

geology Geology () is a branch of natural science concerned with Earth and other astronomical objects, the features or rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology significantly overlaps all other Ea ...

cryptozoology Cryptozoology is a pseudoscience and subculture that searches for and studies unknown, legendary, or extinct animals whose present existence is disputed or unsubstantiated, particularly those popular in folklore, such as Bigfoot, the Loch Ness ...

Atlantis Atlantis ( grc, Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος, , island of Atlas) is a fictional island mentioned in an allegory on the hubris of nations in Plato's works '' Timaeus'' and '' Critias'', wherein it represents the antagonist naval power that b ...

, and he also wrote poetry. He was the first Russian to write a monography about dinosaurs purportedly surviving into modern times.''Динозавра ищите в глубинах'', 1984

Selected bibliography

Atlantis

* Атлантиды моря Тетис (Atlantides of the Tethys Sea), 1986 * Атлантиды пяти океанов (Atlantides of the Five Oceans, 1987 * Атлантиды ищите на шельфе (Seek the Atlantis on the Shelf), 1988 - a trilogy

Other submerged lands

* Атлантика без Атлантиды (The

Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...

without Atlantis, 1972) * Адрес — Лемурия? (The Address -

Lemuria Lemuria (), or Limuria, was a continent proposed in 1864 by zoologist Philip Sclater, theorized to have sunk beneath the Indian Ocean, later appropriated by occultists in supposed accounts of human origins. The theory was discredited with the di ...

?), 1978 * Была земля Берингия (There was Beringia), 1981 * Была земля Арктида (There was Arktida), 1983

Ancient civilizations

* Великаны острова Пасхи (Giants of The

Easter Island Easter Island ( rap, Rapa Nui; es, Isla de Pascua) is an island and special territory of Chile in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania. The island is most famous for its ne ...

), 1966 * Погибшие цивилизации (Vanished Civilizations), 1968 * Когда молчат письмена. Загадки древней Эгеиды (When letters are silent - Mysteries of ancient Egeis), 1970 with V. V. Shevoroskin (В.В.Шеворошкин) * Этруски — загадка номер один (The

Etruscan civilization The Etruscan civilization () was developed by a people of Etruria in ancient Italy with a common language and culture who formed a federation of city-states. After conquering adjacent lands, its territory covered, at its greatest extent, rou ...

- Mystery Number One, 1977) * Великий потоп. Мифы и реальность (

The Deluge The Genesis flood narrative (chapters 6–9 of the Book of Genesis) is the Hebrew version of the universal flood myth. It tells of God's decision to return the universe to its pre- creation state of watery chaos and remake it through the microc ...

. Myths and Reality), 1982

Paleontology

* Динозавра ищите в глубинах (Seek the

Dinosaur Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria. They first appeared during the Triassic period, between 243 and 233.23 million years ago (mya), although the exact origin and timing of the evolution of dinosaurs is t ...

in the Depths), 1984 * Шанс для динозавра (The Chance for the Dinosaur), 1992

Oceanology

* Тайны трех океанов (The Riddles of Three Oceans), 1971 * Загадки Великого океана (Mysteries of The

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the contin ...

), 1974 * Следы на шельфе (Tracks on the Shelf), 1981

Mathematics

* Математика и поэзия (Mathematics and Poetry), 1962 * Число и мысль (Number and Mind), 1963 * Электронный разум (The Electronic Reason), 1987

References

External links

Bibliography, in Russian

Photo plus short bio- and bibliography, in Czech
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