Nikolai Zarudny

Nikolai Alekseyvich Zarudny (Russian: Николай Алексеевич Зарудный;[note 1] 13 September 1859 – 17 March 1919[1]) was a Ukrainian-Russian explorer and zoologist who studied the flora and fauna of Central Asia.

He wrote his first ornithology book in 1896 and made five expeditions in the Caspian region between 1884 and 1892.

After the Russian Revolution, his collection was nationalized by the Bolsheviks and moved to the museum at the University of Tashkent.

For his work, the Russian Geographical Society awarded him the Przhevalsky Medal.

[2] His last work on the ornithology of Turkestan region was not completed as he died of accidental poisoning.