Nikolai Leopoldovich Korzhenevskiy (Russian:Николай Леопольдович Коржене́вский, February 18, 1879 – October 31, 1958), born inZaverezhye,Vitebsk Governorate,Russian Empire (present-dayNevelsky District, Pskov Oblast,Russia), died inTashkent,Uzbekistan. Korzhenevskiy was a Russian and Soviet geographer, glaciologist, and explorer of thePamir Mountains. His exploration of the Pamirs began in 1903, with support from the military command in the region. Between 1903 and 1928, Korzhenevskiy organized eleven expeditions to various parts of the Pamirs. In August 1910 he discovered one of the highest peaks in the Pamir Mountains, which he namedKorzhenevskoi Peak after his wife Evgeniya Korzhenevskaya (Russian:Пик Корженевской). In 1928 he produced a unique map of the Pamirs which, for the first time, included a meridional mountain range that he had discovered and called theAcademy of Sciences Range in honor of theAcademy of Sciences of the Soviet Union.
Alternativetransliterations of Korzhenevskiy's name includeKorzhenevskii,Korzhenevski,Korzhenevsky, andKorzhenievsky.
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