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Gregor von Helmersen, Estonian-Russian general and geologist (died 1885)
Gregor von Helmersen or Grigory Petrovich Helmersen was a Baltic German geologist. In 1839, along with Karl Ernst von Baer, he founded the first serial natural scientific publication in Russia known as Beiträge zur Kenntniss des Russischen Reiches. He founded and became the first head of the Russian Geological Committee in 1882.
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Gregor von Helmersen was born in 1803. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.
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| Measure | 1803 | 2026 |
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| Population | 5.9M | 341 million |
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