Alexandr Mikhailovych Kondratov
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- April 16, 1993, St.Petersburg) was a Russia
n linguist, biologist, journalist and poet
. He wrote many books on subjects as various as ancient and modern languages, history, mathematics, paleontology
, geology
, cryptozoology
, Atlantis
, and he also wrote poetry. He was the first Russian to write a monography about dinosaurs purportedly surviving into modern times
Smolensk
Smolensk is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River. Situated west-southwest of Moscow, this walled city was destroyed several times throughout its long history since it was on the invasion routes of both Napoleon and Hitler. Today, Smolensk...
- April 16, 1993, St.Petersburg) was a Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n linguist, biologist, journalist and poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
. He wrote many books on subjects as various as ancient and modern languages, history, mathematics, paleontology
Paleontology
Paleontology "old, ancient", ὄν, ὀντ- "being, creature", and λόγος "speech, thought") is the study of prehistoric life. It includes the study of fossils to determine organisms' evolution and interactions with each other and their environments...
, geology
Geology
Geology is the science comprising the study of solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which it evolves. Geology gives insight into the history of the Earth, as it provides the primary evidence for plate tectonics, the evolutionary history of life, and past climates...
, cryptozoology
Cryptozoology
Cryptozoology refers to the search for animals whose existence has not been proven...
, Atlantis
Atlantis
Atlantis is a legendary island first mentioned in Plato's dialogues Timaeus and Critias, written about 360 BC....
, and he also wrote poetry. He was the first Russian to write a monography about dinosaurs purportedly surviving into modern times
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 ShelfContinental shelfThe continental shelf is the extended perimeter of each continent and associated coastal plain. Much of the shelf was exposed during glacial periods, but is now submerged under relatively shallow seas and gulfs, and was similarly submerged during other interglacial periods. The continental margin,...
), 1988 - a trilogy
Other submerged lands
- Атлантика без Атлантиды (The Atlantic OceanAtlantic OceanThe Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
without Atlantis, 1972) - Адрес — Лемурия? (The Address - LemuriaLemuriaLemuria may refer to:*Lemuria , in Roman religion, a feast during which the unwholesome and malevolent spectres of the restless dead were propitiated...
?), 1978 - Была земля Берингия (There was Beringia), 1981
- Была земля Арктида (There was Arktida), 1983
Ancient civilizations
- Великаны острова Пасхи (Giants of The Easter IslandEaster IslandEaster Island is a Polynesian island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian triangle. A special territory of Chile that was annexed in 1888, Easter Island is famous for its 887 extant monumental statues, called moai, created by the early Rapanui people...
), 1966 - Погибшие цивилизации (Vanished Civilizations), 1968
- Когда молчат письмена. Загадки древней Эгеиды (When letters are silent - Mysteries of ancient Egeis), 1970 with V. V. ShevoroskinVitaly ShevoroshkinVitaly Victorovich Shevoroshkin, Russ. Виталий Викторович Шеворошкин, is an American linguist of Russian origin, specializing in the study of ancient Mediterranean languages. In the 1960s he tried to decipher Carian inscriptions and proved that their language belonged to Anatolian languages. In...
(В.В.Шеворошкин) - Этруски — загадка номер один (The Etruscan civilizationEtruscan civilizationEtruscan civilization is the modern English name given to a civilization of ancient Italy in the area corresponding roughly to Tuscany. The ancient Romans called its creators the Tusci or Etrusci...
- Mystery Number One, 1977) - Великий потоп. Мифы и реальность (The DelugeNoah's ArkNoah's Ark is a vessel appearing in the Book of Genesis and the Quran . These narratives describe the construction of the ark by Noah at God's command to save himself, his family, and the world's animals from the worldwide deluge of the Great Flood.In the narrative of the ark, God sees the...
. Myths and Reality) , 1982
Paleontology
- Динозавра ищите в глубинах (Seek the DinosaurDinosaurDinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of...
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 OceanPacific OceanThe Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
), 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