CONTRIBUTION OF THE EXPEDITION OF VASILY VASILYEVICH SAPOZHNIKOV IN 1902 TO THE RESEARCH OF THE TIEN SHAN AND SEMIRECHYE

The article is devoted to the analysis of the little-known expedition of the famous Russian researcher and traveler Vasily Vasilyevich Sapozhnikov in 1902 to study the Central Tien Shan and Semirechye and various scientific materials obtained during its conduct. This expedition was the first in the cycle of V.V. Sapozhnikov’s expeditions in Semirechye and is the first university expedition to study the Tien Shan and Semirechye. The rich materials collected during the expedition were summarized by V.V. Sapozhnikov and published in the form of a two-volume «Essays of Semirechye» in 1904 in Tomsk, which has not been reprinted since. The article also analyzes the subsequent expeditions of V.V. Sapozhnikov to Tien Shan and Semirechye, which were based on the results of his successful scientific trip in 1902 and were conducted in 1904 and 1912–1915.