PRJEVALSKIY Nikolay Mikhaylovich (12. 4. 1839, dehai Kimborovoi guberniyi Smolensk —1. 11. 1888, Qarokul, hozira shahri Prjevalskiy RSS Qirgiziston), sayyoh va geografi rus, tadqiqotchii Osiyoi Markazi, general-mayor (1886). Dar oilai zamindori khurd tavallud yoftaast.
Akademiki Shtabi Generaliro khatm kardaast (1863).
Solhoi 1867—1869 ba kishvari Ussuriy va 1670—1685 ba Osiyoi Markazi 4 ekspeditsiya guzarond: ekspeditsiyai yakum (1870—1873) ba Muguliston, ekspeditsiyai duyum (1876—1877) ba Lobvor va Jungariya, ekspeditsiyai seyum (1879—1880) va chorum (1883— 1885) ba Tibet. Dar in muddat u qarib 30 hazor km rohro tay namud. Dar avvali ekspeditsiyai panjumash Prjevalskiy dar nazdikii Issiqkul vafot kard. Khulosahoi yalmip u dar yak qator asarhoyash gird ovarda shudaand. Prjevalskiy tabiat, relef, iqlim, daryoyu kul, olami hayvonotu nabototi territoriyahoi omukhtaashro purra tisvir kardaast. Prjevalskiy tarzi joygirshavii qatorkuhhoi kaloni Osiyoi Markaziro muqarrar va yak qator qatorkuhhoi navro kashf namud, hududhoi shimolii kuhsori Tibetro muayyan va kulhoi Lobnoru Kukunorro tadqiq kard. Dar rafti ekspeditsiyaho bisyor kolleksiyahoi zoologi (qarib 7,5 hazor namudi hayvonhoi shirkhur, parrandaho, khazandaho, obiyu khokiho va mohiho, shutur va asphoi yoboi, inchunin aspi Prjevalskiy va digar namudi muhradoron), botaniki (gerbariy iborat az 15—16 hazor adad rastaniho), mineralogi va etnografiro gird ovard. Jamiyati geografii rus soli 1891 medali nuqra va mukofoti ba nomi Prjevalskiyro tasis namud; soli 1946 medali tilloi ba nomi Prjevalskiy tasis yoft. Yak qator obekthoi geografi, az jumla shahre dar RSS Qirgiziston, qatorkuh dar sistemai katorkuhhoi Kunlun, piryakh dar Oltoy va gayra, boz chand rastaniyu hayvonho Prjevalskiy nomida shudaand. Ba sharafi Prjevalskiy dar nazdikii Issiqkul (dar pahlui qabrash) va shahri Leningrad haykali yodgori guzoshta shudaast.
As.: Puteshestvie v Ussuriyskom krae 1867—1869, M., 1947; Mongoliya i strana tangutov. Trekhletnee puteshestvie v Vostochnoy nagornoy Azii, M., 1946; Ot Kuldji za Tyan-P1an i na Lobnor, M., 1-947; Ot Kyakhti na istoki Jeltoy reki. Issledovanie severnoy okraini Tibeta i put cherez Lobnor po basseynu Tarima, M., 1948.
Ad.: Murzaev E. M., N. M. Prjevalskiy (2 izs.), M., 1953; Gavrilenko V. M., Russkiy puteshestvennik N. M. Prjevalskiy, M., 1974.