Kozma Spassky-Avtonomov

Kozma Fyodorovich Spassky-Avtonomov (Russian: Козьма Фёдорович Спасский-Автономов, 1807, Zakharovka, now Lipetsk Oblast–1890) was a Russian researcher of the region of Baku. Along with his brother Mikhail, he was one of the leading scientists in the fields of climatology and meteorology in the country. Kozma, a member of Russian Geographic Society,[1] was versed on both subjects, but his main interests were in the study of local folk literature.

Kozma's wife died in 1840 in the city of Tiflis, he arrived in Baku (then a city in the Russian Empire) with his children on July 27, 1847 according to official instruction.[2] Spassky-Avtonomov became the head of Baku Quarantine Customs Service. During this time the instrumental studies of the Caspian Sea level, started in 1830, were ongoing. Spassky-Avtonomov began writing about Baku in 1847, leaving numerous accounts on the city and its inhabitants in detail.

Notes

  1. ↑ Савинов В.Н. Достоверные рассказы об Абхазии (in Russian). Srcc.msu.su. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
  2. ↑ Т. Гумбатова. "Баку в первой половине XIX века" (in Russian). Azeri.ppd.spb.ru. Retrieved 2009-03-19.


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