The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Köppen, Peter Ivanovitch

KÖPPEN, kėp'pĕn, Peter Ivanovitch, Russian archæologist: b. Kharkov, Russia, 19 Feb. 1793; d. Karabagh, Crimea, 4 June 1864. He was educated at the University of Kharkov and subsequently traveled widely in order to procure historical and archæological material for his work. The outcome of his investigations, written in German, is comprised in the reports of the Academy of Saint Petersburg, but among other works of his are &lsquo;Kulturgeschichte Russlands&rsquo; (1825) and his famous &lsquo;Ethnographical Map of European Russia&rsquo; (1851).