Michał Jankowski
Polish naturalist and exiles in the Russian far-east · Russia · On the map · Scientists · Lived 1842 to 1912 · aged 70
Michał Jankowski or Mikhail Ivanovich Yankovsky was a Polish szlachta nobleman who settled in the Russian Far East after serving a sentence in Siberia for participating in the January Uprising of 1863.
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![The first specimen of what was named as Jankowski's bunting was shot in Sidemi on 9 March 1886 and sent to Ladislaus Taczanowski who described the species in 1888.[1]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/EmberizaJankowskiKeulemans.jpg/500px-EmberizaJankowskiKeulemans.jpg)
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After being released in 1868 he settled in the Russian Far-East in Sidemi, Primorsky Krai, in a region now known as the Yankovsky Peninsula where he established a horse-breeding farm, reared deer for their antlers, established ginseng plantations, and became a well-known hunter and naturalist. He collected specimens of fauna and flora for museums and collectors and many species were named after him including Jankowski's bunting.
