THE REPORT OF HERMANN VON ABICH, MEMBER OF RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, ABOUT THE SHAMAKHI AND THE ERZURUM EARTHQUAKES IN 1859 Cover Image

1859 YILINDAKİ ŞAMAHI VE ERZURUM DEPREMLERİ HAKKINDA RUSYA BİLİMLER AKADEMİSİ ÜYESİ HERMANN VON ABICH’İN RAPORU 1859 YILINDAKİ ŞAMAHI VE ERZURUM DEPREMLERİ HAKKINDA RUSYA BİLİMLER AKADEMİSİ ÜYESİ HERMANN VON ABICH’İN RAPORU
THE REPORT OF HERMANN VON ABICH, MEMBER OF RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, ABOUT THE SHAMAKHI AND THE ERZURUM EARTHQUAKES IN 1859

Author(s): M. Yasin Taşkesenlioğlu, Muhammed Taşkesenligil
Subject(s): Geography, Regional studies, Physical Geopgraphy, 19th Century
Published by: Bingöl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü
Keywords: Earthquake; Caucasus; Shamakhy; Erzurum; Hermann von Abich;

Summary/Abstract: The Caucasus, where the mountains extending from the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea, is almost divided into two parts, has been one of the expansion areas of Russia since the 18th century. Russia, which managed to dominate the entire Caucasus, including the South Caucasus region, which was called ZaCaucasia in the following century, not only politically and militarily, but also through scientific studies with the studies it has established within the Academy of Sciences, it has managed to create an inventory that concerns many disciplines, especially history, geography and sociology. Moreover, these scientific studies were carried out in the territory of other states, such as the Ottoman State. In 1859, upon the simultaneous earthquakes in Shamakhy and Ottoman-dominated Erzurum, the Academy of Sciences commissioned the German geologist Abich, who has been conducting research in the Caucasus, to conduct seismic surveys in these regions. This report, which was published in Russian shortly after presenting her field research to the academy in French, constitutes the most important part of our study. In the introduction part of the report before the conclusion of the field researches on the related earthquakes, Abich, who made evaluations about geology, emphasized the importance of the Caucasus region for this branch of science. Abich, who carried out his investigations on the Shamakhy and Erzurum earthquakes with the help of barometers and technical devices, also gave important information about the topography of the cities and the destruction they suffered. In the sections of this study other than the translation of the report, there is also an evaluation by us in the light of first hand sources regarding both earthquakes and the destruction caused by it.

  • Issue Year: 10/2020
  • Issue No: 20
  • Page Range: 569-591
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Turkish