еҐilina Joseph Ippolitovich

Born in 1834. At the end of the course Sciences at the Institute of Railway Engineers involved in the geodesic separation Nicholas General Staff Academy and at the Pulkovo Observatory. In 1860, Mr.. sent to Minsk and Mogilev province to triangulate. In 1863, Mr.. was appointed Assistant Chief of degree measure of arc parallels 52 б° latitude, and in 1870. approved by the Chief. In 1873, Mr.. was appointed head of the expedition to drain the marshes of Pinsk (drainage Polesie, begun under his leadership from 1874. and lasted about 20 years, with more than 2 1 / 2 million acres of marshes turned into cultural) in 1875. Head triangulation in Polesie, in two years - a member of the military and scientific committee. In 1879, Mr.. appointed member of the Board of the Ministry of State Property. With the transformation of the Ministry appointed in 1894. Managing the newly formed department of land improvements.