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3 unusual facts about Philip Ridder


Philip Ridder

Philip Ridder (1759 - 1838) was a Russian explorer who discovered polymetallic ores in north-eastern Kazakhstan.

A town in that region, Ridder, bore Philip Ridder's name from 1786 to 1941, when it was changed to Leninogorsk; however, in 2002, the name was reverted to Ridder.

Ridder, Kazakhstan

Until 1941 it carried its present name, named after Philip Ridder who discovered the local ore deposits.



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