RUDOLF (RUVIM) LAZAREVICH SAMOYLOVICH (1881-1939) | TWO AUTOGRAPHS (RUSSIA / RUSSIAN)

1930 | Rudolf (Ruvim) Lazarevich Samoylovich (Рудольф Лазаревич Самойлович) | profession: Polar station worker | country: Russia | signature: Original signatures | size: 310 x 260 mm (size of the pad) | technique: Handwritten signatures

Two original handwritten signed cards by the prominent Soviet polar explorer, geographer, and scientist Rudolf Samoylovich, one of the key explorers of the Arctic.

Samoylovich led several expeditions to polar regions, including the famous expedition on the icebreaker Krasin in 1928, which rescued the crew of the airship Italia led by Umberto Nobile.

Included in the set are:

Photograph of Samoylovich in polar attire on the deck of the ship, signed and dated December 4, 1930, Prague.
Separate signature dated December 10, 1930.