Aleksandr Kondratov
Russian writer (1937–1993)
Alexandr Mikhailovych Kondratov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Кондра́тов; October 3, 1937 in Smolensk – April 16, 1993 in St.Petersburg) was a Russian linguist, biologist, journalist and poet. He wrote many books on subjects as varied as ancient and modern languages, history, mathematics, paleontology, geology, cryptozoology, and Atlantis. He also wrote poetry. He wrote a monography about dinosaurs purportedly surviving into modern times.
Selected bibliography
Atlantis
Атлантиды моря Тетис (Atlantides of the Tethys Sea), 1986
Атлантиды пяти океанов (Atlantides of the Five Oceans, 1987
Атлантиды ищите на шельфе (Seek the Atlantis on the Shelf), 1988 - a trilogy
Other submerged lands
Атлантика без Атлантиды (The Atlantic Ocean without Atlantis, 1972)
Адрес — Лемурия? (The Address - Lemuria?), 1978
Была земля Берингия (There was Beringia), 1981
Была земля Арктида (There was Arktida), 1983
Ancient civilizations
Великаны острова Пасхи (Giants of The Easter Island), 1966
Погибшие цивилизации (Vanished Civilizations), 1968
Когда молчат письмена. Загадки древней Эгеиды (When letters are silent - Mysteries of ancient Egeis), 1970 with V. V. Shevoroskin (В.В.Шеворошкин)
Этруски — загадка номер один (The Etruscan civilization - Mystery Number One, 1977)
Великий потоп. Мифы и реальность (The Deluge.
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