Walk to glaciers in Small Almaty gorge.

"In addition to observations made along the approximately 4,000 versts traversed with the expedition, the expedition’s geologist, K. I. Bogdanovich, conducted geological research over another 2,000 versts during separate excursions - primarily into the mountains. The extensive collection of rock and soil samples he gathered was deposited at the Geological Committee Museum and will likely be analyzed in the near future. The expedition’s zoological collection, transferred to the Museum of the Academy of Sciences, comprises 60 species of mammals (including 200 specimens of skins with skulls), 220 species of birds (about 1,200 specimens), 11 species of fish (up to 100 specimens), 20 species of amphibians and reptiles (up to 80 specimens), and approximately 200 species of insects - almost exclusively Coleoptera - which P. P. Semenov, Vice-President of the Russian Geographical Society, undertook to describe. The expedition’s herbarium, containing up to 700 plant species (comprising about 7,000 specimens), was deposited at the Botanical Garden. The expedition was able to achieve such results only thanks to the zealous performance of their duties by my colleagues - V. I. Roborovsky, P. K. Kozlov, and K. I. Bogdanovich."

M. V. Pevtsov. «Journey to Kashgaria and Kunlun». April 1889.

"During the Verny earthquake, which began on December 22, 1910, I personally witnessed chunks of rock breaking off the summit and falling onto this glacier during powerful aftershocks; for this reason, I named the glacier 'Bogdanovich Glacier' after Professor K.I. Bogdanovich, a researcher of the 1910 Verny earthquake."

 Sergey Yevgenyevich Dmitriev. His fundamental scientific work: «Glaciers of Upper Reaches of the Malaya Almatinka». Published in Izvestiya of Turkestan Branch of Imperial Russian Geographical Society, 1915, Vol. XI. 

Trip to Bogdanovich Glacier.

Bogdanovich Glacier is situated at an elevation ranging from 3,363 to 4,170 meters above sea level. It lies at the junction of the Maloalmatinsky and Komsomolsky spurs on the northern slope of the Zailiysky Alatau range, southeast of the Bolshoy Talgarsky Pass (3,163 m a.s.l.), within the Sauryksay River valley in the Medeu District of Almaty.

The glacier originates on the western slope of the Komsomol Pass (4,000 m a.s.l.) and the northern slope of the Panfilov Heroes Pass (3,950 m a.s.l.); these passes are located on the eastern branch of the Maloalmatinsky spur, between the Komsomol peak (4,376 m a.s.l.) and the Karlytau peak (4,100 m a.s.l.).
The glacier's terminus lies at an elevation of 3,374 meters above sea level. Bogdanovich Glacier is classified as a valley glacier, and its exposed section measures 2.7 kilometers in length. The glacier occupies the northern aspect of the ridge connecting the summits of Amangeldy (to the west) and Karlytau (to the east).
The glacier consists of three branches. The main branch originates from the northern and northwestern slopes of the dome-shaped, ice-covered Karlytau summit and the western slopes of Komsomol Peak. This glacial basin contains the following passes: Komsomol (2A, 4,000 m a.s.l.), Geroev-Panfilovtsev (3,950 m a.s.l.), and Uchitel (4,045 m a.s.l.).
The left (western) branch descends from the northeastern slopes of Amangeldy (4,000 m a.s.l.) and the northwestern slopes of Yoshkar-Ola Peak (3,950 m a.s.l.); it is bounded by the Pioner Pass (1B, 3,840 m a.s.l.). Only the middle branch of the glacier features numerous transverse crevasses.
The right (eastern) branch of the Bogdanovich Glacier, which is 950 meters long, flows down from the northern slopes of Komsomol Peak and joins the main branch of the Bogdanovich Glacier at an elevation of 3,737 m a.s.l. In their middle reaches, the two glacier branches merge to form the source of the Sauruksay Stream (3.9 km long), a left tributary of the Levy Talgar River.

History of study of Bogdanovich Glacier.

The glacier was named by glaciologist S.E. by Dmitriev in 1911, in honor of the Polish-Russian geologist and professor Karl Ivanovich Bogdanovich (1864-1947), who investigated the 1910 Verny earthquake. Following the 1910 Verny earthquake (which occurred in 1911 according to the New Style calendar), Bogdanovich arrived in Verny to conduct research.
His time there resulted in works that contributed to the field of seismology and outlined the region's tectonic structure. Additionally, in 1910, he collaborated with I. Kark and D. Mushketov to compile the "Plan of the City of Verny."

Geographical coordinates of Bogdanovich Glacier: N43°05'14 E77°06'24

Authority:
Alexander Petrov.
Defeated Peaks. 1949 M.E. Grudzinsky. "Zailiysky Alatau". Books "Nature of the Zailiysky Alatau", M.Zh. Zhandaev, ed. Kazakhstan, Alma-Ata.

Photos by:
Alexander Petrov.