Ключевое слово: «miklouho-maclay»

In this paper, a study was made of the toponyms of Papua New Guinea, which were named by Russian researchers in the 19th century. The influence of Russia in those days was huge, and Russian ships reached the distant shores of Papua New Guinea. The cultural heritage of Russia is a huge historical layer. But in this work only toponyms have been studied, since they are quite stable over time. Therefore, they also revealed those toponyms that have survived to this day. Despite the fact that the names have changed several times over the years. Marked on the map the location of these toponyms. They noted the fact how the cultural heritage of Russia has been preserved in the form of toponyms. Until now, the memory of the brave explorer Miklouho-Maclay is kept in the toponyms of Papua New Guinea, this is the cultural heritage of Russia.