Russian Geographical Society
Mushketov received the Konstantin Medal of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society in 1880. He was a geologist from 1882 to 1897 with the Geological Committee of the State Geological Survey of Russia. From 1885 he was Director of the Department of Physical Geography of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society. In 1887 he investigated the aftermath of the Verny earthquake in Bashkiria (now Bashkortostan). He also studied the area of Astrakhan, mineral springs, salt lakes in Crimea, and organized regular observation of glaciers in the Caucasus.