Khariton Laptev
Khariton Prokofievich Laptev (
explorer
.
Khariton Laptev was born in a gentry family in the village of Pokarevo near Velikiye Luki (in the southern part of today's Pskov Oblast), just a year before his cousin Dmitry Laptev was born in the nearby village of Bolotovo.
Khariton Laptev started his career in the Russian Navy as a cadet in 1718. By 1730, he was already in charge of a military ship, and in 1734 participated in the siege of Gdańsk.
In 1739–1742, Khariton Laptev led one of the parties of the
Chelyuskin Peninsula and other landmarks bear his name. The Laptev Sea was also named after him (and his cousin Dmitry Laptev). The 1962-built icebreaker Ledokol-3 was renamed Khariton Laptev
in 1966 in his honor.
References
- Двоюродные братья Дмитрий Яковлевич и Харитон Прокофьевич Лаптевы (The cousins Dmitry Yakovlevich and Khariton Prokofyevich Laptev) (in Russian)
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