Kurbat Ivanov
Lena River and Lake Baikal
Kurbat Afanasyevich Ivanov (
Cossack explorer of Siberia. He was the first Russian to encounter Lake Baikal,[1][2][3] and to create the first map of the Russian Far East.[4] He also is credited with creation of the early map of Chukotka and Bering Strait, which was the first to show (very schematically) the yet undiscovered Wrangel Island,[5] both Diomede Islands and Alaska
.
Kurbat Ivanov was born a
Cossack. In 1642 he made the first map of the Russian Far East, based on the explorations of Ivan Moskvitin
.
Ivanov came to the Verkholensky
Sarma River descended to Lake Baikal near Olkhon Island
. Having built new boats, Ivanov sailed to Olkhon.
Ivanov sent 36 men under the leadership of Semyon Skorokhodov to sail along the western shore of Baikal to the mouth of
Buryat) and killed with some of his men. Twelve men managed to return to Verkholensky ostrog, while аnother two, named Lyovka Vyatchanin and Maximka Vyzhegchanin, traveled as far as Yeniseysky ostrog by Angara and Yenisey
. The latter Cossack later returned to Baikal with ataman V. Kolesnikov.
Shaman-Stone of the Olkhon Island on Baikal
Kurbat Ivanov himself safely returned to Verkholensky ostrog by the same way he had come to Baikal. He created a document called "The Chart of Baikal and into Baikal flowing rivers and lands…" ("Чертеж Байкала и в Байкал падучим рекам и землицам"). He told the stories about plenty of fish in Baikal and plenty of fur-bearing animals on its shores, and many Cossacks subsequently came to Baikal by the way he explored.
At some point of his life Ivanov also served on the lower Lena River in Zhigansk. In 1659—65 he was serving in
Ivan Fyodorov and Mikhail Gvozdev and it was documented. Wrangel Island
was discovered much later.
References
- ^ Lantzeff, George V., and Richard A. Pierce (1973). Eastward to Empire: Exploration and Conquest on the Russian Open Frontier, to 1750. Montreal: McGill-Queen's U.P.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Иванов, Курбат". Словари и энциклопедии на Академике. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ^ "Тропою землепроходцев". Sbaikal.ru. Archived from the original on 15 November 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ^ "Иван Юрьевич Москвитин". Sailhistory.ru. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ^ a b "/ Unknown / TXT". Lib.co.ua. Retrieved 25 November 2014.