List of Russian explorers

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Russian explorers
Chilingarov

The history of

Russian America
were some of the primary factors in Russian territorial expansion.

Apart from their discoveries in Alaska, Central Asia, Siberia, and the northern areas surrounding the North Pole, Russian explorers have made significant contributions to the exploration of the Antarctic, Arctic, and the Pacific islands, as well as deep-sea and space explorations.

Alphabetical list

Areas primarily explored
* Siberia/the Far East ^ 
North Pacific
 ~ Europe † Tropics
‡ Arctic/the Far North § Antarctic/South Pacific ! Central Asia $ Space

A

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Albanov Valerian Albanov‡
(1881–1919)
Russian Navy lieutenant 		Albanov was one of the only two survivors of the ill-fated 1912–14
Vize Island.[1]

Either Albanov or Konrad is a prototype for a hero in the novel The Two Captains by Veniamin Kaverin
.
St. Anna ship
St. Anna
Anjou Pyotr Anjou‡
(1796–1869)
Russian admiral, hero of the Battle of Navarino 		In 1820, as a lieutenant, Anjou described the coastline and the islands of
Anjou Islands
.
New Siberia
New Siberian Islands
Siberian Cossack ataman
 Danila Antsiferov was elected Cossack ataman on
Paramushir Island.[3]

Named in honor: Antsiferov Island
.
Shumshu Islands
Anuchin Dmitry Anuchin†
(1843–1923)
geographer, anthropologist, ethnographer, archaeologist 		In 1880 Anuchin researched
Anuchin Island
.
Volga River
Arsenyev Vladimir Arsenyev*
(1872–1930)
military topographer, writer 		Arsenyev wrote a number of popular books about his journeys to the
Arsenyev (town)
.
Dersu Uzala
Dersu Uzala, photo by Arsenyev
Atlasov Vladimir Atlasov*
(1661/64–1711)
Siberian Cossack ataman 		Atlasov established the first permanent Russian settlements on
Atlasov volcano
.
Kamchatka

B

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Mikhail Babushkin Mikhail Babushkin‡
(1893–1938)
military and polar aviator, Hero of the Soviet Union 		Babushkin took part in an expedition to rescue
Babushkinskaya (Moscow Metro)
.
Chelyuskin
SS Chelyuskin sinking
Konstantin Badigin
Sedov
's mechanic D.G. Trofimov right) 		In 1938 Badygin became the captain of the ice-captured
Vladimir Vize, stayed aboard and carried out valuable scientific research in the course of 812 days. After drifting from New Siberian Islands across the North Pole, they were finally freed between Greenland and Svalbard by icebreaker Joseph Stalin in 1940.[7]
Icebreaker Sedov
Baer Karl Ernst von Baer*
(1792–1876)
naturalist, a founder of embryology 		In 1830–40 Baer researched
Baer's law, stating that in the Northern Hemisphere erosion occurs mostly on the right banks of rivers, and in the Southern Hemisphere on the left banks. Baer was one of the founders of the Russian Geographical Society in 1845, and also a co-founder and the first President of the Russian Entomological Society.[4]
Library of the Russian Geographical Society
Library of the Russian Geographical Society in 1916
Baidukov
Georgiy Baidukov
‡
(1904–1994)
military and test pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union

(Baidukov, Chkalov and Belyakov in 1937) 		Baidukov was involved in a number of Soviet ultralong flights. In 1936
dirigible.[8]

Named in honor: Baydukov Island
.
Chkalov and Baydukov Islands
Chkalov and Baydukov Islands
Baranov Alexander Baranov^
(1746–1819)
merchant, colonial administrator 		Baranov was hired to head the
Fort Ross.[9]

Named in honor: Baranof Island
.
Fort Ross in California
Begichev
forensic
facial reconstruction) 		Begichev was the bosun of the ship
Maliy Begichev Island
.
Begichev Islands
location
Beketov Pyotr Beketov*
(c. 1600–c. 1661)
Siberian Cossack voevoda

(a monument in Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai) 		Beketov, initially a
Kolyma rivers, to found new fortresses, and to collect taxes. In 1652 he launched another voyage to Buryatia, and in 1653 Beketov's Cossacks founded follow-up Chita and then future Nerchinsk in 1654.[12]
A tower of Yakutsky ostrog
A tower of Yakutsky ostrog.
Bekovich-Cherkassky Alexander Bekovich-Cherkassky!
(?–1717)
Russian Army officer 		Bekovich-Cherkassky, a
Krasnovodsk and Alexandrovsk. In 1717 he won the battle against Khivan Khan, but was tricked into separating his men, betrayed by the Khan, defeated and killed.[13]
Caspian Sea
The Caucasus, Caspian Sea and Turkmenistan
Bellingshausen Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen§
(1778–1852)
Russian admiral, circumnavigator, cartographer 		Bellingshausen took part in the
3659 Bellingshausen
(minor planet).
Antarctica
Vostok and Mirny in Antarctica
Berg Lev Berg!
(1876–1950)
geographer, biologist 		Berg studied and determined the depth of the lakes of
Soviet Geographical Society.[16]
Balkhash Lake
Bering Vitus Bering^
(1681–1741)
Russian Navy captain-commander 		Returning from the
Bering Land Bridge, Beringia
.
A plaque in Danish Vitus Bering Park
A plaque in Danish Vitus Bering Park with Bering's voyages etched
Commander Islands and Alaska
A postage stamp depicting the discovery of the Commander Islands and Alaska.
Bilibin Yuri Bilibin‡
(1901–1952)
geologist 		Bilibin led the First
Bilibino District, Bilibinskite
.
Bilibino
Monument located in Bilibino
Joseph Billings^
(c. 1758–1806)
Royal Navy and Russian Navy officer 		In 1785–95 Billings, previously an English officer who had sailed with
Billings (Chukotka)
.
Cape Billings
Location of Cape Billings in Chukotka
Brusilov Georgy Brusilov^
(1884–1914?)
Russian Navy captain 		In 1910–11, Brusilov took part in a hydrographic expedition on the icebreakers
Franz Joseph Land, where they were rescued by Georgy Sedov's St. Foka. The efforts to find the St. Anna were unsuccessful.[1]

Brusilov and his ship are among the prototypes for the novel The Two Captains by Veniamin Kaverin
, where the fictional St. Maria repeats the drift of St. Anna.
Kara Sea
Kara Sea
Bulatovich Alexander Bulatovich†
(1870–1919)
Russian Army officer, writer, hieromonk (tonsured Father Antony), imiaslavie leader, hero of World War I 		In 1897 Bulatovich was a member of the Russian mission of the
Omo River. Among the places named by Bulatovich was the Nicholas II Mountain range.[22][23]

The prototype for grotesque Schema-Hussar Alexei Bulanovich in Ilf and Petrov's The Twelve Chairs; the hero of Valentin Pikul
's The Hussar on a Camel and Richard Seltzer's The Name of Hero.
Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Bulatovich Fabian Bellingshausen†
(1878–1852)
Russian officer of Baltic German descent in the Imperial Russian Navy, cartographer and explorer 		The discoverer of the Antarctica.

In 1819 the authorities selected Bellingshausen to lead the First Russian Antarctic Expedition which was intended to explore the Southern Ocean and to find land in the proximity of the South Pole. With two ships, sloop-of-war Vostok ("East") and support vessel Mirny ("Peaceful") were led by Mikhail Lazarev, the journey started from Kronstadt on 4 June 1819. Bellingshausen and Lazarev managed to twice circumnavigate the continent. Thus they disproved Captain Cook's assertion that it was impossible to find land in the southern ice fields. The expedition also made discoveries and observations in the tropical waters of the Pacific Ocean.

First Russian Antarctic Expedition 1819-1821
First Russian Antarctic Expedition 1819-1821

C

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Chelyuskin
D. Laptev
on a commemorative coin) 		Chelyuskin participated in the
Chelyuskin steamship
.
Cape Chelyuskin
Cape Chelyuskin, the northernmost point of Eurasia
Chersky
Ivan Chersky
*
(1845–1892)
paleontologist, geologist, geographer 		Exiled to
Chersky (settlement)
.
Selenga watershed
Selenga watershed
Chichagov
Vasili Chichagov‡
(1726–1809)
Russian admiral, victorious commander-in-chief of the Baltic Fleet in the Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790)
 In 1764–66 Chichagov led two expeditions to find the
Pacific along the northern coast of Siberia, a project of Mikhail Lomonosov. Although he sailed past Svalbard, reached 80°26'N in 1765 and 80°30'N in 1766, and conducted valuable research, both expeditions failed to find the route.[26]

Named in honor: Chichagof Island
.
Barents and Baltic Seas
Barents and Baltic Seas, where Chichagov explored and fought
Chikhachyov Pyotr Chikhachyov!
(1808–1890)
naturalist, geologist 		In 1842 Chikhachyov led an expedition to the unknown territories of the Altai and
Eastern Question.[27]
Asia Minor
Chilingarov
Hero of Russia
, politician 		In 1969 Chilingarov became the head of the research station "
MIR submersibles. In 2008 he took part in the expedition which descended one mile to the bottom of Lake Baikal on MIRs.[28]
MIR submersible
Chirikov Aleksei Chirikov^
(1703–1748)
Russian Navy captain 		In 1725–30 and in 1733–43, Chirikov was
Sv. Pavel, became the first European to land on the northwestern coast of North America near Alexander Archipelago. Thereafter he discovered some of the Aleutian Islands. In 1742 Chirikov specified the location of the Attu Island during the search for Bering's lost ship. In 1746 Chirikov took part in creating the final map of the Russian discoveries in the northern Pacific Ocean.[29]

Named in honor: Chirikof Island
.
Alexander Archipelago
Alexander Archipelago
Chkalov Valery Chkalov‡
(1904–1938)
military and test pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union 		Chkalov developed several new figures of
dirigible.[30]

Named in honor: Chkalovsk; Chkalov Island, Chkalovskaya (Moscow Metro), Chkalovskaya (Saint Petersburg Metro)
.
ANT-25

D

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Dezhnyov
Siberian Cossack
leader 		In 1643 Dezhnyov and
Anadyr River and sailed up it in 1649, having built new boats out of the wreckage. They founded Anadyrsk and were stranded there, until Stadukhin found them, coming from Kolyma by land.[31]

Named in honor: Cape Dezhnyov (the easternmost cape of Eurasia
).
Anadyr River
Dokuchaev
pedologist
 Dokuchaev led numerous expeditions to study the
Dokuchaevsk
.
Global soil regions
Global soil regions

E

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Etholén Arvid Adolf Etholén^
(1799–1876)
Russian Navy officer, colonial administrator 		Etolin sailed to
Russian America in 1840–45, and continued to explore Alaska and the Bering Sea.[32]

Named in honor: Etolin Island, Etolin Strait
.
Aleutian Islands
Aleutian Islands
Eversmann Eduard Eversmann!
(1794–1860)
naturalist 		In 1820 Eversmann traveled to
Eversmann's rustic
and other species.
Walls of Itchan Kala in Khiva
Walls of Itchan Kala in Khiva

F

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Fedchenko
Alexei Fedchenko
!
(1844–1873)
naturalist 		In 1868 Fedchenko traveled through
3195 Fedchenko
(asteroid).
Pamir Mountains
Pamir Mountains in Central Asia
Fersman
geochemist
 Fersman founded
Fersman crater (Moon
).
Khibiny Mountains
Khibiny Mountains
Ivan Fyodorov^
(?–1733)
Russian Navy officer 		Fyodorov, took part in the first
Fedot Popov and continued by Bering. Their expedition also discovered three previously unknown islands.[36]
Cape Prince of Wales area
Seward Peninsula on Alaska, where the Cape Prince of Wales is located
Furuhjelm
Russian America


(in photo with his wife Anna) 		In 1850 Furuhjelm became a commander of
Pacific, where he contributed significantly to the development and exploration of the whole region.[37]

Named in honor: Mount Furuhelm, Furugelm Island
.
Russian America

G

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Gagarin
cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union
 On
Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Gagarin Air Force Academy, Gagarin Cup; Cosmonautics Day aka Yuri's Night
is a yearly celebration of Gagarin's flight on 12 April.
Yakov Gakkel‡
(1901–1965)
oceanographer 		Gakkel was a director of the geography department of the
bathymetric map of the Arctic Ocean.[3]

Named in honor: Gakkel Ridge
.
Bathymetric map of the Arctic with Gakkel Ridge
on it
Matvei Gedenschtrom
‡
(1780–1845)
public servant, scientist 		Gedenschtrom was sent to serve in
Kolyma Rivers. He made numerous trips across Yakutia and the areas east of Lake Baikal.[2]
New Siberia
New Siberian Islands
Georgi Johann Gottlieb Georgi*
(1729–1802)
geographer, naturalist, ethnographer, physician, chemist 		Georgi accompanied both
indigenous peoples of Russia.[39]

Named in honor: Georgia
flower.
Listvyanka
Gmelin Johann Georg Gmelin*
(1709–1755)
naturalist, botanist, geographer 		In 1733–43 Gmelin participated in the Great Northern Expedition and made a number of journeys through Siberia, covering more than 34,000 km in total. He discovered that the Caspian Sea lies below sea level. He published two major works about his travels in Russia and the flora of Siberia, and described more than 500 previously unknown plants.[40]

Named in honor: Gmelina and Larix gmelinii plant genera.
Gmelina plant
Gmelina arborea
Golovnin Vasily Golovnin^
(1776–1831)
Russian admiral, circumnavigator 		Golovnin made two
Ferdinand Wrangel and other seafarers.[41]

Named in honor: Golovin, Alaska
.
Golovnin's circumnavigations
Golovnin's circumnavigations
Gromchevsky
Bronislav Gromchevsky
!
(1855–1926)
Russian Army officer 		Gromchevsky participated in the Russian conquest of
British India. He is regarded as the Russian counterpart to the British military-explorer Francis Younghusband. The two Great Game rivals famously met in 1889 when they were exploring the Hunza Valley. In 1900 Gromchevsky explored North Eastern China.[17][42]
Kashmir region
Kashmir region
Grigory Grum-Grshimailo Grigory Grum-Grshimailo!
(1860–1936)
zoologist, entomologist, ethnographer, geographer 		In 1884 Grum-Grshimailo started his first Pamir expedition on which he explored the
second lowest land point on Earth, at 130 m below sea level. He obtained two Przewalski's horses, over 1000 bird specimens and tens of thousands of insects during his 8600 km long travels. In 1903 he explored Mongolia and Tuva and later traveled in the Far East.[3][17]
Stele at the Ayding Lake
Stele at the Ayding Lake
geodesist
 Gvozdev took part in the 1st
Okhotsk Sea, and the eastern shore of Sakhalin.[43]
North Pacific

H

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Hagemeister Ludwig von Hagemeister^
(1780–1833)
Russian Navy captain, colonial administrator, circumnavigator 		After taking part in the
Menshikov Atoll (Kwajalein) in the Marshall Islands group.[44]

Named in honor: Hagemeister Island
.
Hagemeister's circumnavigations
Hagemeister's circumnavigations

I

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voevoda
 In 1642, on the basis of explorations made by
Anadyr Bay to Cape Dezhnyov. He is credited with the creation of the early map of Chukotka and the Bering Strait, which was the first to show on paper (schematically) the yet undiscovered Wrangel Island, both Diomede Islands and Alaska.[45][46]
Lena River and Lake Baikal
Gerasim Izmailov^
(c. 1745–after 1795)
Russian Navy officer 		In 1771 Izmailov was caught up in the
Saint Paul Island, Alaska.[47]
Aleutian Islands
Aleutian Islands

J

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Junker Wilhelm Junker†
(1840–1892)
physician, ethnographer 		Born into the rich family of a
St. Petersburg.[17]
Congo basin
Congo River basin

K

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Kalvitsa Otto Kalvitsa‡
(1888–1930)
aviator, polar explorer 		Finnish-born aviator who is one of the pioneers of the Soviet
Northeast passage. Kalvitsa also participated Georgy Ushakov's expedition to the Wrangel Island.[48]

Named in honor: Kalvitsa
.
Matochkin Strait
Location of the Matochkin Strait
Khabarov monument
Siberian Cossack
leader 		A manager for the merchants
Manchu Chinese and Koreans on his way. He charted the Amur in his Draft of the Amur river.[49]

Named in honor: Khabarovsk
.
Amur River
basin
Klenova Maria Klenova§
(1898–1976)
marine geologist 		Klenova was one of the founders of
Caspian and White Seas. She was one of the earliest women explorers of the Antarctic.[50]
Barents Sea
Barents Sea as seen from space
Kolchak
Russian admiral, hero of the Russo-Japanese War, World War I, Russian Civil War, one of the leaders of the White movement
 Kolchak joined the expedition of
Kolchak Island
.
Kolchak Island in the Kara Sea
Kolomeitsev Nikolai Kolomeitsev^
(1867–1944)
Russian admiral, hero of the Russo-Japanese War 		After several expeditions in the
Kolomeitsev Islands
.
Zarya ship
Polar ship Zarya
Konyukhov Fyodor Konyukhov§
(born 1951)
yacht captain, traveler, painter, writer, Orthodox priest 		Konyukhov made more than 40 unique trips and climbs expressing his vision of the world in more than 3000 paintings and 9 books. He set a record for crossing the
Yachtsmen pole). He set a record for the solo yacht circumnavigation of Antarctica in 2008 (102 days).[53][54]
The Seven Summits
The Seven Summits on an elevation world map
Nikolai Korzhenevskiy!
(1879–1958)
Russian Army officer, geographer, glaciologist 		In 1903–28 Korzhenevskiy organized 11 expeditions to explore the
Academy of Sciences of the USSR) and made a catalogue of all the glaciers in Central Asia, having discovered 70 of them himself.[3]
Peak Korzhenevskaya
Kotzebue Otto von Kotzebue^
(1787–1846)
Russian Navy captain, circumnavigator 		Kotzebue accompanied
Pacific, then moved towards Alaska and discovered and named Kotzebue Sound and Cape Krusenstern. Returning south he discovered the New Year Island. In 1823–26 he made another world cruise on the sloop "Enterprise" making more discoveries.[17]

Named in honor: Kotzebue Sound, Kotzebue, Alaska
.
Kotzebue's circumnavigations
Kotzebue's circumnavigations
Kozlov Pyotr Kozlov!
(1863–1935)
Russian Army officer 		Kozlov started traveling in
Noin-Ula.[55]
A silk painting from Khara-Khoto
A silk painting from Khara-Khoto
Krasheninnikov Stepan Krasheninnikov*
(1711–1755)
naturalist, geographer 		Krashennikov was a classmate of
Itelmen and Koryaks.[56]

Named in honor: Krascheninnikovia
and other species.
Volcano drawing by Krasheninnikov
Fire-breathing mountain on Kamchatka from Krasheninnikov's book
Pyotr Krenitsyn^
(1728–1770)
Russian Navy captain 		In 1766–70 Krenitsyn led the "secret" expedition to the
Kamchatka River. On the basis of his explorations the first general map of the Aleutian Islands was created.[2]

Named in honor: Krenitzin Islands
.
Alaska and the Aleutians
Alaska and the Aleutian Islands
Krikalev
Hero of Russia
 Krikalyov spent a record 803 days 9 hours and 39 minutes in
ISS on Soyuz TM-31 in 2000 and returned on STS-102 in 2001. Again he traveled to ISS and back on Soyuz TMA-6 in 2005.[57]
Mir space station
Mir space station.
Kropotkin
anarchist
revolutionary 		While serving in
Sungari River into central Manchuria, yielding valuable geographic results. In 1871 he explored the glacial deposits of Finland and Sweden. He published several important works on the geography of Asia.[58]

Named in honor: Kropotkin, Krasnodar Krai, Kropotkinskaya (Moscow Metro
).
Manchuria
Manchuria, 1892
Krusenstern
Russian admiral
, circumnavigator, geographer 		In 1803–06, under the patronage of
Russian Academy of Sciences for the work.[3]

Named in honor: Krusenstern Islands, Cape Krusenstern, Kruzenshtern (ship), Krusenstern (crater)
.
A coin dedicated to the First Russian Circumnavigation
A coin dedicated to the first Russian circumnavigation
Kuchin Alexander Kuchin‡
(1888–1913?)
Russian Navy captain, oceanographer 		Kuchin's life was bound with Norway: he started as a seaman on a Norwegian ship, created a Small Russian-Norwegian dictionary, studied
Kolosovykh Islands.[59]
Svalbard
Svalbard

L

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Langsdorf Georg von Langsdorff†
(1774–1852)
physician, naturalist, consul general of Russia in Rio de Janeiro 		Langsdorf participated as a naturalist and physician in the
Amazon Rainforest via a fluvial route, accompanied by an international team of scientists. In 1826–29 he led a 6000 km long expedition from Porto Feliz to the Amazon River and back emassing huge scientific collections now deposited in Kunstkamera.[60]
Minas Gerais province in Brazil
Minas Gerais province in Brazil
D.Laptev on a commemorative coin
Chelyuskin
, Kh.Laptev and D.Laptev on a commemorative coin) 		A cousin of Khariton Laptev, Dmitry Laptev led one of the parties of the
Bolshoy Anyuy River.[61]

Named in honor: Laptev Sea
.
Laptev Sea
Laptev Sea
Kh.Laptev on a commemorative coin
Chelyuskin
, Kh.Laptev and D.Laptev on a commemorative coin) 		A cousin of Dmitry Laptev, Khariton Laptev led one of the parties of the
Kamchatka Coast".[61]

Named in honor: Laptev Sea
.
Taimyr Peninsula
A.Laxman Adam Laxman^
(1766–1806?)
Russian Army officer, diplomat 		Son of
Kirill Laxman, Adam Laxman led a diplomatic mission to Japan in 1791–92, with the aim to return Daikokuya Kōdayū and another Japanese castaway in exchange for trade concessions from Tokugawa shogunate. He made valuable observations, but returned to Russia essentially empty-handed, though he possibly obtained the first official Japanese documents granting very limited permission to trade, to a nation other than China or the Netherlands.[62]
Map of Japan by Daikokuya Kōdayū
Map of Japan by Daikokuya Kōdayū in Japanese and Russian
Kirill Laxman
*
(1737–1796)
clergyman, naturalist 		Kirill Laxman became a priest first in
Russian America). Laxman was engaged in attempts to establish relationships between Russia and Japan. He brought Daikokuya Kōdayū, a Japanese castaway, to the court of empress Catherine the Great.[3]
Lazarev
V. Istomin
 Lazarev thrice circumnavigated the globe. He led the 1813–16
3660 Lazarev
(minor planet).
world cruise on Suvorov
Antarctica
Antarctica
Leonov
cosmonaut and Soviet Air Force general, twice a Hero of the Soviet Union
, painter, writer 		On March 18, 1965, connected to the spacecraft
space programs. He published several books and albums of paintings, some of which he created in space.[63]

Named in honor: a fictional spaceship in Arthur C. Clarke's book 2010: Odyssey Two
, which was dedicated to Leonov.
Mikhail Levashov^
(c. 1738–1774/76)
Russian Navy officer 		In 1766–70 Levashov was second-in-command in the "secret" expedition to the
Unalaska and many features of the Alaskan coast. Levashov also explored and described the Commander Islands. On the basis of their explorations the first general map of the Aleutian Islands was created.[64]
Kamchatka and the Commander Islands
Lisyansky Yuri Lisyansky^
(1773–1837)
Russian Navy officer, circumnavigator 		In 1803–06 Lisyansky, aboard the
Tlingit in the Battle of Sitka. Lisyansky was the first to describe the Hawaiian monk seal on the island which now bears his name. He met Krusenstern again in Macau, but they soon separated. Eventually, Lisyansky was the first to return to Kronstadt.[65]

Named in honor: Lisianski Island
.
Neva in Kodiak
Lisianski Island
Lisianski Island
Litke
Friedrich von Lütke
^
(1797–1882)
Russian admiral, circumnavigator 		Litke took part in
Icebreaker Feodor Litke
.
Cape Lutke
Fyodor Luzhin*
(?–1727)
cartographer, geodesist 		In 1719–1721, together with
East Siberia near Irkutsk. In 1725–27, Luzhin participated in the first Kamchatka Expedition led by Vitus Bering.[67]

Named in honor: Luzhin Strait
.
Kuril Islands
Kuril Islands
Ivan Lyakhov‡
(?–c. 1800)
merchant 		Lyakhov, a merchant, investigated the
dogsleds in 1770, 1773–74 and 1775. He hoped to find mammoth ivory there as he believed the islands were mainly formed by a substratum of bones and tusks of mammoths. He explored the follow-up Lyakhovsky Islands, crossed the Sannikov Strait and discovered Kotelny Island.[68]

Named in honor: Lyakhovsky Islands
.
New Siberia
New Siberian Islands
Vladimir Lysenko†
(born 1955)
traveler, scientist, circumnavigator 		Dr. Vladimir Lysenko had three globe circumnavigations: (1) in a car (1997–2002), crossed 62 countries; (2) on a bicycle, crossed 29 countries; (3) along the equator, from west to east, deviating no more than two degrees of latitude from the Equator – starting in Libreville (Gabon), Vladimir had successfully crossed (in a car, a motor boat, a yacht, a ship, a kayak, a bicycle, and by foot) Africa, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean, South America and Atlantic Ocean with finish in Libreville in 2012. He also completed project titled "From Earth's Bowels to Stratosphere". Vladimir rafted on rivers in 63 countries. He visited all 195 UN member and observer states.[69][70]
Lysenko's circumnavigations
Lysenko's circumnavigations

M

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Makarov
Russian Pacific Fleet
 Makarov built and captained the world's first
Icebreaker Admiral Makarov
.
Icebreaker Yermak
Malygin on a commemorative coin
D. Laptev
on a commemorative coin) 		Malygin was the first to write a manual on
Icebreaker Malygin (1912)
.
Malygin Strait
Matisen Fyodor Matisen‡
(1872–1921)
Russian Navy officer, hydrographer 		Matisen replaced
Lena River delta.[52]
Nordenskiöld Archipelago
Nordenskiöld Archipelago
Matyushkin Fyodor Matyushkin‡
(1799–1872)
Russian admiral, circumnavigator 		Matyushkin studied in
Kolyma River. In 1825–27, he joined Wrangel in his world cruise aboard Krotky.[2]
Kolyma nature
Kolyma region nature
Middendorf
hippologist
. agriculturalist 		In 1840 Middendorf took part in
North Cape sea current (a part of the Norwegian Current). In 1870 he also explored the Baraba steppe, and in 1878 he travelled in Fergana Valley.[73]

Named in honor: Middendorff Bay, Middendorff's grasshopper warbler
.
North Hemisphere
Miklouho-Maclay
ethnologist, anthropologist
, biologist 		Miklouho-Maclay visited north-eastern
N. N. Miklukho-Maklai Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology
.
Papuans
Milescu
Nicolae Milescu
*
(1636–1708)
writer, scientist, traveler, geographer, diplomat 		In 1671 Milescu went from
orographic scheme of East Siberia.[75]
Milescue's route to China
Milescue and his route from Moscow to China
Fyodor Minin‡
(c. 1709–after 1742)
Russian Navy officer 		In the 1730s, Minin participated in the
Taimyr Peninsula. He also mapped and described Dikson Island.[76]

Named in honor: Minina Skerries
.
Minina Skerries
Location of the Minina Skerries
Siberian Cossack
leader 		Moskvitin came with ataman Dmitry Kopylov from
Amur River. On their way back they discovered the Shantar Islands. Based on Moskvitin's account, Kurbat Ivanov draw the first Russian map of the Far East in 1642. Moskvitin, presumably a native of Moscow, personally brought the news of the discovery of the eastern ocean to his native city.[77]
Shantar Islands
Location of the Shantar Islands in the Sea of Okhotsk
Müller Gerhard Friedrich Müller*
(1705–1783)
historian, ethnologist 		Müller came to
Normanist theory, a controversial accentuation of the role of Scandinavians and Germans in the history of Russia.[78]
Kunstkamera
Kunstkamera, the first building of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Muravyov-Amursky Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky*
(1809–1881)
Russian Army general, statesman, diplomat 		In 1847 Muravyov became the governor general of
Primorsky and Khabarovsk Krais. For this achievement Muravyov was granted the title of Count Amursky. The Treaty of Aigun was confirmed and expanded the Convention of Peking of 1860, which granted Russia the right to the Ussuri krai and the south of Primorsky Krai. To defend the new lands Muravyov created the Amur Cossacks corps.[79][80]

Named in honor: Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula
.
Muravyov's boats off Aigun
Muravyov's first expedition off Aigun
Monument to Muravyov on 5000 ruble banknote
Monument in Khabarovsk (5000 ruble banknote)
Mushketov Ivan Mushketov!
(1850–1902)
geologist, geographer 		In 1873–79 Mushketov traveled extensively in
Circum-Baikal Railway.[81]
Central Asia
Central Asia

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Nagurski
First World War and Russian Civil War
 Nagurski was among the first pilots of the
Nagurskoye
airfield.
Nagurski's plane in the Arctic
Nagurski's plane in the Arctic off Novaya Zemlya
Nevelskoy Gennady Nevelskoy*
(1813–1876)
Russian admiral 		In 1848 Nevelskoy led the expedition in the
Mamiya Rinzo who explored the same area earlier, Nevelskoy's report was taken as the first proof that Sakhalin was indeed an island. In 1850 Nevelskoy founded Nikolayevsk-on-Amur, the first Russian settlement in the lower Amur region. He also founded several military posts on Sakhalin.[83]

Named in honor: Nevelskoy Strait, Nevelsk
.
Tatar Strait
Nikitin Afanasy Nikitin†
(?–1472)
merchant, writer 		In 1466, Nikitin left his hometown of
Feodosiya by crossing the Black Sea. Thus Nikitin became one of the first Europeans to travel to and to document his visit to India. He described his trip in a narrative known as A Journey Beyond the Three Seas, which is a valuable study of the 15th-century India, its social system, government, military (Nikitin witnessed war-games featuring war elephants), its economy, religion and lifestyles.[84]
Persia
India
India

O

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Obruchev Vladimir Obruchev*
(1863–1956)
geologist, geographer, science fiction author 		Having graduated from the
3128 Obruchev (asteroid), Obruchevsky District
.
Siberian craton
Siberian craton
Ovtsyn Dmitry Ovtsyn‡
(?–after 1757)
Russian Navy officer, hydrographer 		In 1737–38 Ovtsyn led one of the units of the
Gydan Peninsula and part of the Taymyr Peninsula. In 1741–42 Ovtsyn took part in Vitus Bering's voyage to the shores of North America.[86]
Gydan Peninsula

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Pakhtusov Pyotr Pakhtusov‡
(1800–1835)
Russian Navy officer, hydrographer

(a monument in Kronstadt) 		A participant of the earlier explorations by
Fyodor Litke, Pakhtusov led two expeditions to Novaya Zemlya in 1832 and 1835. He twice wintered on the islands and took detailed meteorological observations. Together with fellow explorer and cartographer Avgust Tsivolko, Pakhtusov made the first reliable maps of Novaya Zemlya's southern shores.[87]
Novaya Zemlya
Novaya Zemlya
Pallas Peter Simon Pallas~
(1741–1811)
naturalist, zoologist, botanist, geographer 		Born in
21087 Petsimpallas, Pallas's cat, Pallas's squirrel, Pallas's gull
and other species.
Krasnojarsk meteorite
Krasnojarsk, the first known pallasite meteorite
Pallas's cat
Pallas's cat
Ivan Papanin‡
(1894–1986)
Soviet admiral, scientist, twice a Hero of the Soviet Union 		In 1931 Papanin took part in the expedition on
icebreaker Sedov.[89]
Siberian Cossack
leader 		In 1618–19 Perfilyev became a co-founder of
Transbaikalia.[90][91]
Yenisey basin
Yenisey basin
Yakov Permyakov‡
(?–1712)
Siberian Cossack, seafarer, merchant 		In 1710, while sailing from the Lena River to the
Bolshoy Lyakhovsky island, the southernmost of the New Siberian Islands, thus initiating the exploration of the archipelago. On their way back Permyakov and Vagin were murdered by mutineering expedition members.[92]
Medvyezhi Islands
Ivan Petlin!
(?–after 1619)
Siberian Cossack, diplomat 		Petlin was the first Russian to reach China on an official diplomatic mission in 1618–19. His expedition may have been the second European expedition to reach China from the west by an overland route (after that of
Altan Khan of the Khotgoid. Then they passed through Mongolia to the Great Wall of China and Beijing. He was not allowed to see the Wanli Emperor because of not bringing proper tribute. He brought back a letter in Chinese inviting Russians to open trade, but no one in Russia was able to read it until 1675. An account of Petlin's expedition was translated into English and published in Samuel Purchas's Pilgrims in 1625, and then translated into other European languages.[93][49]
Russia-China relations
Polyakov
Hero of Russia
 Polyakov holds the world record for the longest continuous spaceflight in history, 437 days 18 hours (more than 14 months), which he spent aboard Soyuz TM-18, Mir space station and Soyuz TM-20 in 1994–95. With his earlier expedition to Mir on Soyuz TM-6 and back on Soyuz TM-7 in 1988–89, his combined space experience is more than 22 months.[94]
Mir space station with Soyuz TM-20
Mir SS with Soyuz TM-20 at the top
Popov
Fedot Popov
^
(?–1648/54)
merchant 		An agent of
Kamchatka.[31]
Route of Popov and Dezhnyov on the 1773 map
1773 map of Chukchi Peninsula, showing the 1648 route of Popov and Dezhnyov
Posyet Konstantin Posyet^
(1819–1899)
Russian admiral, military writer, statesman, diplomat 		In 1852–54, Posyet journeyed on the frigate Pallada to Japan under the command of admirals
Possiet Bay, Posyet
port.
Possiet Bay
Potanin Grigory Potanin!
(1835–1920)
geographer, ethnographer, botanist 		Potanin traveled extensively through
9915 Potanin
(asteroid).
Tibetan Plateau
Tibetan Plateau
Poyarkov Vassili Poyarkov*
(?–after 1668)
Siberian Cossack ataman 		In 1643, Poyarkov was sent with 133 men from
Ulia River and spent the next winter in the huts that had been built by explorer Ivan Moskvitin six years earlier. In 1646 they returned to Yakutsk.[97]
Amur River
basin
Gavriil Pribylov^
(?–1796)
navigator 		Pribylov, commanding the ship St. George, led an expedition funded jointly by
St. Paul Island to the north of St. George.[98]

Named in honor: Pribilof Islands
.
Pribilof Islands
Pribilof Islands
Pronchishchev
forensic
facial reconstruction) 		In 1735–36 Pronchishchev led one of the units of the
Olenek River[24]
Komsomolskaya Pravda Islands
Location of the Komsomolskaya Pravda Islands
Pronchischeva Maria Pronchishcheva‡
(1710–1736)
first female Arctic explorer

(forensic facial reconstruction) 		Maria Pronchishcheva (or Tatiana according to some sources) accompanied her husband Vasili Pronchishchev in 1735–36, during the Great Northern Expedition, when they explored the coastline west of the mouth of the Lena River, making many discoveries. She is considered to be the first known female explorer of the Arctic. Maria died from illness on the way back, only 14 days after the death of her husband Vasili.[24]

Named in honor: Maria Pronchishcheva Bay
Maria Pronchishcheva Bay
Location of Maria Pronchishcheva Bay
Przhevalsky
Nikolai Przhevalsky
!
(1839–1888)
Russian Army general, geographer, naturalist 		In 1867–69 Przhevalsky led an expedition to the basin of the
Przhevalsk (Kyrgyzstan), Przhevalskoye
.
St. Petersburg
Putyatin
Yevfimy Putyatin
^
(1803–1883)
Russian admiral, diplomat 		In 1822–25 Putyatin sailed with
Suvorov. Later he led diplomatic missions to Iran and the Caucasus. Together with Admiral Ivan Unkovsky he led a scientific round-the-world expedition on the frigate Pallada to Japan in 1852–55. This expedition contributed many important discoveries in oceanography. One of the results achieved was the Treaty of Shimoda with Japan. In 1857–58 Putyatin twice traveled to both Japan and China and explored Peter the Great Gulf, Russky Island, the Eastern Bosphorus and other features of the Russian shores of the Sea of Japan.[2][100]
Peter the Great Gulf
Peter the Great Gulf
Demid Pyanda*
(?–after 1637)
Siberian Cossack ataman 		Coming from
Upper Tunguska (Verkhnyaya Tunguska, as known by Russians) are one and the same river.[101]
Siberian river routes

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Remezov Semyon Remezov*
(c. 1642–after 1720)
cartographer, geographer, historian

(a monument in the Tobolsk Kremlin) 		In 1683–1710 Remezov described and mapped the Tobolsk region, where he was born. He wrote the
Siberian Chronicles. In 1699–1701 he created the Chart book of Siberia, the first large format cartographic atlas of Siberia. In total, he made more than 200 charts and maps of eastern Russian regions.[102]
Remezov Chronicle
Rezanov Nikolai Rezanov^
(1764–1807)
statesman, diplomat 		Rezanov was one of the founders of the
Andrey Voznesensky
.
Russian trading post in Sitka, Alaska
A replica of Russian trading post in Sitka, Alaska
Rimsky-Korsakov Voin Rimsky-Korsakov*
(1822–1871)
Russian Navy officer, hydroghafer and geographer 		An elder brother of
Kamchatka and the Kuril Islands.[104]

Named in honor: Rimsky-Korsakov Archipelago
.
Rimsky-Korsakov Archipelago
Rimsky-Korsakov Archipelago
Roerich Nicholas Roerich!
(1874–1947)
painter, philosopher, archeologist, writer, public figure, traveler 		Roerich emigrated to the U. S. after the
4426 Roerich
.
Roerichs in the Altai Mountains
Institute of Himalayan studies founded by the Roerichs
Institute of Himalayan studies "Urusvati", founded by the Roerichs
Alexander Nevsky
Rurikid)
(1220–1263)
Grand Prince of Novgorod and Vladimir, national hero and patron saint
of Russia 		Prince Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky traveled to the
Alexander Nevsky Cathedrals
, churches, monasteries.
Rusanov Vladimir Rusanov‡
(1875–1913?)
geologist 		In 1909–11 Rusanov carried out explorations in the
Kolosovykh Islands. Soviet coal mining on Svalbard began in 1932.[108][109]

Rusanov and his expedition are among the prototypes for the novel The Two Captains by Veniamin Kaverin
, where the search proceedings for fictional captain Tatarinov resemble the search for Rusanov.
Hercules ship
Hercules schooner

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Sagalevich Anatoly Sagalevich‡
(born 1938)
oceanographer, submersible pilot, Hero of Russia

(right in photo with Vladimir Putin) 		From 1979 Sagalevich has been the head of the Deepwater Submersibles Laboratory at the
Japanese submarine I-52. Sagalevich holds the world record for the deepest fresh water dive at 1637 m in Lake Baikal aboard a Pisces in 1990. On August 2, 2007, he was the pilot of the MIR-1 DSV that reached the seabed at the North Pole during the Arktika 2007 expedition.[110]
MIR submersible
Samoylovich Rudolf Samoylovich‡
(1881–1940?)
geographer 		In 1912 Samoylovich took part in
Sadko (1936 and 1937–38).[111]
Yakov Sannikov‡
(1780–after 1812)
merchant 		Exploring the
Matvei Gedenschtrom. He discovered Bunge Land and suggested that there was a vast land north of Kotelny Island, thus introducing a theory about the existence of the legendary Sannikov Land.[112]

Named in honor: Sannikov Land, Sannikov Strait
.
De Long Islands and the deemed Sannikov Land location
De Long Islands, beyond which the Sannikov Land was deemed to exist
Sarychev
Gavriil Sarychev
^
(1763–1831)
Russian admiral, cartographer 		In 1785–94 Sarychev took part in the expedition sponsored by
King Island. He was in charge of hydrographic research in Russia from 1808 and led the compilation of the Atlas of the Northern Part of the Pacific Ocean in 1826.[113]

Named in honor: Sarychev Peak, Cape Sarichef Airport, Sarichef Island
.
Unalaska
Savitskaya Svetlana Savitskaya
(born 1948)
female cosmonaut, aviator, twice a Hero of the Soviet Union, politician

(Savitskaya with her 1982 crew fellows Popov and Serebrov) 		Savitskaya was the second woman in space (after
extra-vehicular activity. She achieved this during the two successful expeditions to the Salyut 7 space station in 1982 and 1984, making her spacewalk on July 25, 1984.[114]
VDNKh
, Moscow
Schantz Johan Eberhard von Schantz†
(1802–1880)
admiral, ship designer, explorer 		Finnish-born admiral of the
Russian Imperial Navy who circumnavigated the globe as the commander of the Imperial Navy ship America in 1834–1836. He rediscovered the Wotho Atoll, originally discovered by the Spanish expedition of Ruy López de Villalobos in the 1540s.[115]

Named in honor: Schantz Islands (now Wotho Atoll
).
Wotho
Wotho Atoll
Otto Schmidt‡
(1891–1956)
mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist, statesman, Hero of the Soviet Union 		In 1932–39 Schmidt was the head of the
2108 Otto Schmidt
(minor planet).
Northern Sea Route
Northern Sea Route
Schrenck Leopold von Schrenck*
(1826–1894)
zoologist, geographer, ethnographer 		Schrenck explored the fauna of the
Manchurian black water snake
.
Manchurian black water snake
Sedov Georgy Sedov‡
(1877–1914)
Russian Navy captain 		In 1909 Sedov led the expedition that described the mouth of the
Icebreaker Sedov, Sedov (sailing ship). He and his last expedition are among the prototypes for the novel The Two Captains by Veniamin Kaverin
, where the fictional captain Tatarinov has Sedov-like appearance and shares his passion for Arctic exploration.
Sedov amid the crew of St. Foka
Sedov amid the crew of St. Foka
Franz Josef Land
Franz Josef Land
Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky!
(1827–1914)
geographer, statistician, entomologist 		In 1856–57 Semyonov passed through the
Nikolai Przhevalsky and Pyotr Kozlov.[3][80][117]
Tian Shan
Tian Shan and the Silk Road
Khan Tengri
Khan Tengri
Senkevich Yuri Senkevich†
(1937–2003)
physician, scientist, traveler, TV anchorman 		Senkevich participated in the
Guinness Book of Records. He visited more than 200 countries as a journalist and TV anchorman.[118]
Ra II boat
Ra II boat in the Thor Heyerdahl Kon-Tiki Museum
Severtzov Nikolai Severtzov!
(1827–1885)
naturalist 		In 1857–58, on an expedition to
Pamir Highway as far as Lake Yashil Kul on the Ghunt River. Severtzov wrote a major study of Turkestan zoology called Vertical and horizontal distribution of Turkestan wildlife (1873), which included the first description of a number of animals.[80]
Argali
Argali
Shelikhov Grigory Shelikhov^
(1747–1795)
seafarer, merchant 		Shelikhov organized commercial trips of merchant ships to the
Shelikhov Strait, Shelekhov
.
Shelikhov's settlement on Kodiak
The settlement of Shelikhov on Kodiak
Shirshov
hydrobiologist
, statesman, Hero of the Soviet Union 		Shirshov participated in numerous Arctic expeditions, including the ones on the icebreaker
Institute of Oceanology of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. He wrote numerous works about plankton in the polar regions and proved that there is life in the high latitudes of the Arctic Ocean.[3]

Named in honor: Shirshov Institute of Oceanology
Arctic Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Shishmaryov Gleb Shishmaryov^
(1781–1835)
Russian Navy officer, circumnavigator 		In 1815–18 Shishmaryov accompanied
Icy Cape and later from Norton Sound to Cape Newenham. St. Lawrence Island was mapped on the return voyage.[2]

Named in honor: Shishmaref, Alaska, Shishmaref Inlet
.
St. Lawrence Island
St. Lawrence Island near Alaska
Shkot Nikolay Shkot*
(1829–1870)
Russian Navy officer 		After being wounded in the
Shkotovka River
.
Vladivostok and Nakhodka location
Vladivostok and Nakhodka in the Russian Far East
Shokalsky Yuly Shokalsky~
(1856–1940)
Russian Navy officer, oceanographer, meteorologist, cartographer, geographer 		In 1897–1901 Shokalsky researched
Shokalskogo Island
.
A map of Russia by Shokalsky
A map of the Russian Empire by Shokalsky
Solovyev Anatoly Solovyev
(born 1948)
cosmonaut, aviator, Hero of the Soviet Union 		Solovyev holds the
spacewalks (16), and accumulated time spent spacewalking (over 82 hours), which he performed during his five spaceflights. In 1988 he traveled on Soyuz TM-5 to the Mir space station and back on Soyuz TM-4. In 1990 he again traveled to Mir and back on Soyuz TM-9, and in 1990 made a similar journey on Soyuz TM-15. In 1995 he got to Mir on Space Shuttle STS-71 and went back on Soyuz TM-21, and in 1997–98 again traveled to Mir and back on Soyuz TM-26.[122][123]
spacewalk
Somov Mikhail Somov§
(1908–1973)
geographer, oceanologist, Hero of the Soviet Union 		In 1950–51, Somov headed the second
3334 Somov
(minor planet).
Vostok Station
Vostok Station in Antarctica
Siberian Cossack
leader 		In 1643, accompanied by
Kamchatka.[31]
Kolyma River
Georg Wilhelm Steller^
(1709–1746)
botanist, zoologist, physician 		In 1734 Steller moved from
Steller sea cow
.
Steller's jay
Steller's jay
Steller's sea cow
Extinct Steller's sea cow drawn by Steller

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Tereshkova Valentina Tereshkova$
(born 1937)
cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union, major general, politician 		Aboard
Tereshkova crater (Moon). 1671 Chaika (minor planet, after Tereshkova's call sign
).
Vostok 6 and Tereshkova
Vostok 6 and Tereshkova
Tillo Aleksey Tillo~
(1839–1900)
geographer, cartographer, land surveyor, lieutenant general of the Russian Army 		Tillo created the first correct
Sea of Aral.[127]

Named in honor: Tillo Islands
.
Central Russian Upland
Central Russian Upland location
Titov Gherman Titov$
(1935–2000)
cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union 		Aboard
space photography. A month short of 26 years old at launch, until this day he remains the youngest person to fly in space.[128]

Named in honor: Titov (crater)
(Moon).
Toll
Eduard Toll
‡
(1858–1902)
zoologist, paleontologist, geologist 		In 1885–86, Baron Toll took part in an expedition to the
Aleksandr Kolchak brought out the diaries and the collections of Toll's party.[52]
Yakutia
Yevgeny Tolstikov§
(1913–1987)
geographer, Hero of the Soviet Union 		In 1954 Tolstikov was the head of the
3357 Tolstikov
(minor planet).
Pole of Inaccessibility Antarctic station
F.Tolstoy
Fyodor Ivanovich Tolstoy
^
(1782–1846)
nobleman, adventurer 		A count from the
Aleksandr Pushkin
.
An orangutan
An orangutan
Tryoshnikov Alexey Tryoshnikov§
(1914–1991)
geographer, oceanologist 		Tryoshnikov participated in the 1948 Soviet expedition to the North Pole. In 1954–55, he headed the
3339 Treshnikov
(minor planet).
Antarctica
Antarctica
Tsivolko Avgust Tsivolko‡
(1810–1839)
Russian Navy officer, hydrographer 		In 1832–34 Tsivolko made the first reliable maps of
Karl Baer's expedition to Novaya Zemlya. In 1838 he died from scurvy while mapping the northern and northeastern shores of Novaya Zemlya.[132]
Matochkin Strait
Matochkin Strait in Novaya Zemlya
Tsybikov Gombojab Tsybikov!
(1873–1930)
anthropologist, ethnographer, statesmen 		A native
Tibetan included.[133]
Potala Palace, Tibet
Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet

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Unkovsky Ivan Unkovsky^
(1822–1886)
Russian admiral 		Unkovsky led an expedition on the frigate Pallada, together with Admiral
Yevfimy Putyatin, through the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans to Japan in 1852–55. This expedition contributed many important discoveries in oceanography. Described in the book by Ivan Goncharov, who also sailed on the Pallada, it was a dangerous voyage since it coincided in time with the Crimean War between Russia and the Franco-British alliance. One of the results achieved was the Treaty of Shimoda with Japan.[134]
Frigate Pallada
Frigate Pallada
Nikolay Urvantsev‡
(1893–1985)
geologist 		Urvantsev was among the discoverers of a coal basin and a copper-nickel ore region in
oil exploration expedition.[3][11]
Severnaya Zemlya
Severnaya Zemlya
Ushakov Georgy Ushakov‡
(1901–1963)
geographer 		In 1926 Ushakov founded the first Soviet settlement on
Russian Arctic outside any archipelago. Ushakov died in Moscow, but was buried in Severnaya Zemlya.[135]
Ushakov Island
Ushakov Island location
Tatyana Ustinova*
(1913–2009)
geologist 		In 1940 Ustinova came to
Kamchatka. In 1941, with the help of the local guide Anysyfor Krupenin, she discovered the Valley of Geysers, the second largest concentration of geysers in the world. She researched the geysers until 1946 and gave names to the most notable of them. She requested in a testament that her ashes were to be buried in the Valley of Geysers.[136]
Kamchatka

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Siberian Cossack
, seafarer, merchant 		In 1712, Vagin and his companion
Maly Lyakhovsky island from there. Thus they initiated the exploration of the large New Siberian archipelago. On the way back they were murdered by mutineering expedition members.[137]
New Siberia
New Siberian Islands location
Vavilov Nikolai Vavilov†
(1887–1943)
botanist and geneticist 		In 1924–35 Vavilov was the director of the
Vavilov crater (Moon) (named also after Vavilov's brother, physicist Sergey Vavilov
).
Vavilov Centers
: the origin of cultivated plants
Vilkitsky Boris Vilkitsky‡
(1885–1961)
Russian Navy captain, hydrographer 		In 1913–15 Vilkitsky led the
Zhokhova Island and described the southern coast of Severnaya Zemlya.[139]

Named in honor: Vilkitsky Strait, Vilkitsky Island (Kara Sea), Vilkitsky Island (East Siberian Sea)
Severnaya Zemlya
Severnaya Zemlya
Vize
Vladimir Vize
‡
(1886–1954)
oceanographer 		In 1912–14 Vize took part in
Vize Island
Vize Island in the Kara Sea
Voronin Vladimir Voronin‡
(1890–1952)
Soviet Navy captain 		In 1932 Voronin commanded the expedition of the icebreaker
Chelyuskin steamship with the scientific expedition of Otto Schmidt aboard. The ship became ice-bound in the Chukchi Sea, but almost all the crew was rescued by planes from their camp on the ice.[140]

Named in honor: Voronina Island
.
Sibiryakov

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Wrangel Ferdinand von Wrangel‡
(1797–1870)
Russian admiral, colonial administrator 		Ferdinand Wrangel took part in
Russian Geographic Society.[141]

Named in honor: Wrangel Island (Chukchi Sea), Wrangell Island in Alexander Archipelago; Wrangell, Alaska; Wrangell Narrows Cape Wrangell, Mount Wrangell
.
Medvyezhi Islands location
Wrangel Island
Wrangel Island in the Arctic

Y

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Yadrintsev
turkologist
 In 1889 Yadrintsev located the remains of the medieval city Hara-Balgas and
Türks on two petroglyphic monuments with runiform writing, later decoded by the Danish scientist Vilhelm Thomsen. In 1891 Yadrintsev together with Vasily Radlov found more monuments of Türkic runiform writing.[142]
A stone turtle in Karakorum
A stone turtle in Karakorum, Mongolia
Yermak Yermak Timofeyevich*
(1532/42–1585)
Cossack ataman, folk hero 		Around 1577, the merchants
Icebreaker Yermak, Yermak Stone
.
Ob'-Irtysh
basin

Z

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Zagoskin Lavrenty Zagoskin^
(1808–1890)
Russian Navy officer, naturalist 		Commissioned by the
Russian America Company, in 1842–44 Zagoskin traveled extensively in Alaska, covering more than 3300 miles. He explored and mapped the Yukon, Kuskokwim, Innoko and Koyukuk Rivers, and researched the native peoples and nature of the region. He published the first detailed description of the inner areas of Alaska.[144]
Yukon basin
Yukon River basin
Zavoyko Vasily Zavoyko*
(1809–1898)
Russian admiral 		In 1835–38 Zavoyko twice circumnavigated the globe. After 1840, during his service for the Russian-American Company in the
Russian Pacific Fleet from Petropavlovsk to Nikolayevsk-on-Amur.[145]
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky

See also

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