Mikhail Lazarev
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Education and early career
Lazarev was born in
Career as an explorer
Lazarev first circumnavigated the globe in 1813–1816, aboard the vessel Suvorov; the expedition began at Kronstadt and reached Alaska. During this voyage, Lazarev discovered the Suvorov Atoll.
As a commander of the ship Mirny and Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen's deputy on his world cruise in 1819–1821 (Bellingshausen commanded Vostok), Lazarev took part in the discovery of Antarctica and numerous islands. On 28 January 1820 the expedition discovered the Antarctic mainland, approaching the Antarctic coast at the coordinates 69°21′28″S 2°14′50″W / 69.35778°S 2.24722°W and seeing ice-fields there.
In 1822–1825, Lazarev circumnavigated the globe for the third time on his frigate Kreyser, conducting broad research in the fields of meteorology and ethnography.
Wartime commands
In 1826, Lazarev became commander of the ship
In 1828–1829, he was in charge of the
Influence and legacy
Admiral Lazarev exercised great influence both in technical matters and as a mentor to younger officers. He advocated the building of a steam-powered fleet, but Russia's technical and economic backwardness hindered his plans. He tutored a number of Russian fleet commanders, including Pavel Nakhimov (1802-1855), Vladimir Alexeyevich Kornilov (1806-1854), Vladimir Istomin (1810-1855), and Grigory Butakov (1820-1882).
An
Russian and Soviet navies had ships named after the admiral:
- Admiral Lazarev, a monitor of the Imperial Russian Navy built in 1867 and lead ship of her class
- A light cruiser ordered for the Imperial Russian Navy in 1914, completed and renamed Krasnyi Kavkaz after the Russian Revolution of 1917
- Admiral Lazarev, a Sverdlov-class cruiser built in the early 1950s
- The Kirov-class battlecruiser Frunze, renamed Admiral Lazarev after the 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union
Lazarev is buried with his disciples Nakhimov, Kornilov and Istomin in the
Honours and awards
- Order of St. George, IV class
- Order of St. Vladimir, 1st class
- Order of St. Alexander Nevsky
- Order of White Eagle
- Companion of the Order of the Bath (United Kingdom)[5]
- Military Order of St. Louis (France)
References and notes
- ^ Yastremsky 2023.
- ^ V.V. Rummel, V.V. Golubtsov, Rodoslovnyi sbornik russkikh dvorianskikh familii, vol. 1, Sankt Petersburg, 1886, p. 504. The Russian noble family Lazarevs shall not be confused with the Armenian family Lazariants who russified their surname from Lazariants into Lazarevs.
- ISBN 9781472822277.
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Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (5th ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. p. 308. ISBN 3-540-00238-3.
- ^ "The Most Honourable Order of the Bath". Tallinn Museum. 4 April 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
- Yastremsky, A. M. (2023). "ЛАЗАРЕВ МИХАИЛ ПЕТРОВИЧ". Great Russian Encyclopedia. Electronic version. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
External links
Media related to Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev at Wikimedia Commons
- A map of his Antarctic expedition (in Russian), attention – all dates there are Julian
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