Nikifor Begichev
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Nikifor Alekseevich Begichev (Bigichev) (Russian: Никифор Алексеевич Бегичев (Бигичев); February 7 (N.S. February 19), 1874 – May 18, 1927) was a Soviet seaman and polar explorer. He was twice awarded gold medals by the Russian Academy of Sciences
Biography
Begichev was born in
Volga River fishers. In 1895, he was called up to the service in the Russian Navy and traveled three times as a sailor and a boatswain to the Antilles
islands.
He was a participant in Baron
Aleksandr Kolchak
, a future admiral. Walking by the sea ice, Kolchak fell in the split. When Begichev pulled him from the water, the lieutenant showed no signs of life. Begichev took off his dry clothes and dressed Kolchak with them. Then, to re-animate him, Begichev fired his pipe and put it in Kolchak's mouth. Kolchak opened his eyes.
Later, Begichev took part in the Russo-Japanese War.
In 1922, at the request of the government of
Maliy Begichev Island
.
Nikifor Begichev died during wintering at the mouth of the
Pyasina River. In 1964, a monument to Begichev was erected in the settlement of Dikson
.
Notes
- ^ William Barr, The Last Journey of Peter Tessem and Paul Knutsen, 1919
References
- William Barr, Baron Eduard von Toll's Last Expedition: The Russian Polar Expedition, 1900–1903
- N. Bolotnikov. Nikifor Begichev, Moscow-Leningrad 1949
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