Stepan Malygin
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Stepan Gavrilovich Malygin (
Malygin Strait is named after him.[2]
Malygin studied at the Moscow School of Mathematics and Navigation from 1711 to 1717. After his graduation, Malygin began his career as a naval cadet and was then promoted to the rank of lieutenant four years later. He served in the Baltic Fleet until 1735.[3]
Malygin wrote the first Russian manual on navigation, titled Сокращённая навигация по карте де-Редукцион (1733).Pechora and Ob Rivers.[3]
Between 1741 and 1748, Malygin was placed in charge of preparing navigators for the
References
- ^ "Малыгин, Степан Григорьевич" [Malygin, Stepan Grigorievich]. Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). Vol. XVIIIa. 1896. p. 492.
- ^ a b Рульков, Д.И. (1973). Навигация и лоция (in Russian). Moscow: Издательство «Транспорт».
- ^ a b c d "Малыгин Степан Гаврилович" [Malygin, Stepan Grigorievich]. Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian). Vol. 15 (3rd ed.).