Ivan Yurievich Moskvitin
Ivan Jurjewitsch Moskwitin ( Russian Иван Юрьевич Москвитин ; † after 1647 ) was a Russian explorer and researcher of the 17th century .
Life
Moskwitin probably came from Moscow . He discovered the Sea of Okhotsk , the Shantar Islands and the Sakhalin Gulf and was the first Russian to reach the Pacific . From 1639 to 1641, he explored the Russian coast after sailing down the Ulja River. The winter settlement built in this way was the nucleus of today's Okhotsk .
In the Antarctic, the Nunataki Moskvitina are named after him.
Web link
- Ivan Moskvitin ( Memento of 22 December 2012 at the Web archive archive.today ) on slovari.yandex.ru (Russian)
Individual evidence
- ^ George V, and Richard A. Pierce Lantzeff: Eastward to Empire: Exploration and Conquest on the Russian Open Frontier, to 1750 . McGill-Queen's UP, Montreal eduacadtion 1973.
- ↑ Description of the Sea of Okhotsk. Retrieved February 2, 2012 .
- ↑ Book on Moskvitin's Journey (Google Books). Retrieved February 2, 2012 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Moskwitin, Ivan Jurjewitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Москвитин, Иван Юрьевич (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian explorer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 16th century or 17th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1647 |