Yuri Fyodorowitsch Lisyansky
Yuri Lisyansky ( Russian Юрий Фёдорович Лисянский ., Scientific transliteration Jurij Fedorovic Lisjanskij ; born August 2, jul. / 13 August 1773 greg. In Nizhyn ; † February 22 jul. / 6. March 1837 greg. In Saint Petersburg ) was a Russian naval officer and explorer of Ukrainian descent.
Life
Lisjanski was born in Nizhyn ( Ukraine ) as the son of an Orthodox priest and comes from an old family of the Zaporozhian Cossacks . Lisjanski served in the Russian fleet after finishing naval school in 1786 and took part in the Russo-Swedish War from 1788 to 1790 . During his internship in the British fleet from 1793 to 1799, he took part in their combat operations in North America , South Africa and India . After his return home, in 1803 he translated the English-language book on sailing ship tactics by John Clerk Maxwell (“An essay on naval tactics ...”) into Russian. As commander of the Neva under Krusenstern , he took part in the first Russian circumnavigation of the world from 1803 to 1806. On this trip, Lissjanski documented numerous nautical , marine and ethnographic observations. After the world tour he served in the Baltic Fleet and resigned from service in 1809 in the rank of Captain I.
The Hawaiian island Lisianski he discovered was named after Lissjanski .
Web links
- Article Yuri Fjodorowitsch Lissjanski in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
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SURNAME | Lisyansky, Yuri Fyodorowitsch |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Лисянский, Юрий Фёдорович (Russian); Jurij Fëdorovič Lisjanskij |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian naval officer and explorer |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 13, 1773 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Nischyn |
DATE OF DEATH | March 6, 1837 |
Place of death | St. Petersburg |