Paul Theodor von Krusenstern
Paul Theodor von Krusenstern , Russian Павел Иванович Крузенштерн (Pawel Iwanowitsch Krusenstern), (born January 24, 1809 in Reval ; † December 8, 1881 in Ass Castle , near Gilsenhof , Estonia ) was a Russian ( Baltic ) polar explorer.
Life
He was the son of Admiral Adam Johann von Krusenstern and Juliane Taube von der Issen. Krusenstern went to the Lyceum in Tsarskoje Selo from 1823 to 1826 and, as a Junker of the Guard Equipage, took part in a circumnavigation of the world on the schooner Senjavin under Admiral Friedrich Benjamin von Lütke from 1826 to 1829 , on which he was promoted to midshipman in 1827 . Further voyages for astronomical and geodetic measurements followed from 1831 to 1835 . 1835 to 1839 he was adjutant to the war governor of Reval Login Petrovich Heiden . In 1842 he was promoted to lieutenant captain and in 1843 led a research trip to Pechora Land (bordering the Barents Sea near Novaya Zemlya ), in which Count Alexander Keyserling also took part. In 1849/50 he undertook a research trip on his own schooner to the Arctic Ocean to the island of Novaya Zemlya and in 1853 he undertook another research trip to the Pechora area to explore raft connections to the Arctic Ocean on the river. In 1853 he became a captain. In 1861/62 he explored the Carian Sea with his schooner Ermak . In 1864 he became a rear admiral and in 1869 he retired as a vice admiral. From 1874 to 1876 he undertook another research trip to the Pechora area and the Northern Urals.
In 1844 he received the Order of Vladimir 4th class and in 1853 the Order of Anna 2nd class. In 1847 he received the Demidow Prize . He was a member of the Russian Geographical Society .
Krusenstern married August von Kotzebue's daughter Wilhelmine (died 1851) in 1832 and, in 1853, Pauline Countess von Zeppelin-Aschhausen. A daughter, Wilhelmine, married the architect Rudolf Otto von Knüpffer (1831–1900) in 1862 .
Fonts
- with Count Keyserling: Scientific observations on a trip to the Pechora country in 1843 , St. Petersburg 1846
- Maps of the rivers Pechora, Isma, Ilych, Wytschegda, the northern and southern Myleva , 1846
- Journey to the Northern Urals 1874–76
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Paul Theodor von Krusenstern. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Krusenstern, Paul Theodor von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Крузенштерн, Павел Иванович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian polar explorer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 24, 1809 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Reval |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 8, 1881 |
| Place of death | Ass Castle, near Gilsenhof , Estonia |