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Adam Johann von Krusenstern
Adam Johann Ritter von Krusenstern, was an admiral and explorer, who led the first Russian circumnavigation of the globe.
Adam Johann Ritter von Krusenstern, was an admiral and explorer, who led the first Russian circumnavigation of the globe.
Adam Laxman
Adam Kirillovich (Erikovich) Laxman (Адам Кириллович (Эрикович) Лаксман) (1766 - 1806?) Finland-Swedish military officer and one of the first Russian subjects to set foot in Japan.
Adam Kirillovich (Erikovich) Laxman (Адам Кириллович (Эрикович) Лаксман) (1766 - 1806?) Finland-Swedish military officer and one of the first Russian subjects to set foot in Japan.
Adolf Etolin
Adolf Karlovich Etolin, lso Arvid Adolf Etholén, (January 9, 1799 - March 29, 1876) was a naval officer, explorer and administrator who was employed by the Russian-American Company.
Adolf Karlovich Etolin, lso Arvid Adolf Etholén, (January 9, 1799 - March 29, 1876) was a naval officer, explorer and administrator who was employed by the Russian-American Company.
Afanasy Nikitin
Afanasy Nikitin (Афана́сий Ники́тин in Russian) (died 1472) was a Russian merchant and one of the first Europeans (after Niccolò de' Conti) to travel to and document his visit to India.
Afanasy Nikitin (Афана́сий Ники́тин in Russian) (died 1472) was a Russian merchant and one of the first Europeans (after Niccolò de' Conti) to travel to and document his visit to India.
Aleksander Czekanowski
Aleksander Czekanowski (1833–1876) was a Polish geologist and explorer of Siberia.
Aleksander Czekanowski (1833–1876) was a Polish geologist and explorer of Siberia.
Aleksandr Dralkin
Aleksandr Gavrilovich Dralkin (Александр Гаврилович Дралкин) (born November 3, 1911) was a Soviet oceanologist, geographer and polar explorer.
Aleksandr Gavrilovich Dralkin (Александр Гаврилович Дралкин) (born November 3, 1911) was a Soviet oceanologist, geographer and polar explorer.
Aleksandr Kolchak
Aleksandr Vasiliyevich Kolchak was a Russian naval commander, polar explorer and later - the Supreme ruler of the counter-revolutionary anti-communist White forces during the Russian Civil War.
Aleksandr Vasiliyevich Kolchak was a Russian naval commander, polar explorer and later - the Supreme ruler of the counter-revolutionary anti-communist White forces during the Russian Civil War.
Aleksei Chirikov
Aleksei Ilyich Chirikov (Алексей Ильич Чириков) (1703 – November 1748) was a Russian navigator and captain who along with Bering was the first Russian to reach North-West coast of North America.
Aleksei Ilyich Chirikov (Алексей Ильич Чириков) (1703 – November 1748) was a Russian navigator and captain who along with Bering was the first Russian to reach North-West coast of North America.
Aleksey Tillo
Aleksey Tillo (Алексей Андреевич Тилло) (November 25 (O.S. November 13), 1839, Kiev Governorate – January 11 (O.S. December 30), 1900, Saint Petersburg) was a prominent Russian geographer, carto...
Aleksey Tillo (Алексей Андреевич Тилло) (November 25 (O.S. November 13), 1839, Kiev Governorate – January 11 (O.S. December 30), 1900, Saint Petersburg) was a prominent Russian geographer, carto...
Alexander Andreyevich Baranov
Alexander Andreyevich Baranov (Алекса́ндр Андре́евич Бара́нов), sometimes spelled Aleksander or Alexandr and Baranof, was born in 1746 in Kargopol, in St. Petersburg Gover...
Alexander Andreyevich Baranov (Алекса́ндр Андре́евич Бара́нов), sometimes spelled Aleksander or Alexandr and Baranof, was born in 1746 in Kargopol, in St. Petersburg Gover...
Alexander Bekovich-Cherkassky
Prince Alexander Bekovich-Cherkassky (Александр Бекович-Черкасский) was a Russian officer of Circassian origin who led the first Russian military expedition into Central Asia.
Prince Alexander Bekovich-Cherkassky (Александр Бекович-Черкасский) was a Russian officer of Circassian origin who led the first Russian military expedition into Central Asia.
Alexander Bulatovich
Alexander Ksaverievich Bulatovich tonsured Father Antony was a Russian military officer, explorer of Africa, writer, hieromonk and the leader of imiaslavie movement in Eastern Orthodox Chr...
Alexander Ksaverievich Bulatovich tonsured Father Antony was a Russian military officer, explorer of Africa, writer, hieromonk and the leader of imiaslavie movement in Eastern Orthodox Chr...
Alexander Fersman
Alexander Yevgenyevich Fersman was a prominent Soviet geochemist and mineralogist, academician of the Soviet Academy of Sciences.
Alexander Yevgenyevich Fersman was a prominent Soviet geochemist and mineralogist, academician of the Soviet Academy of Sciences.
Alexander Kaulbars
Baron Alexander Vasilyevich Kaulbars was a general in the Imperial Russian Army during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and a noted explorer of Central Asia.
Baron Alexander Vasilyevich Kaulbars was a general in the Imperial Russian Army during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and a noted explorer of Central Asia.
Alexander Keyserling
Alexander Friedrich Michael Lebrecht Nikolaus Arthur, Graf von Keyserling was a Baltic German geologist and paleontologist.
Alexander Friedrich Michael Lebrecht Nikolaus Arthur, Graf von Keyserling was a Baltic German geologist and paleontologist.
Alexander Kolchak
Aleksandr Vasiliyevich Kolchak (Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Колча́к, – 7 February 1920) was a Russian naval commander, polar explorer and later head of all the counter-revolutionary anti-commu...
Aleksandr Vasiliyevich Kolchak (Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Колча́к, – 7 February 1920) was a Russian naval commander, polar explorer and later head of all the counter-revolutionary anti-commu...
Alexander Konrad
Alexander Eduardovich Konrad (Алекса́ндр Эдуа́рдович Ко́нрад) (1890 in St. Petersburg - 1940 in Leningrad) was a Russian sailor.
Alexander Eduardovich Konrad (Алекса́ндр Эдуа́рдович Ко́нрад) (1890 in St. Petersburg - 1940 in Leningrad) was a Russian sailor.
Alexander Nevsky
Alexander Nevsky was the Prince of Novgorod and Grand Prince of Vladimir during some of the most trying times in the city's history.
Alexander Nevsky was the Prince of Novgorod and Grand Prince of Vladimir during some of the most trying times in the city's history.
Alexander Sibiryakov
Alexander Mikhaylovich Sibiryakov (Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Сибиряко́в) (born in Irkutsk on October 8 (September 26) 1849– died in 1933) was a Russian gold mine owner and explorer of Siberia.
Alexander Mikhaylovich Sibiryakov (Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Сибиряко́в) (born in Irkutsk on October 8 (September 26) 1849– died in 1933) was a Russian gold mine owner and explorer of Siberia.
Alexander von Middendorff
Alexander Theodor von Middendorff was a Baltic German zoologist and explorer.
Alexander Theodor von Middendorff was a Baltic German zoologist and explorer.
Alexei Pavlovich Fedchenko
Alexei Pavlovich Fedchenko (7 February 1844 – 15 September 1873) was a Russian naturalist and explorer well known for his travels in central Asia.
Alexei Pavlovich Fedchenko (7 February 1844 – 15 September 1873) was a Russian naturalist and explorer well known for his travels in central Asia.
Alexey Leonov
Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov (Алексе́й Архи́пович Лео́нов) (born 30 May 1934 in Listvyanka, Kemerovo Oblast, Soviet Union) is a retired Soviet/Russian cosmonaut and Air Force Major General who, on ...
Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov (Алексе́й Архи́пович Лео́нов) (born 30 May 1934 in Listvyanka, Kemerovo Oblast, Soviet Union) is a retired Soviet/Russian cosmonaut and Air Force Major General who, on ...
Alexey Tryoshnikov
Alexey Fyodorovich Tryoshnikov was a Soviet polar explorer and leader of the 2nd Soviet Antarctic Expedition and the 13th Soviet Antarctic Expedition.
Alexey Fyodorovich Tryoshnikov was a Soviet polar explorer and leader of the 2nd Soviet Antarctic Expedition and the 13th Soviet Antarctic Expedition.
Alexey Vladimir Bobrov
Alexey Vladimir F. Ch. Bobrov (cyrillic: Алексей Владимирович Ф.
Alexey Vladimir F. Ch. Bobrov (cyrillic: Алексей Владимирович Ф.
Anatoli Boukreev
Anatoli Nikoliavich Boukreev Анато́лий Никола́евич Букре́ев - Russian name transliteration Anatolij Nikolaevich Bukreev was a Kazakhstani climber who made ascents of seven of the fourteen...
Anatoli Nikoliavich Boukreev Анато́лий Никола́евич Букре́ев - Russian name transliteration Anatolij Nikolaevich Bukreev was a Kazakhstani climber who made ascents of seven of the fourteen...
Anatoly Sagalevich
Anatoly Mikhailovich Sagalevich (Анатолий Михайлович Сагалевич) (born September 5, 1938) is a Russian explorer, who works at the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Scienc...
Anatoly Mikhailovich Sagalevich (Анатолий Михайлович Сагалевич) (born September 5, 1938) is a Russian explorer, who works at the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Scienc...
Andrei Glazunov
Andrei Glazunov, a Russian and Alaska native Creole, was the leader of the first Russian expedition to explore and establish trade along the Yukon River in the Alaska Interior in 1834.
Andrei Glazunov, a Russian and Alaska native Creole, was the leader of the first Russian expedition to explore and establish trade along the Yukon River in the Alaska Interior in 1834.
Anikey Stroganov
Anikey Stroganov was a founder of numerous salterns in Solvychegodsk and Perm, a colonizer of the basin of the Kama and Chusovaya Rivers.
Anikey Stroganov was a founder of numerous salterns in Solvychegodsk and Perm, a colonizer of the basin of the Kama and Chusovaya Rivers.
Arvid Adolf Etholén
Adolf Karlovich Etolin, lso Arvid Adolf Etholén, Russian: Адольф Карлович Этолин was a naval officer, explorer and administrator who was employed by the Russian-American Company.
Adolf Karlovich Etolin, lso Arvid Adolf Etholén, Russian: Адольф Карлович Этолин was a naval officer, explorer and administrator who was employed by the Russian-American Company.
Avgust Tsivolko
Avgust Karlovich Tsivolko, also spelled as Tsivolka (August Cywolka, Август Карлович Циволько) (1810 – March 28 (O.S. March 16), 1839) was a Russian navigator and Arctic explorer.
Avgust Karlovich Tsivolko, also spelled as Tsivolka (August Cywolka, Август Карлович Циволько) (1810 – March 28 (O.S. March 16), 1839) was a Russian navigator and Arctic explorer.
Avvakum
Avvakum Petrov was a Russian protopope of Kazan Cathedral on Red Square who led the opposition to Patriarch Nikon's reforms of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Avvakum Petrov was a Russian protopope of Kazan Cathedral on Red Square who led the opposition to Patriarch Nikon's reforms of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Boris L. Tageev
Boris Lyeonidovich Tagyeev (Борис Леонидович Тагеев) (1871-1938) was a Russian Orientalist, explorer, and writer.
Boris Lyeonidovich Tagyeev (Борис Леонидович Тагеев) (1871-1938) was a Russian Orientalist, explorer, and writer.
Bronislav Grombchevsky
Bronislav Grombchevsky, Бронислав Людвигович Громбчевский, Bronisław Grąbczewski, was an ethnic Polish officer in the Imperial Russian Army and an explorer famous for his participation in the Th...
Bronislav Grombchevsky, Бронислав Людвигович Громбчевский, Bronisław Grąbczewski, was an ethnic Polish officer in the Imperial Russian Army and an explorer famous for his participation in the Th...
Carl Anton von Meyer
Carl Anton Andreevic von Meyer (1 April 1795 in Vitebsk - 24 February 1855 in Saint Petersburg) was a Russian botanist and explorer.
Carl Anton Andreevic von Meyer (1 April 1795 in Vitebsk - 24 February 1855 in Saint Petersburg) was a Russian botanist and explorer.
Carl von Hoffman
Karl von Hoffman (St. Petersburg, Russia, c 1889 – New York, NY, USA, 8 July 1982) was a soldier, adventurer, author, and photographer of German ancestry.
Karl von Hoffman (St. Petersburg, Russia, c 1889 – New York, NY, USA, 8 July 1982) was a soldier, adventurer, author, and photographer of German ancestry.
D. V. Putyata
Captain D. V. Putyata (Дмитрий Васильевич Путята) was a Russian explorer of the Pamir Mountains.
Captain D. V. Putyata (Дмитрий Васильевич Путята) was a Russian explorer of the Pamir Mountains.
Daniel Gottlieb Messerschmidt
Daniel Gottlieb Messerschmidt (Да́ниэль Го́тлиб Ме́ссершмидт) (September 16, 1685 – March 25, 1735) was a German physician, naturalist and geographer.
Daniel Gottlieb Messerschmidt (Да́ниэль Го́тлиб Ме́ссершмидт) (September 16, 1685 – March 25, 1735) was a German physician, naturalist and geographer.
Daniel Kievsky
Daniel of Kiev, or in Russian Daniel Kievsky or Daniil Polomnik (the Pilgrim), was the first travel writer from Kievan Rus.
Daniel of Kiev, or in Russian Daniel Kievsky or Daniil Polomnik (the Pilgrim), was the first travel writer from Kievan Rus.
Danila Antsiferov
Danila Yakovlevich Antsiferov was a Russian explorer.
Danila Yakovlevich Antsiferov was a Russian explorer.
Demid Ilyich Kulikalov
Demid Ilyich Kulikalov was an administrator of Russian America during the first decade of the 1800s.
Demid Ilyich Kulikalov was an administrator of Russian America during the first decade of the 1800s.
Demid Pyanda
Demid Sofonovich Pyanda or, according to some sources, Panteley Demidovich Pyanda, also spelled Penda was among the first and most important Russian explorers of Siberia.
Demid Sofonovich Pyanda or, according to some sources, Panteley Demidovich Pyanda, also spelled Penda was among the first and most important Russian explorers of Siberia.
Dmitrii Mushketov
Dmitrii Ivanovich Mushketov (Дмитрий Иванович Мушкетов) ( – 18 February 1938) was a Russian geologist and paleontologist who was born in St Petersburg, the son of Ivan Vasil'yevich Mushketov, a ...
Dmitrii Ivanovich Mushketov (Дмитрий Иванович Мушкетов) ( – 18 February 1938) was a Russian geologist and paleontologist who was born in St Petersburg, the son of Ivan Vasil'yevich Mushketov, a ...
Dmitry Anuchin
Dmitry Nikolayevich Anuchin portrait (1843 – 1923) was a Russian anthropologist, ethnographist, archaeologist, and geographer.
Dmitry Nikolayevich Anuchin portrait (1843 – 1923) was a Russian anthropologist, ethnographist, archaeologist, and geographer.
Dmitry Gamov
Dmitry Ivanovich Gamov - major general, explorer of the eastern cost of Korean peninsula.
Dmitry Ivanovich Gamov - major general, explorer of the eastern cost of Korean peninsula.
Dmitry Laptev
Dmitry Yakovlevich Laptev (Дмитрий Яковлевич Лаптев) (1701 - ) was a Russian Arctic explorer and Vice Admiral (1762).
Dmitry Yakovlevich Laptev (Дмитрий Яковлевич Лаптев) (1701 - ) was a Russian Arctic explorer and Vice Admiral (1762).
Dmitry Nikolayevich Anuchin
Dmitry Nikolayevich Anuchin portrait (1843 – 1923) was a Russian anthropologist, ethnographist, archaeologist, and geographer.
Dmitry Nikolayevich Anuchin portrait (1843 – 1923) was a Russian anthropologist, ethnographist, archaeologist, and geographer.
Dmitry Ovtsyn
Dmitry Leontiyevich Ovtsyn (Дмитрий Леонтьевич Овцын) (unknown - after 1757) was a Russian hydrographer and Arctic explorer.
Dmitry Leontiyevich Ovtsyn (Дмитрий Леонтьевич Овцын) (unknown - after 1757) was a Russian hydrographer and Arctic explorer.
Dmitry Pavlutsky
Dmitry Ivanovich Pavlutsky (Дмитрий Иванович Павлуцкий) (died 21 March 1747) was a Russian polar explorer and leader of military expeditions in Chukotka, best known for his battles against the i...
Dmitry Ivanovich Pavlutsky (Дмитрий Иванович Павлуцкий) (died 21 March 1747) was a Russian polar explorer and leader of military expeditions in Chukotka, best known for his battles against the i...
Dmitry Petrovich Maksutov
Prince Dmitry Petrovich Maksutov (Дми́трий Петро́вич Максу́тов, May 10, 1832 – March 21, 1889) was an Imperial Russian Navy rear-admiral who was the last Governor of Russian Amer...
Prince Dmitry Petrovich Maksutov (Дми́трий Петро́вич Максу́тов, May 10, 1832 – March 21, 1889) was an Imperial Russian Navy rear-admiral who was the last Governor of Russian Amer...
Dmitry Putyata
Dmitry Vasilyevich Putyata was a Captain of the Imperial Russian Army and a Russian explorer of the Pamir Mountains.
Dmitry Vasilyevich Putyata was a Captain of the Imperial Russian Army and a Russian explorer of the Pamir Mountains.
Eduard Toll
Eduard Gustav von Toll was a Baltic German geologist and Arctic explorer in Russian service.
Eduard Gustav von Toll was a Baltic German geologist and Arctic explorer in Russian service.
Erik Laxmann
Erik Gustavovich Laxmann was a Finnish-Swedish clergyman, explorer and natural scientist born in Nyslott in Finland, then part of Sweden.
Erik Gustavovich Laxmann was a Finnish-Swedish clergyman, explorer and natural scientist born in Nyslott in Finland, then part of Sweden.
Ernst Krenkel
Ernst Teodorovich Krenkel was a Soviet Arctic explorer, doctor of geographical sciences, and Hero of the Soviet Union.
Ernst Teodorovich Krenkel was a Soviet Arctic explorer, doctor of geographical sciences, and Hero of the Soviet Union.
Evstratii Delarov
Evstratii Ivanovich Delarov (also spelled Evstrat Delarov and Eustrate Delarof, c. 1740 – 1806) was a Greek-born mariner who served with several Russian maritime fur trade comp...
Evstratii Ivanovich Delarov (also spelled Evstrat Delarov and Eustrate Delarof, c. 1740 – 1806) was a Greek-born mariner who served with several Russian maritime fur trade comp...
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
Fabian Gottlieb Thaddeus von Bellingshausen was an officer in the Imperial Russian Navy, cartographer and explorer, who ultimately rose to the rank of Admiral.
Fabian Gottlieb Thaddeus von Bellingshausen was an officer in the Imperial Russian Navy, cartographer and explorer, who ultimately rose to the rank of Admiral.
Farman Salmanov
Farman Gurban oglu Salmanov was an Azerbaijani geologist famous for discovering great oil fields in Western Siberia in Tyumen Oblast in 1961.
Farman Gurban oglu Salmanov was an Azerbaijani geologist famous for discovering great oil fields in Western Siberia in Tyumen Oblast in 1961.
Fedot Alekseyev Popov
Fedot Alekseyevich Popov (Федот Алексеевич Попов, also Fedot Alekseyev, Федот Алексеев; nickname Kholmogorian, Холмогорец, for his place of birth (Kholmogory), date of birth unknown,...
Fedot Alekseyevich Popov (Федот Алексеевич Попов, also Fedot Alekseyev, Федот Алексеев; nickname Kholmogorian, Холмогорец, for his place of birth (Kholmogory), date of birth unknown,...
Ferdinand von Wrangel
Baron Ferdinand Friedrich Georg Ludwig von Wrangel (Фердина́нд Петро́вич Вра́нгель, Ferdinand Petrovich Vrangel; 29 December 1796 (9 January 1797) – 25 May (6 June), 1870) was a Russian expl...
Baron Ferdinand Friedrich Georg Ludwig von Wrangel (Фердина́нд Петро́вич Вра́нгель, Ferdinand Petrovich Vrangel; 29 December 1796 (9 January 1797) – 25 May (6 June), 1870) was a Russian expl...
First Russian circumnavigation
The first Russian circumnavigation of the Earth took place from August 1803 to August 1806.
The first Russian circumnavigation of the Earth took place from August 1803 to August 1806.
Friedrich Parrot
Johann Jacob Friedrich Wilhelm Parrot (14 October 1792 Karlsruhe– 15 January 1841, Tartu) was a Baltic German naturalist and traveller.
Johann Jacob Friedrich Wilhelm Parrot (14 October 1792 Karlsruhe– 15 January 1841, Tartu) was a Baltic German naturalist and traveller.
Fyodor Ivanovich Tolstoy
Count Fyodor Ivanovich Tolstoy (Фёдор Ива́нович Толсто́й), also known as the "American" (Американец) (17 February 1782 – 5 November 1846) was a Russian nobleman from the well-known Tolstoy family.
Count Fyodor Ivanovich Tolstoy (Фёдор Ива́нович Толсто́й), also known as the "American" (Американец) (17 February 1782 – 5 November 1846) was a Russian nobleman from the well-known Tolstoy family.
Fyodor Litke
Count Fyodor Petrovich Litke, born Friedrich Benjamin Lütke, was a Russian navigator, geographer, and Arctic explorer.
Count Fyodor Petrovich Litke, born Friedrich Benjamin Lütke, was a Russian navigator, geographer, and Arctic explorer.
Fyodor Luzhin
Fyodor Fyodorovich Luzhin (Russian: Федор Федорович Лужин) (died 1727) was a Russian geodesist and cartographer.
Fyodor Fyodorovich Luzhin (Russian: Федор Федорович Лужин) (died 1727) was a Russian geodesist and cartographer.
Fyodor Matisen
Fyodor Andreyevich Matisen (Фёдор Андреевич Матисен) (June 1 (O.S. May 20), 1872, Saint Petersburg — December 19, 1921, Irkutsk) was a lieutenant of the Russian Imperial Navy, hydrographer, and ...
Fyodor Andreyevich Matisen (Фёдор Андреевич Матисен) (June 1 (O.S. May 20), 1872, Saint Petersburg — December 19, 1921, Irkutsk) was a lieutenant of the Russian Imperial Navy, hydrographer, and ...
Fyodor Matyushkin
Fyodor Fyodorovich Matyushkin was a Russian navigator, Admiral, and a close friend of Aleksandr Pushkin.
Fyodor Fyodorovich Matyushkin was a Russian navigator, Admiral, and a close friend of Aleksandr Pushkin.
Fyodor Minin
Fyodor Alekseyevich Minin (Федор Алексеевич Минин) (ca.
Fyodor Alekseyevich Minin (Федор Алексеевич Минин) (ca.
Gavriil Pribylov
Gavriil Loginovich Pribylov was a Russian navigator who discovered the Bering Sea islands of St. George Island and St. Paul Island in 1786 and 1787.
Gavriil Loginovich Pribylov was a Russian navigator who discovered the Bering Sea islands of St. George Island and St. Paul Island in 1786 and 1787.
Gavril Sarychev
Gavril Andreyevich Sarychev, spelt "Sarichef" in the United States, was a Russian navigator, hydrographer, admiral and Honorable Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Pe...
Gavril Andreyevich Sarychev, spelt "Sarichef" in the United States, was a Russian navigator, hydrographer, admiral and Honorable Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Pe...
Gennady Olonkin
Gennady Nikitich Olonkin was a Russian-Norwegian polar explorer and radio operator.
Gennady Nikitich Olonkin was a Russian-Norwegian polar explorer and radio operator.
Georg Wilhelm Steller
Georg Wilhelm Steller was a German botanist, zoologist, physician and explorer, who worked in Russia and is considered the discoverer of Alaska and a pioneer of Alaskan natural history.
Georg Wilhelm Steller was a German botanist, zoologist, physician and explorer, who worked in Russia and is considered the discoverer of Alaska and a pioneer of Alaskan natural history.
George de Roerich
George Nikolaevich Roerich (Russian: Юрий Николаевич Рерих) (1902 – 1960) was a prominent 20th century Tibetologist.
George Nikolaevich Roerich (Russian: Юрий Николаевич Рерих) (1902 – 1960) was a prominent 20th century Tibetologist.
Georgy Baydukov
Georgy Filippovich Baydukov (Гео́ргий Фили́ппович Байдуко́в; — December 28, 1994) was a Soviet aircraft test pilot and a Hero of the Soviet Union (1936).
Georgy Filippovich Baydukov (Гео́ргий Фили́ппович Байдуко́в; — December 28, 1994) was a Soviet aircraft test pilot and a Hero of the Soviet Union (1936).
Georgy Brusilov
Georgy Lvovich Brusilov or Hryhoriy Brusylov was a Ukrainian Russian naval officer of the Imperial Russian Navy and an Arctic explorer.
Georgy Lvovich Brusilov or Hryhoriy Brusylov was a Ukrainian Russian naval officer of the Imperial Russian Navy and an Arctic explorer.
Georgy Rybin
Georgy Nikolaevich Rybin (Born in Zharkent on April 18, 1901; died in Leningrad on March 1, 1974 ).
Georgy Nikolaevich Rybin (Born in Zharkent on April 18, 1901; died in Leningrad on March 1, 1974 ).
Georgy Ushakov
Georgy Alexeyevich Ushakov (Георгий Алексеевич Ушаков) (January 17(30), 1901 - December 3, 1963) was a Soviet explorer of the Arctic, Doctor of Geographic Sciences (1950).
Georgy Alexeyevich Ushakov (Георгий Алексеевич Ушаков) (January 17(30), 1901 - December 3, 1963) was a Soviet explorer of the Arctic, Doctor of Geographic Sciences (1950).
Gerasim Izmailov
Gerasim Grigoryevich Izmaylov (Герасим Григорьевич Измайлов; circa 1745 - after 1795) was a Russian navigator involved in the Russian colonization of the Americas and in the establishmen...
Gerasim Grigoryevich Izmaylov (Герасим Григорьевич Измайлов; circa 1745 - after 1795) was a Russian navigator involved in the Russian colonization of the Americas and in the establishmen...
Gerhard Friedrich Müller
Gerhard Friedrich Müller (October 29, 1705 in Herford – October 22, 1783 in Moscow) was a historian and pioneer ethnologist who was invited to St. Petersburg in 1725 to co-found the Imperi...
Gerhard Friedrich Müller (October 29, 1705 in Herford – October 22, 1783 in Moscow) was a historian and pioneer ethnologist who was invited to St. Petersburg in 1725 to co-found the Imperi...
Gerhardt Friedrich Müller
Gerhard Friedrich Müller (October 29, 1705 in Herford – October 22, 1783 in Moscow) was a historian and pioneer ethnologist who was invited to St. Petersburg in 1725 to co-found the Imperi...
Gerhard Friedrich Müller (October 29, 1705 in Herford – October 22, 1783 in Moscow) was a historian and pioneer ethnologist who was invited to St. Petersburg in 1725 to co-found the Imperi...
Gleb Shishmaryov
Gleb Semyonovich Shishmaryov (Глеб Семёнович Шишмарёв) (1781 - November 3, 1835, Saint Petersburg) was a rear admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy.
Gleb Semyonovich Shishmaryov (Глеб Семёнович Шишмарёв) (1781 - November 3, 1835, Saint Petersburg) was a rear admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy.
Gombojab Tsybikov
Gombojab Tsybikov (Гомбожаб Цэбекович Цыбиков Gombozhab Tsebekovich Tsybikov; Цэвэгийн Гомбожав, alternatively romanized as Gombozhab and Tsybikoff (20 April 1873 – 20 September ...
Gombojab Tsybikov (Гомбожаб Цэбекович Цыбиков Gombozhab Tsebekovich Tsybikov; Цэвэгийн Гомбожав, alternatively romanized as Gombozhab and Tsybikoff (20 April 1873 – 20 September ...
Grigori Ivanovitch Langsdorff
Georg Heinrich von Langsdorff, Baron de Langsdorff (b.
Georg Heinrich von Langsdorff, Baron de Langsdorff (b.
Grigory Grumm-Grzhimaylo
Grigory Yefimovich Grumm-Grzhimaylo (Григо́рий Ефи́мович Грумм-Гржима́йло, 1860–1936) was a Russian entomologist, best known for his expeditions to Central Asia (Pamir, Bukhara, Tian-Shan, Kan-s...
Grigory Yefimovich Grumm-Grzhimaylo (Григо́рий Ефи́мович Грумм-Гржима́йло, 1860–1936) was a Russian entomologist, best known for his expeditions to Central Asia (Pamir, Bukhara, Tian-Shan, Kan-s...
Grigory Ivanovich Shelekhov
Grigory Ivanovich Shelekhov (Григорий Иванович Шелехов in Russian; (1747–July 20, 1795 (July 31, 1795 N.S.)) was a Russian seafarer and merchant born in Rylsk.
Grigory Ivanovich Shelekhov (Григорий Иванович Шелехов in Russian; (1747–July 20, 1795 (July 31, 1795 N.S.)) was a Russian seafarer and merchant born in Rylsk.
Grigory Langsdorff
Georg Heinrich von Langsdorff, Baron de Langsdorff was a Prussian aristocrat, politician and naturalist.
Georg Heinrich von Langsdorff, Baron de Langsdorff was a Prussian aristocrat, politician and naturalist.
Grigory Potanin
Grigory Nikolayaevich Potanin (alt. Grigorij Potanin)(Григорий Николаевич Потанин; 4 October 1835 - 6 June 1920) was a Russian explorer of Inner Asia who aligned himself with the Siberian separa...
Grigory Nikolayaevich Potanin (alt. Grigorij Potanin)(Григорий Николаевич Потанин; 4 October 1835 - 6 June 1920) was a Russian explorer of Inner Asia who aligned himself with the Siberian separa...
Heinz Christian Pander
Heinz Christian Pander, aka Christian Heinrich Pander was a Baltic German biologist and embryologist born in Riga.
Heinz Christian Pander, aka Christian Heinrich Pander was a Baltic German biologist and embryologist born in Riga.
Herman of Alaska
Saint Herman of Alaska was one of the first Eastern Orthodox missionaries to the New World, and is considered by Orthodox Christians to be the patron saint of the Americas.
Saint Herman of Alaska was one of the first Eastern Orthodox missionaries to the New World, and is considered by Orthodox Christians to be the patron saint of the Americas.
Ilya Berezhnykh
Ilya Avtonomovich Berezhnykh (Илья́ Автоно́мович Бережны́х; birth date unknown – c. 1830), also known as Berezhnoy (Бережно́й), was a Russian navigator.
Ilya Avtonomovich Berezhnykh (Илья́ Автоно́мович Бережны́х; birth date unknown – c. 1830), also known as Berezhnoy (Бережно́й), was a Russian navigator.
Ilya Perfilyev
Ilya Perfilyev (Perfiryev) (Илья Перфильев (Перфирьев)), was a Russian explorer, polar seafarer and a founder of Verkhoyansk.
Ilya Perfilyev (Perfiryev) (Илья Перфильев (Перфирьев)), was a Russian explorer, polar seafarer and a founder of Verkhoyansk.
Ivan Doronin
Colonel Ivan Vasilyevich Doronin was a Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union.
Colonel Ivan Vasilyevich Doronin was a Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union.
Ivan Fyodorov (navigator)
Ivan Fedorov (Ива́н Фёдоров) († 1733), was a Russian navigator and commanding officer of the expedition to northern Alaska in 1732.
Ivan Fedorov (Ива́н Фёдоров) († 1733), was a Russian navigator and commanding officer of the expedition to northern Alaska in 1732.
Ivan Kupreyanov
Ivan Antonovich Kupreyanov, also spelled in English as Kupreanof, was the head of the Russian-American Company in Russian America from 1835 to 1840.
Ivan Antonovich Kupreyanov, also spelled in English as Kupreanof, was the head of the Russian-American Company in Russian America from 1835 to 1840.
Ivan Lepyokhin
Ivan Ivanovich Lepyokhin (Иван Иванович Лепёхин; 10 September 1740, Saint-Petersburg – 1802, Saint-Petersburg) was a Russian naturalist, zoologist, botanist and explorer.
Ivan Ivanovich Lepyokhin (Иван Иванович Лепёхин; 10 September 1740, Saint-Petersburg – 1802, Saint-Petersburg) was a Russian naturalist, zoologist, botanist and explorer.
Ivan Lyakhov
Ivan Lyakhov, died around 1800, was a Russian merchant who explored large sections of the New Siberian Islands in the 18th century.
Ivan Lyakhov, died around 1800, was a Russian merchant who explored large sections of the New Siberian Islands in the 18th century.
Ivan Moskvitin
Ivan Yuryevich Moskvitin (Иван Юрьевич Москвитин) (? - after 1647) was a Russian explorer, presumably a native of Moscow, who led a Russian reconnaissance party to the Pacific Ocean, becoming th...
Ivan Yuryevich Moskvitin (Иван Юрьевич Москвитин) (? - after 1647) was a Russian explorer, presumably a native of Moscow, who led a Russian reconnaissance party to the Pacific Ocean, becoming th...
Ivan Mushketov
Ivan Vasilʹevich Mushketov was a famous Russian geologist, tectonist, explorer, and geographer who was born in the Don region and entered Saint Petersburg University in 1867, but soon transferre...
Ivan Vasilʹevich Mushketov was a famous Russian geologist, tectonist, explorer, and geographer who was born in the Don region and entered Saint Petersburg University in 1867, but soon transferre...
Ivan Papanin
Ivan Dmitrievich Papanin was a Russian Polar Explorer, Scientist, Counter Admiral, twice Hero of the Soviet Union awarded nine Orders of Lenin Ivan was born in Sevastopol into the family of a s...
Ivan Dmitrievich Papanin was a Russian Polar Explorer, Scientist, Counter Admiral, twice Hero of the Soviet Union awarded nine Orders of Lenin Ivan was born in Sevastopol into the family of a s...
Ivan Petlin
Ivan Petlin (Иван Петлин; 17th-century diminutive form, Ивашко Петлин, Ivashko (Evashko) Petlin), a Siberian Cossack, who the first Russian to reach China on an official Mission (1618-1619).
Ivan Petlin (Иван Петлин; 17th-century diminutive form, Ивашко Петлин, Ivashko (Evashko) Petlin), a Siberian Cossack, who the first Russian to reach China on an official Mission (1618-1619).
Ivan Petrof (explorer)
Ivan Petrof was a soldier, writer, and translator who for many years was regarded as a major authority on Alaska.
Ivan Petrof was a soldier, writer, and translator who for many years was regarded as a major authority on Alaska.
Ivan Unkovsky
Ivan Semyonovich Unkovsky (Иван Семёнович Унковский; 29 March 1822 – 11 August 1886), was an admiral, explorer and surveyor of the Imperial Russian Navy.
Ivan Semyonovich Unkovsky (Иван Семёнович Унковский; 29 March 1822 – 11 August 1886), was an admiral, explorer and surveyor of the Imperial Russian Navy.
Ivan Yevreinov
Ivan Mikhaylovich Yevreinov (Ива́н Миха́йлович Евре́инов) (1694–February 3 O.S. 1724) was a Russian geodesist and explorer.
Ivan Mikhaylovich Yevreinov (Ива́н Миха́йлович Евре́инов) (1694–February 3 O.S. 1724) was a Russian geodesist and explorer.
Jan Czerski
Jan Stanisław Franciszek Czerski (Иван Дементьевич Черский, Ivan Dementyevich Chersky; Ян Чэрскi) (1845–1892) was a Polish paleontologist (osteologist), geologist, geographer and explorer...
Jan Stanisław Franciszek Czerski (Иван Дементьевич Черский, Ivan Dementyevich Chersky; Ян Чэрскi) (1845–1892) was a Polish paleontologist (osteologist), geologist, geographer and explorer...
Jan Nagórski
Jan Nagórski (1888–1976), also known by his Russified name of Ivan Nagurski (Иван Нагурский) was a Polish engineer and pioneer of aviation, the first person to fly an airplane in the Arc...
Jan Nagórski (1888–1976), also known by his Russified name of Ivan Nagurski (Иван Нагурский) was a Polish engineer and pioneer of aviation, the first person to fly an airplane in the Arc...
Johan Hampus Furuhjelm
Johan Hampus Furuhjelm, (Фуругельм, Иван Васильевич) was a Finnish-Russian vice-admiral and explorer, commander of the Russian Baltic Fleet, Governor of the Russian Far East, Taganrog and Russia...
Johan Hampus Furuhjelm, (Фуругельм, Иван Васильевич) was a Finnish-Russian vice-admiral and explorer, commander of the Russian Baltic Fleet, Governor of the Russian Far East, Taganrog and Russia...
Johan Peter Falck
Johann Peter Falck was a Swedish botanist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus.
Johann Peter Falck was a Swedish botanist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus.
Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz
Johann Friedrich Eschscholtz (Иоганн Фридрих фон Эшшольц; – ) was a Livonian physician, botanist, zoologist and entomologist.
Johann Friedrich Eschscholtz (Иоганн Фридрих фон Эшшольц; – ) was a Livonian physician, botanist, zoologist and entomologist.
Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel
Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel was a German agronomist and explorer of the Kamchatka Peninsula.
Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel was a German agronomist and explorer of the Kamchatka Peninsula.
Joseph Billings
Joseph Billings (c. 1758 - 1806) was an English navigator and explorer.
Joseph Billings (c. 1758 - 1806) was an English navigator and explorer.
Karl Ernst von Baer
Karl Ernst Ritter von Baer, Edler von Huthorn also known in Russia as Karl Maksimovich Baer was an Estonian naturalist, biologist, geologist, meteorologist, geographer, a founding father o...
Karl Ernst Ritter von Baer, Edler von Huthorn also known in Russia as Karl Maksimovich Baer was an Estonian naturalist, biologist, geologist, meteorologist, geographer, a founding father o...
Khariton Laptev
Khariton Prokofievich Laptev (Харитон Прокофьевич Лаптев) (1700–1763) was a Russian naval officer and Arctic explorer.
Khariton Prokofievich Laptev (Харитон Прокофьевич Лаптев) (1700–1763) was a Russian naval officer and Arctic explorer.
Konstantin Badygin
Captain Konstantin Sergeyevich Badygin, sometimes also transliterated "Badigin", was a Soviet naval officer, explorer, author, and scientist.
Captain Konstantin Sergeyevich Badygin, sometimes also transliterated "Badigin", was a Soviet naval officer, explorer, author, and scientist.
Konstantin Posyet
Constantine Possiet was a Russian statesman and admiral who served as Minister of Transport Communications between 1874 and 1888.
Constantine Possiet was a Russian statesman and admiral who served as Minister of Transport Communications between 1874 and 1888.
Kurbat Ivanov
Kurbat Afanasyevich Ivanov (Курбат Афанасьевич Иванов, (? – 1666) was among the greatest Cossack explorers of Siberia.
Kurbat Afanasyevich Ivanov (Курбат Афанасьевич Иванов, (? – 1666) was among the greatest Cossack explorers of Siberia.
Lavr Kornilov
Lavr Georgiyevich Kornilov (Лавр Гео́ргиевич Корни́лов, ; August 18, 1870–April 13, 1918) was a military intelligence officer, explorer, and general in the Imperial Russian Army during Wor...
Lavr Georgiyevich Kornilov (Лавр Гео́ргиевич Корни́лов, ; August 18, 1870–April 13, 1918) was a military intelligence officer, explorer, and general in the Imperial Russian Army during Wor...
Lavrenty Zagoskin
Lavrenty Alekseyevich Zagoskin (Лаврентий Алексеевич Загоскин; 21 May 1808 – 22 January 1890) was a Russian naval officer and explorer of Alaska.
Lavrenty Alekseyevich Zagoskin (Лаврентий Алексеевич Загоскин; 21 May 1808 – 22 January 1890) was a Russian naval officer and explorer of Alaska.
Leonid Artamonov
Leonid Konstantinovich Artamonov was a Russian military engineer, adviser and general, geographer and traveler, explorer of Africa, writer, veteran of the First World War and the Russo-Japanese War.
Leonid Konstantinovich Artamonov was a Russian military engineer, adviser and general, geographer and traveler, explorer of Africa, writer, veteran of the First World War and the Russo-Japanese War.
Leopold von Schrenck
Leopold Ivanovich von Schrenck was a Russian zoologist, geographer and ethnographer.
Leopold Ivanovich von Schrenck was a Russian zoologist, geographer and ethnographer.
Lev Berg
Lev Semyonovich Berg was a leading Soviet geographer and ichthyologist who served as President of the Soviet Geographical Society between 1940 and 1950.
Lev Semyonovich Berg was a leading Soviet geographer and ichthyologist who served as President of the Soviet Geographical Society between 1940 and 1950.
Ludwig von Hagemeister
Ludwig August von Hagemeister (Лео́нтий Андриа́нович Гагеме́йстер; Leonty Andrianovich Gagemeyster; 1780– December 24, 1833) was a Russian seafarer of Baltic German origin and explorer of the Pa...
Ludwig August von Hagemeister (Лео́нтий Андриа́нович Гагеме́йстер; Leonty Andrianovich Gagemeyster; 1780– December 24, 1833) was a Russian seafarer of Baltic German origin and explorer of the Pa...
Maksim Perfilyev
Maksim Perfilyev (Максим Перфильев, (? – after 1638) was a Cossack explorer of Eastern Siberia and the first Russian to reach Transbaikalia.
Maksim Perfilyev (Максим Перфильев, (? – after 1638) was a Cossack explorer of Eastern Siberia and the first Russian to reach Transbaikalia.
Maria Klenova
Maria Vasilyevna Klenova (Мари́я Васи́льевна Клёнова) (1898–1976) was a Russian and Soviet marine geologist and one of the founders of Russian marine science.
Maria Vasilyevna Klenova (Мари́я Васи́льевна Клёнова) (1898–1976) was a Russian and Soviet marine geologist and one of the founders of Russian marine science.
Maria Pronchishcheva
Maria Pronchishcheva (Мария Прончищева, 1710 - 23 September 1736) - a Russian explorer.
Maria Pronchishcheva (Мария Прончищева, 1710 - 23 September 1736) - a Russian explorer.
Mark Shevelev
Mark Shevelev (Шевелёв, Марк Иванович) (1904–1991) was a Soviet pilot during World War II and was one of founders and Chief of Staff of Soviet Long Range Aviation.
Mark Shevelev (Шевелёв, Марк Иванович) (1904–1991) was a Soviet pilot during World War II and was one of founders and Chief of Staff of Soviet Long Range Aviation.
Marko Vojnović
Count Marko Vojnović was an Admiral of the Russian Imperial Navy, one of the founders of the Black Sea Fleet.
Count Marko Vojnović was an Admiral of the Russian Imperial Navy, one of the founders of the Black Sea Fleet.
Martin Shpanberg
Martyn Petrovich Shpanberg (Мартын Петрович Шпанберг) is the Russified name of Martin Spangberg, a Danish naval lieutenant who took part with his compatriot Vitus Bering in both Kamchatka ...
Martyn Petrovich Shpanberg (Мартын Петрович Шпанберг) is the Russified name of Martin Spangberg, a Danish naval lieutenant who took part with his compatriot Vitus Bering in both Kamchatka ...
Matvei Gedenschtrom
Matvei Matveyevich Gedenschtrom (Матвей Матвеевич Геденштром) (circa 1780 — September 20, 1845) was a Russian explorer of Northern Siberia, writer, and public servant.
Matvei Matveyevich Gedenschtrom (Матвей Матвеевич Геденштром) (circa 1780 — September 20, 1845) was a Russian explorer of Northern Siberia, writer, and public servant.
Mikhail Gvozdev
Mikhail Spiridonovich Gvozdev was a Russian military geodesist and a commander of the expedition to northern Alaska in 1732, when Alaskan shore was for the first time sighted by Russians.
Mikhail Spiridonovich Gvozdev was a Russian military geodesist and a commander of the expedition to northern Alaska in 1732, when Alaskan shore was for the first time sighted by Russians.
Mikhail Lavrov
Mikhail Andrianovich Lavrov (Лавров, Михаил Андрианович) (1799–1882) was a Russian rear-admiral and Arctic explorer.
Mikhail Andrianovich Lavrov (Лавров, Михаил Андрианович) (1799–1882) was a Russian rear-admiral and Arctic explorer.
Mikhail Lazarev
Admiral Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev (Михаил Петрович Лазарев, November 3, 1788 – April 11, 1851) was a Russian fleet commander and explorer who discovered Antarctica.
Admiral Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev (Михаил Петрович Лазарев, November 3, 1788 – April 11, 1851) was a Russian fleet commander and explorer who discovered Antarctica.
Mikhail Levashev
Mikhail D. Levashev (spelt "Levashef" in the United States) (c.
Mikhail D. Levashev (spelt "Levashef" in the United States) (c.
Mikhail Reyneke
Mikhail Reyneke (Russian: Михаил Францевич Рейнеке, 1801, Russia — 16 April 1859, Frankfurt am Main) was a Russian vice admiral and hydrographer.
Mikhail Reyneke (Russian: Михаил Францевич Рейнеке, 1801, Russia — 16 April 1859, Frankfurt am Main) was a Russian vice admiral and hydrographer.
Mikhail Sidorov
Mikhail Konstantinovich Sidorov (Михаил Константинович Сидоров) (1823, Arkhangelsk – July 11, 1887, Aachen) was a Siberian goldmine owner.
Mikhail Konstantinovich Sidorov (Михаил Константинович Сидоров) (1823, Arkhangelsk – July 11, 1887, Aachen) was a Siberian goldmine owner.
Mikhail Somov
Mikhail Mikhailovich Somov (Михаил Михайлович Сомов) (7 April 1908, Moscow - 30 December 1973, Leningrad) was a Soviet oceanologist, polar explorer, Doctor of Geographical Sciences (1954).
Mikhail Mikhailovich Somov (Михаил Михайлович Сомов) (7 April 1908, Moscow - 30 December 1973, Leningrad) was a Soviet oceanologist, polar explorer, Doctor of Geographical Sciences (1954).
Mikhail Stadukhin
Mikhail Vasilyevich Stadukhin was a Russian explorer of far northeast Siberia, one of the first to reach the Kolyma, Anadyr, Penzhina and Gizhiga Rivers and the northern Sea of Okhotsk.
Mikhail Vasilyevich Stadukhin was a Russian explorer of far northeast Siberia, one of the first to reach the Kolyma, Anadyr, Penzhina and Gizhiga Rivers and the northern Sea of Okhotsk.
Mikhail Tebenkov
Mikhail Dmitriyevich Tebenkov, spelt Tebenkof in the United States (Михаил Дмитриевич Тебеньков) (1802 – April 3, 1872), was a Russian hydrographer and vice admiral of the Imperial Russian...
Mikhail Dmitriyevich Tebenkov, spelt Tebenkof in the United States (Михаил Дмитриевич Тебеньков) (1802 – April 3, 1872), was a Russian hydrographer and vice admiral of the Imperial Russian...
Mikhail Vasilyev
Mikhail Nikolayevich Vasilyev (Михаил Николаевич Васильев) (1770 - June 23, 1847) was a Russian explorer and vice admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy.
Mikhail Nikolayevich Vasilyev (Михаил Николаевич Васильев) (1770 - June 23, 1847) was a Russian explorer and vice admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy.
Mikhail Vodopianov
Mikhail Vasilyevich Vodopianov (Михаил Васильевич Водопьянов, November 18, 1899 - August 11, 1980) was a Soviet aircraft pilot, one of the first Heroes of the Soviet Union, and a Major General o...
Mikhail Vasilyevich Vodopianov (Михаил Васильевич Водопьянов, November 18, 1899 - August 11, 1980) was a Soviet aircraft pilot, one of the first Heroes of the Soviet Union, and a Major General o...
Mikhail Vodopyanov
Mikhail Vasilyevich Vodopyanov was a Soviet aircraft pilot, one of the first Heroes of the Soviet Union, and a Major General of the Soviet Air Force.
Mikhail Vasilyevich Vodopyanov was a Soviet aircraft pilot, one of the first Heroes of the Soviet Union, and a Major General of the Soviet Air Force.
Nestor Buinitsky
Nestor Aloiziyevich Buinitsky was a Russian military engineer, professor of fortification, inventor and Lieutenant General.
Nestor Aloiziyevich Buinitsky was a Russian military engineer, professor of fortification, inventor and Lieutenant General.
Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay
Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay was a Russian explorer, ethnologist, anthropologist and biologist who became famous as the first scientist to settle among and study people who had never seen a white man.
Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay was a Russian explorer, ethnologist, anthropologist and biologist who became famous as the first scientist to settle among and study people who had never seen a white man.
Nicholas Roerich
Nicholas Roerich, also known as Nikolai Konstantinovich Rerikh, was a Russian mystic, painter, philosopher, scientist, writer, traveler, and public figure.
Nicholas Roerich, also known as Nikolai Konstantinovich Rerikh, was a Russian mystic, painter, philosopher, scientist, writer, traveler, and public figure.
Nicolae Milescu
Nicolae Milescu (, first name also Neculai, also known as Spătarul Milescu-Cârnu "Chancellor Milescu the Snub-nosed", in Russian: Николай Гаврилович Спафарий - Nikolai Gavrilovich ...
Nicolae Milescu (, first name also Neculai, also known as Spătarul Milescu-Cârnu "Chancellor Milescu the Snub-nosed", in Russian: Николай Гаврилович Спафарий - Nikolai Gavrilovich ...
Nicolai Ivanovich Andrusov
Nicolai Ivanovich Andrusov was a Russian geologist, stratigrapher, and palaeontologist.
Nicolai Ivanovich Andrusov was a Russian geologist, stratigrapher, and palaeontologist.
Nikifor Begichev
Nikifor Alekseevich Begichev (Bigichev) (Никифор Алексеевич Бегичев (Бигичев) (February 7 (N.S. February 19), 1874 – May 18, 1927) was a Russian seaman and polar explorer.
Nikifor Alekseevich Begichev (Bigichev) (Никифор Алексеевич Бегичев (Бигичев) (February 7 (N.S. February 19), 1874 – May 18, 1927) was a Russian seaman and polar explorer.
Nikita Akinfiyevich Demidov
Nikita Akinfiyevich Demidov (Никита Акинфиевич Демидов) (September 8, 1724 – 1789) was a Russian industrialist and arts patron.
Nikita Akinfiyevich Demidov (Никита Акинфиевич Демидов) (September 8, 1724 – 1789) was a Russian industrialist and arts patron.
Nikita Bichurin
Nikita Yakovlevich Bichurin, better known under his monastic name Hyacinth, or Iakinf, was one of the founding fathers of Sinology.
Nikita Yakovlevich Bichurin, better known under his monastic name Hyacinth, or Iakinf, was one of the founding fathers of Sinology.
Nikita Shalaurov
Nikita Shalaurov (Никита Шалауров) (? - 1764) was a merchant from Veliky Ustyug, Russia and an Arctic explorer.
Nikita Shalaurov (Никита Шалауров) (? - 1764) was a merchant from Veliky Ustyug, Russia and an Arctic explorer.
Nikolai Kolomeitsev
Nikolai Nikolaevich Kolomeitsev, also spelt Kolomeytsev (Николай Николаевич Коломейцев) (16 July 1867 (near Kherson, Ukraine) - 1944 in Paris) was a Ukrainian Russian naval officer and exp...
Nikolai Nikolaevich Kolomeitsev, also spelt Kolomeytsev (Николай Николаевич Коломейцев) (16 July 1867 (near Kherson, Ukraine) - 1944 in Paris) was a Ukrainian Russian naval officer and exp...
Nikolai Korzhenevskiy
Nikolai Leopol'dovich Korzhenevskiy, born in Vitebsk Guberniya, Russia, died in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Nikolai Leopol'dovich Korzhenevskiy, born in Vitebsk Guberniya, Russia, died in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Nikolai Przhevalsky
Nikolai Mikhaylovich Przhevalsky (Никола́й Миха́йлович Пржева́льский, also transliterated Przewalski (Polish-style) and Prjevalsky, ; —), was a Russian geographer of Polish background an...
Nikolai Mikhaylovich Przhevalsky (Никола́й Миха́йлович Пржева́льский, also transliterated Przewalski (Polish-style) and Prjevalsky, ; —), was a Russian geographer of Polish background an...
Nikolai Rezanov
Nikolay Petrovich Rezanov was a Russian nobleman and statesman who promoted the project of Russian colonization of Alaska and California.
Nikolay Petrovich Rezanov was a Russian nobleman and statesman who promoted the project of Russian colonization of Alaska and California.
Nikolai Severtzov
Nikolai Alekseevich Severtzov (November 5, 1827 – February 8, 1885) was a Russian explorer and naturalist.
Nikolai Alekseevich Severtzov (November 5, 1827 – February 8, 1885) was a Russian explorer and naturalist.
Nikolai Vavilov
Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov FRS was a prominent Russian and Soviet botanist and geneticist best known for having identified the centres of origin of cultivated plants.
Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov FRS was a prominent Russian and Soviet botanist and geneticist best known for having identified the centres of origin of cultivated plants.
Nikolai Yadrintsev
Nikolai Mikhailovich Yadrintsev was a Russian public figure, explorer, archaeologist, and turkologist.
Nikolai Mikhailovich Yadrintsev was a Russian public figure, explorer, archaeologist, and turkologist.
Nikolay Leontiev
Nikolay Stepanovich Leontiev was a Russian military officer and adviser, geographer and traveler, explorer of Africa, writer and first Count of the Ethiopian Empire, veteran of the First Italo-E...
Nikolay Stepanovich Leontiev was a Russian military officer and adviser, geographer and traveler, explorer of Africa, writer and first Count of the Ethiopian Empire, veteran of the First Italo-E...
Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky
Nikolay Nikolayevich Muravyov-Amursky (also spelled as Nikolai Nikolaevich Muraviev-Amurskiy; Никола́й Никола́евич Муравьёв-Аму́рский; — ) was a Russian statesman and diplomat, who playe...
Nikolay Nikolayevich Muravyov-Amursky (also spelled as Nikolai Nikolaevich Muraviev-Amurskiy; Никола́й Никола́евич Муравьёв-Аму́рский; — ) was a Russian statesman and diplomat, who playe...
Nikolay Przhevalsky
Nikolai Mikhaylovich Przhevalsky, was a Russian geographer of Polish background and explorer of Central and Eastern Asia.
Nikolai Mikhaylovich Przhevalsky, was a Russian geographer of Polish background and explorer of Central and Eastern Asia.
Nikolay Shkot
Nikolay Yakovlevich Shkot (Никола́й Я́ковлевич Шкот; 1829, Kostroma Governorate – 1870, St. Peterburg), was a war veteran of Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War.
Nikolay Yakovlevich Shkot (Никола́й Я́ковлевич Шкот; 1829, Kostroma Governorate – 1870, St. Peterburg), was a war veteran of Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War.
Nikolay Urvantsev
Nikolay Nikolayevich Urvantsev (Николай Николаевич Урванцев; – 20 February 1985) was a Soviet geologist and explorer.
Nikolay Nikolayevich Urvantsev (Николай Николаевич Урванцев; – 20 February 1985) was a Soviet geologist and explorer.
Onufriy Stepanov
Onufriy Stepanov (Онуфрий Степанов) (died June 30, 1658) was a Siberian Cossack and explorer of the Amur River.
Onufriy Stepanov (Онуфрий Степанов) (died June 30, 1658) was a Siberian Cossack and explorer of the Amur River.
Oskar Victorovich Stark
Oskar Victorovich Stark (Оскар Викторович Старк, 16 August 1846 — 13 November 1928) was a vice-admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy and a noted explorer of Peter the Great Bay and the Far...
Oskar Victorovich Stark (Оскар Викторович Старк, 16 August 1846 — 13 November 1928) was a vice-admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy and a noted explorer of Peter the Great Bay and the Far...
Otto Schmidt
Otto Yulyevich Schmidt was a Soviet scientist, mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist, statesman, academician, Hero of the USSR, and member of the Communist Party.
Otto Yulyevich Schmidt was a Soviet scientist, mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist, statesman, academician, Hero of the USSR, and member of the Communist Party.
Otto von Kotzebue
Otto von Kotzebue (Russian Отто Евстафьевич Коцебу, Otto Evstaf'evič Kocebu) (December 30, 1787 – February 15, 1846) was a Baltic German navigator in Russian service.
Otto von Kotzebue (Russian Отто Евстафьевич Коцебу, Otto Evstaf'evič Kocebu) (December 30, 1787 – February 15, 1846) was a Baltic German navigator in Russian service.
Pavel Grigoryevich Demidov
Pavel Grigoryevich Demidov (1738–1821) was a Russian traveller and patron of scientific education.
Pavel Grigoryevich Demidov (1738–1821) was a Russian traveller and patron of scientific education.
Pavel Lebedev-Lastochkin
Pavel Sergeyevich Lebedev-Lastochkin (Russian: Павел Сергеевич Лебедев-Ласточкин) was a Russian merchant from Yakutsk who, in the late 18th century, became one of the first Russians to make cont...
Pavel Sergeyevich Lebedev-Lastochkin (Russian: Павел Сергеевич Лебедев-Ласточкин) was a Russian merchant from Yakutsk who, in the late 18th century, became one of the first Russians to make cont...
Pavel Senko
Pavel Kononovich Senko (Павел Кононович Сенько) (October 4, 1916–2000) was a Soviet polar explorer, scientist, and member and leader of numerous expeditions to Antarctica under the auspices of ...
Pavel Kononovich Senko (Павел Кононович Сенько) (October 4, 1916–2000) was a Soviet polar explorer, scientist, and member and leader of numerous expeditions to Antarctica under the auspices of ...
Peter Kropotkin
Prince Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin was a Russian zoologist, evolutionary theorist, philosopher, scientist, revolutionary, economist, activist, geographer, writer, and one of the world's foremost...
Prince Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin was a Russian zoologist, evolutionary theorist, philosopher, scientist, revolutionary, economist, activist, geographer, writer, and one of the world's foremost...
Philip Johan von Strahlenberg
Philip Johan von Strahlenberg (1676–1747) was a Swedish officer and geographer of German origin who made important contributions to the cartography of Russia.
Philip Johan von Strahlenberg (1676–1747) was a Swedish officer and geographer of German origin who made important contributions to the cartography of Russia.
Pyotr Anjou
Pyotr Fyodorovich Anjou, was an Arctic explorer and an admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy Anjou's grandfather was a Frenchman who entered the service of Russia in the middle of the 18th Century.
Pyotr Fyodorovich Anjou, was an Arctic explorer and an admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy Anjou's grandfather was a Frenchman who entered the service of Russia in the middle of the 18th Century.
Pyotr Beketov
Pyotr Beketov (Пётр Иванович Бекетов, born circa 1600 - died circa 1661) was a prominent Cossack explorer of Siberia and founder of many cities such as Yakutsk, Chita, and Nerchinsk.
Pyotr Beketov (Пётр Иванович Бекетов, born circa 1600 - died circa 1661) was a prominent Cossack explorer of Siberia and founder of many cities such as Yakutsk, Chita, and Nerchinsk.
Pyotr Chikhachyov
Pyotr Alexandrovich Chikhachyov, last name also spelled Chikhachev or Tchihatchev was a Russian naturalist and geologist who was admitted into the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1876...
Pyotr Alexandrovich Chikhachyov, last name also spelled Chikhachev or Tchihatchev was a Russian naturalist and geologist who was admitted into the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1876...
Pyotr Kozlov
Pyotr Kuzmich Kozlov was a Russian and Soviet traveler and explorer who continued the studies of Nikolai Przhevalsky in Mongolia and Tibet he was a notorious homosexual and contracted several se...
Pyotr Kuzmich Kozlov was a Russian and Soviet traveler and explorer who continued the studies of Nikolai Przhevalsky in Mongolia and Tibet he was a notorious homosexual and contracted several se...
Pyotr Krenitsyn
Pyotr Kuzmich Krenitsyn, spelt "Krenitzin" in the United States, was a Russian explorer and Captain/Lieutenant of the Imperial Russian Navy.
Pyotr Kuzmich Krenitsyn, spelt "Krenitzin" in the United States, was a Russian explorer and Captain/Lieutenant of the Imperial Russian Navy.
Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky
Pyotr Petrovich Semenov-Tyan-Shansky was a Russian geographer and statistician who managed the Russian Geographical Society for more than 40 years.
Pyotr Petrovich Semenov-Tyan-Shansky was a Russian geographer and statistician who managed the Russian Geographical Society for more than 40 years.
Pyotr Shirshov
Pyotr Petrovich Shirshov (Пётр Петрович Ширшов) (December 25 (O.S. December 12), 1905, Ekaterinoslav (today Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine) - February 17, 1953, Moscow) was a Ukrainian Soviet oceanogra...
Pyotr Petrovich Shirshov (Пётр Петрович Ширшов) (December 25 (O.S. December 12), 1905, Ekaterinoslav (today Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine) - February 17, 1953, Moscow) was a Ukrainian Soviet oceanogra...
Raul - Yuri Georgievich Ervier
Raul-Yuri Georgievich Ervier (Russian: Рауль-Юрий Георгиевич Эрвье; 16 April 1909 (Tiflis) - 9 August 1991 (Moscow)) was a Soviet geologist and director of the main Tyumen production geological ...
Raul-Yuri Georgievich Ervier (Russian: Рауль-Юрий Георгиевич Эрвье; 16 April 1909 (Tiflis) - 9 August 1991 (Moscow)) was a Soviet geologist and director of the main Tyumen production geological ...
Raul-Yuri Georgievich Ervier
Raul-Yuri Georgievich Ervier was a Soviet geologist and director of the main Tyumen production geological department.
Raul-Yuri Georgievich Ervier was a Soviet geologist and director of the main Tyumen production geological department.
Richard Maack
Richard Otto Maack was a 19th century Russian naturalist, geographer, and anthropologist.
Richard Otto Maack was a 19th century Russian naturalist, geographer, and anthropologist.
Rudolf Samoylovich
Rudolf Lazarevich Samoylovich was a Soviet polar explorer, professor, and doctor of geographic sciences.
Rudolf Lazarevich Samoylovich was a Soviet polar explorer, professor, and doctor of geographic sciences.
Semion Chelyuskin
Semyon Ivanovich Chelyuskin (Семён Иванович Челюскин) (c.
Semyon Ivanovich Chelyuskin (Семён Иванович Челюскин) (c.
Semyon Dezhnyov
Semyon Ivanovich Dezhnyov (; commonly spelled Dezhnev in English-language sources; c. 1605 – 1672) was a Russian explorer of Siberia and the first European to sail through the Bering Strait.
Semyon Ivanovich Dezhnyov (; commonly spelled Dezhnev in English-language sources; c. 1605 – 1672) was a Russian explorer of Siberia and the first European to sail through the Bering Strait.
Semyon Stroganov
Semyon Stroganov was a Russian merchant from the family of Stroganov who financed Yermak's Siberian campaign in 1581.
Semyon Stroganov was a Russian merchant from the family of Stroganov who financed Yermak's Siberian campaign in 1581.
Sergei Krikalev
Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev (Russian: Сергей Константинович Крикалёв, also transliterated as Sergei Krikalyov, born August 27, 1958) is a Russian cosmonaut and mechanical engineer.
Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev (Russian: Сергей Константинович Крикалёв, also transliterated as Sergei Krikalyov, born August 27, 1958) is a Russian cosmonaut and mechanical engineer.
Stepan Krasheninnikov
Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov was a Russian explorer of Siberia, naturalist and geographer who gave the first full description of Kamchatka in the early 18th century.
Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov was a Russian explorer of Siberia, naturalist and geographer who gave the first full description of Kamchatka in the early 18th century.
Stepan Makarov
Stepan Osipovich Makarov (Степа́н О́сипович Мака́ров; — ) was a Russian vice-admiral, a highly accomplished and decorated commander of the Imperial Russian Navy.
Stepan Osipovich Makarov (Степа́н О́сипович Мака́ров; — ) was a Russian vice-admiral, a highly accomplished and decorated commander of the Imperial Russian Navy.
Stepan Malygin
Stepan Gavrilovich Malygin (Степан Гаврилович Малыгин) (died August 1, 1764) was a Russian Arctic explorer.
Stepan Gavrilovich Malygin (Степан Гаврилович Малыгин) (died August 1, 1764) was a Russian Arctic explorer.
Stepan Rastorguyev
Stepan Innokentyevich Rastorguyev (Степа́н Инноке́нтьевич Расторгу́ев; 1864, Yakutsk – after 1904) was an officer of the Yakut Cossack Regiment and an explorer.
Stepan Innokentyevich Rastorguyev (Степа́н Инноке́нтьевич Расторгу́ев; 1864, Yakutsk – after 1904) was an officer of the Yakut Cossack Regiment and an explorer.
Stephen of Perm
Saint Stephen of Perm was a fourteenth century missionary credited with the conversion of the Komi Permyaks to Christianity and the establishment of the Bishopric of Perm'.
Saint Stephen of Perm was a fourteenth century missionary credited with the conversion of the Komi Permyaks to Christianity and the establishment of the Bishopric of Perm'.
Svetlana Savitskaya
Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya (Светла́на Евге́ньевна Сави́цкая; born August 8, 1948, in Moscow, USSR is a former Soviet female aviator and cosmonaut who flew aboard Soyuz T-7 in 1982, becoming...
Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya (Светла́на Евге́ньевна Сави́цкая; born August 8, 1948, in Moscow, USSR is a former Soviet female aviator and cosmonaut who flew aboard Soyuz T-7 in 1982, becoming...
Svetoslav Roerich
Svetoslav Nikolaevich Roerich Russian painter, son of Nicholas Roerich, studied from a young age under his father's tutelage.
Svetoslav Nikolaevich Roerich Russian painter, son of Nicholas Roerich, studied from a young age under his father's tutelage.
Tatyana Ustinova
Tatyana Ustinova (November 14, 1913, Alushta — September 4, 2009, Vancouver) was a Soviet geologist, who discovered Valley of Geysers in Kamchatka.
Tatyana Ustinova (November 14, 1913, Alushta — September 4, 2009, Vancouver) was a Soviet geologist, who discovered Valley of Geysers in Kamchatka.
Theodore K Lorenz
Theodore K Lorenz (1842–1911) was a German ornithologist.
Theodore K Lorenz (1842–1911) was a German ornithologist.
Valentina Tereshkova
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova is a retired Soviet cosmonaut, and was the first woman in space.
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova is a retired Soviet cosmonaut, and was the first woman in space.
Valerian Albanov
Valerian Ivanovich Albanov (Валериан Иванович Альбанов) (1881 - 1919) was a Russian navigator, best known for being one of only two survivors of the ill-fated Brusilov Expedition of 1912.
Valerian Ivanovich Albanov (Валериан Иванович Альбанов) (1881 - 1919) was a Russian navigator, best known for being one of only two survivors of the ill-fated Brusilov Expedition of 1912.
Valery Chkalov
Valery Pavlovich Chkalov (February 2, 1904 – December 15, 1938) was a Russian aircraft test pilot and a Hero of the Soviet Union (1936).
Valery Pavlovich Chkalov (February 2, 1904 – December 15, 1938) was a Russian aircraft test pilot and a Hero of the Soviet Union (1936).
Vasili Pronchishchev
Vasili Vasilyevich Pronchishchev (Василий Васильевич Прончищев) (1702–) was a Russian explorer.
Vasili Vasilyevich Pronchishchev (Василий Васильевич Прончищев) (1702–) was a Russian explorer.
Vasiliy Podshibyakin
Vasiliy Tihonovich Podshibyakin was a Soviet geologist and head of the trust “Yamalnefterazvedka”.
Vasiliy Tihonovich Podshibyakin was a Soviet geologist and head of the trust “Yamalnefterazvedka”.
Vasily Chichagov
Vasili Yakovlevich Chichagov (Василий Яковлевич Чичагов) (February 28, 1726 – April 4, 1809) was an admiral in the Russian Navy and an explorer.
Vasili Yakovlevich Chichagov (Василий Яковлевич Чичагов) (February 28, 1726 – April 4, 1809) was an admiral in the Russian Navy and an explorer.
Vasily Dokuchaev
Vasily Vasili'evich Dokuchaev was a Russian geographer who is credited with laying the foundations of soil science.
Vasily Vasili'evich Dokuchaev was a Russian geographer who is credited with laying the foundations of soil science.
Vasily Golovnin
Vasily Mikhailovich Golovnin (Василий Михайлович Головнин in Russian) (, Gulyniki, Ryazan Oblast, Russia (, Saint Petersburg, Russia), was a Russian navigator, Vice Admiral, and Correspondin...
Vasily Mikhailovich Golovnin (Василий Михайлович Головнин in Russian) (, Gulyniki, Ryazan Oblast, Russia (, Saint Petersburg, Russia), was a Russian navigator, Vice Admiral, and Correspondin...
Vasily Tatishchev
Vasily Nikitich Tatishchev was a prominent Russian statesman, and ethnographer, best remembered as the author of the first full-scale Russian history.
Vasily Nikitich Tatishchev was a prominent Russian statesman, and ethnographer, best remembered as the author of the first full-scale Russian history.
Vasily Zavoyko
Vasily Stepanovich Zavoyko (Василий Степанович Завойко; 1809-1898) was an admiral in the Russian navy.
Vasily Stepanovich Zavoyko (Василий Степанович Завойко; 1809-1898) was an admiral in the Russian navy.
Vitaly Abalakov
Vitaly Mikhaylovich Abalakov (Вита́лий Миха́йлович Абала́ков) ( in Yeniseysk – May 26, 1986 in Moscow) was a Soviet/Russian mountaineer and inventor.
Vitaly Mikhaylovich Abalakov (Вита́лий Миха́йлович Абала́ков) ( in Yeniseysk – May 26, 1986 in Moscow) was a Soviet/Russian mountaineer and inventor.
Vitus Bering
Vitus Jonassen Bering was a Danish-born navigator in the service of the Russian Navy as Витус Ионассен Беринг, known among the Russian sailors as Ivan Ivanovich Bering.
Vitus Jonassen Bering was a Danish-born navigator in the service of the Russian Navy as Витус Ионассен Беринг, known among the Russian sailors as Ivan Ivanovich Bering.
Vladimir Arsenyev
Vladimir Klavdiyevich Arsenyev (Влади́мир Кла́вдиевич Арсе́ньев) (10 September 1872 – 4 September 1930) was a Russian explorer of the Far East who recounted his travels in a series of book...
Vladimir Klavdiyevich Arsenyev (Влади́мир Кла́вдиевич Арсе́ньев) (10 September 1872 – 4 September 1930) was a Russian explorer of the Far East who recounted his travels in a series of book...
Vladimir Atlasov
Vladimir Vasilyevich Atlasov or Otlasov (Владимир Васильевич Атласов, Отласов, born in Veliky Ustyug between 1661 and 1664—died in 1711) was a Siberian Cossack who was the first Russia...
Vladimir Vasilyevich Atlasov or Otlasov (Владимир Васильевич Атласов, Отласов, born in Veliky Ustyug between 1661 and 1664—died in 1711) was a Siberian Cossack who was the first Russia...
Vladimir Obruchev
Vladimir Afanasyevich Obruchev was a Russian and Soviet geologist who specialized in the study of Siberia and Central Asia.
Vladimir Afanasyevich Obruchev was a Russian and Soviet geologist who specialized in the study of Siberia and Central Asia.
Vladimir Sanin
Vladimir Markovich Sanin (Владимир Маркович Санин; 1928 - 1989) was a Russian traveler and writer.
Vladimir Markovich Sanin (Владимир Маркович Санин; 1928 - 1989) was a Russian traveler and writer.
Vladimir Voronin (captain)
Vladimir Ivanovich Voronin was a Soviet Navy captain, born in Sumsky Posad, in the present Republic of Karelia, Russia.
Vladimir Ivanovich Voronin was a Soviet Navy captain, born in Sumsky Posad, in the present Republic of Karelia, Russia.
Vladimir Wiese
Professor Vladimir Yulyevich Vize, was a Russian scientist of German descent who devoted his life to the study of the Arctic ice pack.
Professor Vladimir Yulyevich Vize, was a Russian scientist of German descent who devoted his life to the study of the Arctic ice pack.
Voin Rimsky-Korsakov
Voin Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov was a Russian navigator, hydrographer and geographer.
Voin Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov was a Russian navigator, hydrographer and geographer.
Yakov Gakkel
Yakov Yakovlevich Gakkel was a Soviet oceanographer, doctor of geographical sciences, professor, director of the geography department of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, son of a sci...
Yakov Yakovlevich Gakkel was a Soviet oceanographer, doctor of geographical sciences, professor, director of the geography department of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, son of a sci...
Yakov Permyakov
Yakov Permyakov (Russian: Пермяков, Яков) (died 1712) was a Russian seafarer, explorer, merchant, and Cossack.
Yakov Permyakov (Russian: Пермяков, Яков) (died 1712) was a Russian seafarer, explorer, merchant, and Cossack.
Yakov Sannikov
Yakov Sannikov (Яков Санников) (1780, Ust-Yansk - no earlier than 1812) was a Russian merchant and explorer of the New Siberian Islands.
Yakov Sannikov (Яков Санников) (1780, Ust-Yansk - no earlier than 1812) was a Russian merchant and explorer of the New Siberian Islands.
Yaroslav II of Vladimir
Yaroslav II (Яросла́в II Все́володович), Christian name Theodor (Феодо́р) (February 8, 1191 – September 30, 1246) was the Grand Prince of Vladimir (1238–1246) who helped to restore his count...
Yaroslav II (Яросла́в II Все́володович), Christian name Theodor (Феодо́р) (February 8, 1191 – September 30, 1246) was the Grand Prince of Vladimir (1238–1246) who helped to restore his count...
Yermak Timofeyevich
Ermac Timofeyevich was a Cossack who led the Russian conquest of Siberia in the reign of Ivan the Terrible.
Ermac Timofeyevich was a Cossack who led the Russian conquest of Siberia in the reign of Ivan the Terrible.
Yerofey Khabarov
Yerofey Pavlovich Khabarov or Svyatitsky (Ерофей Павлович Хабаров (Святицкий) Erofej Pavlovič Chabarov (Svjatickij; the first name is often spelled Ярофей (Yarofei) in contemporary acc...
Yerofey Pavlovich Khabarov or Svyatitsky (Ерофей Павлович Хабаров (Святицкий) Erofej Pavlovič Chabarov (Svjatickij; the first name is often spelled Ярофей (Yarofei) in contemporary acc...
Yevfimy Putyatin
Yevfimy Vasilyevich Putyatin was a Russian admiral noted for his diplomatic missions to Japan and China which resulted in the signing of the Treaty of Shimoda in 1855.
Yevfimy Vasilyevich Putyatin was a Russian admiral noted for his diplomatic missions to Japan and China which resulted in the signing of the Treaty of Shimoda in 1855.
Yevgeniy Abalakov
Yevgeniy Mikhaylovich Abalakov was a Soviet alpinist and sculptor.
Yevgeniy Mikhaylovich Abalakov was a Soviet alpinist and sculptor.
Yevgeny Fyodorov
Yevgeny Konstantinovich Fyodorov (Евгений Константинович Фёдоров; 10 April (O.S. 28 March), 1910, Bendery - 30 December 1981) was a Soviet geophysicist, statesman, public figure, academician (19...
Yevgeny Konstantinovich Fyodorov (Евгений Константинович Фёдоров; 10 April (O.S. 28 March), 1910, Bendery - 30 December 1981) was a Soviet geophysicist, statesman, public figure, academician (19...
Yevgeny Korotkevich
Yevgeny Sergeyevich Korotkevich was a Soviet scientist and polar explorer, Hero of Socialist Labor, and Doctor of Geographical Sciences.
Yevgeny Sergeyevich Korotkevich was a Soviet scientist and polar explorer, Hero of Socialist Labor, and Doctor of Geographical Sciences.
Yevgeny Tolstikov
Yevgeny Ivanovich Tolstikov (Евгений Иванович Толстиков) (1913 - December, 1987) was a Soviet polar explorer, awarded by the Hero of the Soviet Union title.
Yevgeny Ivanovich Tolstikov (Евгений Иванович Толстиков) (1913 - December, 1987) was a Soviet polar explorer, awarded by the Hero of the Soviet Union title.
Yuly Shokalsky
Yuly Mikhailovich Shokalsky was a Russian oceanographer, cartographer, and geographer.
Yuly Mikhailovich Shokalsky was a Russian oceanographer, cartographer, and geographer.
Yuri Lisyansky
Yuri Fyodorovich Lisyansky (also spelled as Urey Lisiansky and Lisianski) (Юрій Федорович Лисянський Jurij Fedorovyč Lysjanskyj, Юрий Фёдорович Лисянский Jurij Fëdorovič Lisjan...
Yuri Fyodorovich Lisyansky (also spelled as Urey Lisiansky and Lisianski) (Юрій Федорович Лисянський Jurij Fedorovyč Lysjanskyj, Юрий Фёдорович Лисянский Jurij Fëdorovič Lisjan...
Yuri Senkevich
Yuri Aleksandrovich Senkevich (Юрий Александрович Сенкевич) (March 4, 1937 in Choibalsan, Mongolia – September 25, 2003 in Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet doctor, scientist.
Yuri Aleksandrovich Senkevich (Юрий Александрович Сенкевич) (March 4, 1937 in Choibalsan, Mongolia – September 25, 2003 in Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet doctor, scientist.