Vitus Bering

Vitus Bering

male, deceased (1741)
Vitus Jonassen Bering (also, less correctly, "Behring") (August 1681-December 19, 1741) was a Danish-born navigator in the service of the Russian...
Valerian Albanov

Valerian Albanov

male, deceased (1919)
Valerian Ivanovich Albanov (1881 - 1919) was a Russian navigator, best known for being one of only two survivors of the Brusilov expedition of...
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen

Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen

male, deceased (1852)
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen (September 20, 1778-January 13, 1852) served as a naval officer of the Russian Empire and commanded the second...
Ivan Papanin

Ivan Papanin

male, deceased (1986)
Ivan Dmitrievich Papanin (January 30 1986) was a Russian Polar Explorer, Scientist, Counter Admiral, twice Hero of the Soviet Union awarded by nine...
Vasili Chichagov

Vasili Chichagov

male, deceased (1809)
Vasili Yakovlevich Chichagov (28 February, 1726 - 4 April, 1809) was an admiral in the Russian Navy and an explorer. He was the father of Pavel...
Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev

Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev

male, deceased (1851)
Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev was a Russian fleet commander and explorer, and Admiral (1843).

Nikita Shalaurov

male
Nikita Shalaurov (? - 1764) was a merchant from Veliky Ustyug, Russia and an Arctic explorer. Nikita Shalurov took part in the Arctic expedition of...
Mikhail Somov

Mikhail Somov

male, deceased (1973)
Mikhail Mikhailovich Somov was a Soviet oceanologist, polar explorer, Doctor of Geographical Sciences (1954). Mikhail Somov graduated from the...
Georgy Sedov

Georgy Sedov

male, deceased (1914)
Georgy Yakovlevich Sedov (April 23 (May 5), 1877 - February 20 (March 5), 1914) was a Russian Arctic explorer. Born in the village of Krivaya Kosa...
Otto Schmidt

Otto Schmidt

male, deceased (1956)
Otto Yulievich Schmidt ((September 7, 1956) was a Soviet scientist, mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist, statesman, academician (Corresponding...