Bellinsgauzen F.F. (1778-1852), navigator

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BELLINSGAUZEN Faddey Fadeevich (1778-1852, Kronstadt), navigator, Admiral (1843). In 1797 graduated from the Naval Cadet School (17 Lieutenant Schmidt Embankment; memorial plaque); served in the Baltic Fleet. In 1819-21 led the round-the-world voyage on the vessels Vostok and Mirny (commander М.P. Lazarev), which resulted in the discovery of Antarctica (1820) and a number of islands in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. In 1839 was appointed military governor of Kronstadt and Commander-in-Chief of the Kronstadt Port. Lived and was buried in Kronstadt, where a monument dedicated to him was set up in 1870 (sculptor I.N. Schroder, architect I.A. Monighetti).

References: Есаков В. А. Открытие Антарктиды и исследования Ф. Ф. Беллинсгаузена и М. П. Лазарева // Вопр. естествознания и техники. 1965. Вып. 18. С. 128-132; История гидрографической службы российского флота: Биогр. справ. СПб., 1997. Т. 4. С. 32.

L. I. Yarukova. Bellinsgauzen Faddey Faddeevich
Frunze Mikhail Vasilievich
Lazarev Mikhail Petrovich
Monighetti Ippolito Antonovich
Schroder Ivan Nikolaevich
Leitenanta Schmidta Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 17
Есаков В. А. Открытие Антарктиды и исследования Ф. Ф. Беллинсгаузена и М. П. Лазарева // Вопр. естествознания и техники, 1965
История гидрографической службы российского флота: Биогр. справ. СПб., 1997 Naval Cadet Corps
Baltic Fleet