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Afanasy Nikitin

1500 - 1475

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Afanasy Nikitin (Russian: Афанасий Никитин; died 1475) was a Russian merchant from Tver and one of the first Europeans (after Niccolò de' Conti) to travel to and document his visit to India. He described his trip in a narrative known as A Journey Beyond the Three Seas (Khozheniye za tri morya). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Afanasy Nikitin is the 143rd most popular explorer (down from 127th in 2019), the 516th most popular biography from Russia (down from 493rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Russian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Afanasy Nikitin ranks 143 out of 498. Before him are Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, George W. De Long, Philip Johan von Strahlenberg, Ranulph Fiennes, Pedro Mascarenhas, and Adam Olearius. After him are Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, Gan Ying, Samuel Wallis, Semyon Dezhnev, Adam Johann von Krusenstern, and Jean Chardin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1500, Afanasy Nikitin ranks 15. Before him are Gülfem Hatun, Bartolomeo Eustachi, John of Ávila, Al-Mutawakkil III, Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, and Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua. After him are Paris Bordone, Çandarlı Halil Pasha the Younger, Sebald Beham, Margarita Luti, Fernão do Pó, and Gaspar de Lemos. Among people deceased in 1475, Afanasy Nikitin ranks 7. Before him are Paolo Uccello, Radu cel Frumos, Dieric Bouts, Petrus Christus, Bartolomeo Colleoni, and Joan of Portugal. After him are Simon of Trent, Albert van Ouwater, Theodorus Gaza, Charles I, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Sin Sukju, and Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Afanasy Nikitin ranks 516 out of 3,761. Before him are Hadji Murad (1795), P. D. Ouspensky (1878), Vasily Shukshin (1929), Vasily Dokuchaev (1846), Igor Ivanov (1945), and Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia (1850). After him are Grigory Orlov (1734), Mathilde Kschessinska (1872), Alexander Dargomyzhsky (1813), Olga Knipper (1868), Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia (1859), and Semyon Dezhnev (1605).

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Among EXPLORERS In Russia

Among explorers born in Russia, Afanasy Nikitin ranks 4. Before him are Nikolay Przhevalsky (1839), Ferdinand von Wrangel (1797), and Mikhail Lazarev (1788). After him are Semyon Dezhnev (1605), Vladimir Arsenyev (1872), Alexander Andreyevich Baranov (1746), Nikolai Rezanov (1764), Vasily Tatishchev (1686), Vladimir Atlasov (1661), Yerofey Khabarov (1603), and Dmitry Laptev (1701).

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