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Alexander Andreyevich Baranov

1746 - 1819

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Alexander Andreyevich Baranov (Russian: Александр Андреевич Баранов; 3 February [O.S. 14 February] 1747 – 16 April [O.S. 28 April] 1819), sometimes spelled Aleksandr or Alexandr and Baranof, was a Russian trader and merchant, who worked for some time in Siberia. He was recruited by the Shelikhov-Golikov Company for trading in Russian America, beginning in 1790 with a five-year contract as manager of the outpost. He continued to serve past the end date of his contract. In 1799 Baranov was promoted, appointed by the recently chartered Russian-American Company as Chief Manager, effectively the first governor of Russian America. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Andreyevich Baranov is the 195th most popular explorer (down from 193rd in 2019), the 710th most popular biography from Russia (up from 774th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Russian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Alexander Andreyevich Baranov ranks 195 out of 498. Before him are Annie Londonderry, Filipa Moniz Perestrelo, Alexander Mackenzie, Johann Anton Güldenstädt, Gaspar Corte-Real, and Simon Fraser. After him are Rodrigo de Bastidas, Nikolai Rezanov, James Weddell, Don Walsh, Francisco de Montejo, and Jean-Baptiste Charcot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1746, Alexander Andreyevich Baranov ranks 23. Before him are Infanta Benedita of Portugal, Tiradentes, Izabela Czartoryska, Princess Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt, François-André Vincent, and Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken. After him are Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Crown Princess of Prussia, Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis, Antonio Rosetti, Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle, Jean-Sifrein Maury, and William Curtis. Among people deceased in 1819, Alexander Andreyevich Baranov ranks 19. Before him are Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne, Abbé Faria, Sophie Blanchard, John Marshall, Erik Acharius, and Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. After him are Bodawpaya, Johan David Åkerblad, Alexander Tormasov, Valentin Vodnik, Johann Peter Beaulieu, and John Playfair.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Andreyevich Baranov ranks 710 out of 3,761. Before him are Otto Hesse (1811), Kirill Kondrashin (1914), Irina Godunova (1557), Mordechai Spiegler (1944), Lev Ivanov (1834), and Alexey Kaledin (1861). After him are Nikolai Rezanov (1764), Sergey Belyavsky (1883), Mikhail Mil (1909), Grand Duchess Vera Konstantinovna of Russia (1854), Franz Schlegelberger (1876), and Fyodor Okhlopkov (1908).

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Among EXPLORERS In Russia

Among explorers born in Russia, Alexander Andreyevich Baranov ranks 7. Before him are Nikolay Przhevalsky (1839), Ferdinand von Wrangel (1797), Mikhail Lazarev (1788), Afanasy Nikitin (1500), Semyon Dezhnev (1605), and Vladimir Arsenyev (1872). After him are Nikolai Rezanov (1764), Vasily Tatishchev (1686), Vladimir Atlasov (1661), Yerofey Khabarov (1603), Dmitry Laptev (1701), and Karl Maximovich (1827).

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