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Boris Vilkitsky

1885 - 1961

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Boris Andreyevich Vilkitsky (Russian: Бори́с Андре́евич Вильки́цкий) (22 March (3 April N.S.) 1885, Pulkovo – 6 March 1961) was a Russian hydrographer and surveyor. He was the son of Andrey Ippolitovich Vilkitsky. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Boris Vilkitsky is the 333rd most popular explorer (up from 404th in 2019), the 1,321st most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,856th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Russian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Boris Vilkitsky ranks 333 out of 498. Before him are Pedro Tafur, Nain Singh, Félix de Azara, Pyotr Chikhachyov, Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser, and Gonçalo Velho Cabral. After him are Thorvald Asvaldsson, Irina Solovyova, Khariton Laptev, Pascual de Andagoya, Martim Afonso de Sousa, and Meriwether Lewis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Boris Vilkitsky ranks 144. Before him are Maria Nikiforova, Anna Hübler, John Curtin, Paul Leni, Egon Wellesz, and Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski. After him are Arturo Rawson, Allan Dwan, Ruben Sevak, Abdurauf Fitrat, Roger de La Fresnaye, and Hedda Hopper. Among people deceased in 1961, Boris Vilkitsky ranks 106. Before him are Walter Bedell Smith, Harriet Bosse, Jessie Redmon Fauset, Alexander Goldenweiser, Maneca, and Ralf Törngren. After him are William Astbury, Jean de Bie, Ida Siekmann, Leonhard Frank, Beppo Levi, and Marion Davies.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Boris Vilkitsky ranks 1,321 out of 3,761. Before him are Tatiana Proskouriakoff (1909), Aleksei Serebryakov (1964), Aleksei Yeliseyev (1934), Pavel Bazhov (1879), Mikhail Prishvin (1873), and Dmitry Likhachov (1906). After him are Konstantin Savitsky (1844), Alexei Lubimov (1944), Nur Devlet (null), Yuri Lyubimov (1917), Boris Rosing (1869), and Pavel Filonov (1883).

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Among EXPLORERS In Russia

Among explorers born in Russia, Boris Vilkitsky ranks 19. Before him are Karl Maximovich (1827), Aleksei Chirikov (1703), Pyotr Kozlov (1862), Grigory Shelikhov (1747), Semyon Chelyuskin (1700), and Pyotr Chikhachyov (1808). After him are Irina Solovyova (1937), Khariton Laptev (1700), Pyotr Anjou (1796), Stepan Krasheninnikov (1711), Gombojab Tsybikov (1873), and Yakov Sannikov (1780).

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