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Grigory Shelikhov

1747 - 1795

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Grigory Ivanovich Shelikhov (Григорий Иванович Шелихов in Russian) (1747, Rylsk, Belgorod Governorate – July 20, 1795 (July 31, 1795 New Style)) was a Russian seafarer, merchant, and fur trader who established a permanent settlement in Alaska. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Grigory Shelikhov is the 274th most popular explorer (down from 269th in 2019), the 1,036th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,110th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Russian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Grigory Shelikhov ranks 274 out of 498. Before him are Francisco Moreno, Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia, Juan Fernández, Hjalmar Johansen, Aleksei Chirikov, and Pyotr Kozlov. After him are Charles Wilkes, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, Richard Chancellor, László Almásy, William Smith, and Pierre Poivre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1747, Grigory Shelikhov ranks 21. Before him are Jean-François Rewbell, Franz von Paula Schrank, Armand Louis de Gontaut, George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Józef Wybicki, and Heinrich XIII, Prince Reuss of Greiz. After him are Timothy Dexter, John Paul Jones, Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer, Alexander Bezborodko, Antoine Nicolas Duchesne, and Eugenio Espejo. Among people deceased in 1795, Grigory Shelikhov ranks 25. Before him are Antonio de Ulloa, Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini, James Boswell, Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, Michel Corrette, and Francisco Bayeu y Subías. After him are Louis Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, Ranieri de' Calzabigi, Maruyama Ōkyo, Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, and Johan Henric Kellgren.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Grigory Shelikhov ranks 1,036 out of 3,761. Before him are Sergei Nilus (1862), Julia Lermontova (1847), Pyotr Kozlov (1862), Igor Kirillov (1932), Sergei Salnikov (1925), and Mikhail Muravyov-Vilensky (1796). After him are Alexander Tormasov (1752), Vladimir Demikhov (1916), Vladimir Obruchev (1863), Sviatoslav III of Vladimir (1196), Peter August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1697), and Friedrich von Lütke (1797).

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Among EXPLORERS In Russia

Among explorers born in Russia, Grigory Shelikhov ranks 16. Before him are Vladimir Atlasov (1661), Yerofey Khabarov (1603), Dmitry Laptev (1701), Karl Maximovich (1827), Aleksei Chirikov (1703), and Pyotr Kozlov (1862). After him are Semyon Chelyuskin (1700), Pyotr Chikhachyov (1808), Boris Vilkitsky (1885), Irina Solovyova (1937), Khariton Laptev (1700), and Pyotr Anjou (1796).

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