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Semyon Dezhnev

1605 - 1673

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Semyon Ivanovich Dezhnyov (Russian: Семён Ива́нович Дежнёв, IPA: [sʲɪˈmʲɵn ɨˈvanəvʲɪdʑ dʲɪʐˈnʲɵf]; sometimes spelled Dezhnev; c. March 7, 1605 – 1673) was a Russian explorer of Siberia and the first European to sail through the Bering Strait, 80 years before Vitus Bering did. In 1648 he sailed from the Kolyma River on the Arctic Ocean to the Anadyr River on the Pacific. His exploit was forgotten for almost a hundred years and Bering is usually given credit for discovering the strait that bears his name. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Semyon Dezhnev is the 147th most popular explorer (down from 109th in 2019), the 522nd most popular biography from Russia (down from 413th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Russian Explorer.

Semyon Dezhnev is most famous for being the first European to sail from the White Sea to the Bering Strait, sailing from the White Sea to the Bering Strait in 1648.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Semyon Dezhnev ranks 147 out of 498. Before him are Pedro Mascarenhas, Adam Olearius, Afanasy Nikitin, Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, Gan Ying, and Samuel Wallis. After him are Adam Johann von Krusenstern, Jean Chardin, Isabella Bird, Rodrigo de Triana, Vladimir Arsenyev, and Alexandrine Tinné.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1605, Semyon Dezhnev ranks 12. Before him are Gevherhan Sultan, Patriarch Nikon of Moscow, Şehzade Mehmed, Ayşe Sultan, Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier, and Thomas Browne. After him are Simon Dach, George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, Brynjólfur Sveinsson, Ismaël Bullialdus, and Ferenc Wesselényi. Among people deceased in 1673, Semyon Dezhnev ranks 6. Before him are Molière, Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan, Margaret Theresa of Spain, Salvator Rosa, and Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki. After him are Joan Blaeu, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Regnier de Graaf, Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons, Barent Fabritius, and Robert Moray.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Semyon Dezhnev ranks 522 out of 3,761. Before him are Afanasy Nikitin (1500), Grigory Orlov (1734), Mathilde Kschessinska (1872), Alexander Dargomyzhsky (1813), Olga Knipper (1868), and Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia (1859). After him are Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859), Valentin Ivanov (1934), Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev (1832), Chaim Rumkowski (1877), Yuriy Yekhanurov (1948), and Kristijonas Donelaitis (1714).

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Among EXPLORERS In Russia

Among explorers born in Russia, Semyon Dezhnev ranks 5. Before him are Nikolay Przhevalsky (1839), Ferdinand von Wrangel (1797), Mikhail Lazarev (1788), and Afanasy Nikitin (1500). After him are 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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