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Vassili Poyarkov

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Vassili Danilovich Poyarkov (Василий Данилович Поярков in Russian, c. 1597 – after 1668) was the first Russian explorer of the Amur region. The Russian expansion into Siberia began with the conquest of the Khanate of Sibir in 1582. By 1639 they reached the Pacific 65 miles southeast of the mouth of the Ulya River. East of the Yenisei River there was little land fit for agriculture, except Dauria, the land between the Stanovoy Mountains and the Amur River which was nominally controlled by China. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vassili Poyarkov is the 439th most popular explorer (up from 457th in 2019), the 2,062nd most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,237th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Russian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Vassili Poyarkov ranks 439 out of 498. Before him are Tim Severin, Alfred Maudslay, Johann Ludwig Krapf, Carl Koldewey, Tobias Furneaux, and Mikhail Somov. After him are Aeneas Mackintosh, Grigory Grum-Grshimailo, Boyd Alexander, Georgy Ushakov, Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz, and Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vassili Poyarkov ranks 2,062 out of 3,761. Before him are Mariya Smirnova (1920), Alexander Shishkov (1754), Tamara Moskvina (1941), Mikhail Somov (1908), Mikhail Tyurin (1960), and Sergey Urusevsky (1908). After him are Feodor Yulievich Levinson-Lessing (1861), Viktor Anichkin (1941), Pentti Saarikoski (1937), Grigory Grum-Grshimailo (1860), Lyudmila Pinayeva (1936), and Georgy Adelson-Velsky (1922).

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Among EXPLORERS In Russia

Among explorers born in Russia, Vassili Poyarkov ranks 30. Before him are Gombojab Tsybikov (1873), Yakov Sannikov (1780), Alexander Fersman (1883), Artur Chilingarov (1939), Gennady Nevelskoy (1813), and Mikhail Somov (1908). After him are Grigory Grum-Grshimailo (1860), Georgy Ushakov (1901), Valerian Albanov (1881), and Aleksandra Potanina (1843).

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