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Yuri Lisyansky

1773 - 1837

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Yuri Fyodorovich Lisyansky (Ukrainian: Юрій Федорович Лисянський, romanized: Yuri Fedorovych Lysianskyi; Russian: Юрий Фёдорович Лисянский; 12 April [O.S. 1 April] 1773 – 6 March 1837) was an explorer and officer in the Imperial Russian Navy. He served as a volunteer in the British Royal Navy and later headed the first Russian circumnavigation aboard the Neva. He was also among the early western explorers to visit Easter Island. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yuri Lisyansky is the 344th most popular explorer (down from 238th in 2019), the 564th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 379th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Ukrainian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Yuri Lisyansky ranks 344 out of 498. Before him are Martim Afonso de Sousa, Meriwether Lewis, Georg August Wallin, Louis de Freycinet, Alexander Gordon Laing, and Vilhjalmur Stefansson. After him are Hugh Clapperton, Sebastián Vizcaíno, Domingo Martínez de Irala, Paweł Strzelecki, Juan de Oñate, and Florence Baker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1773, Yuri Lisyansky ranks 41. Before him are Lodewijk van Heiden, William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, Joseph de Villèle, Agostino Bassi, Jacob Aall, and Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt. After him are Sally Hemings, Josef August Schultes, Johann Karl Burckhardt, François Fournier-Sarlovèze, Mihály Pollack, and José Rondeau. Among people deceased in 1837, Yuri Lisyansky ranks 36. Before him are Gaspar del Bufalo, Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus, Louis-Sébastien Lenormand, Alexander Bestuzhev, Agustín Eyzaguirre, and Valentino Fioravanti. After him are Étienne-Gaspard Robert, Pavel Schilling, Diego Portales, Herman of Alaska, John Soane, and Ayub Shah Durrani.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Yuri Lisyansky ranks 564 out of 1,365. Before him are Vladimir Smirnov (1954), Nikolai Grinko (1920), Hersch Lauterpacht (1897), Mykola Bazhan (1904), Lev Nussimbaum (1905), and Vitaly Zholobov (1937). After him are Nikki Benz (1981), Viorica Ursuleac (1894), Nikolai Podvoisky (1880), Karl Doppler (1825), Lydia Lipkowska (1882), and Alfreda Markowska (1926).

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Among EXPLORERS In Ukraine

Among explorers born in Ukraine, Yuri Lisyansky ranks 2. Before him are Stepan Makarov (1848). After him are Georgy Sedov (1877).

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