
Vasili Yakovlevich Chichagov (1726-1809) was an admiral in the Russian Navy and an explorer. In 1764 the scientist Mikhail Vasilevich Lomonosov organized an expedition to find the Northern Sea Route between the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific oceans by sailing along the northern coast of Siberia. Chichagov commanded the expedition in 1765 - 1766 with three ships, the ''Chichagov'', the ''Panov'' and the ''Babayev''. The expedition failed to find the route. During the Gustav III's Russian War in 1788-1790 he was a commander of the Baltic Fleet. He took part in battles near Åland, Revel (now Tallinn) and Vyborg. Islands of Novaya Zemlya Archipelago, an Chichagof Island in the Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Alaska, the bay and cape of Nuka Hiva, in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia, and a mountain at Spitzbergen are named after Chichagov. His wife was British, and Chichagov spent the later years of his life in Great Britain. He was the father of Admiral Pavel Chichagov, a Russian admiral during the Napoleonic Wars. 1726 births 1809 deaths Imperial_Russian_Navy_admirals
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Vasili Yakovlevich Chichagov (1726-1809) was an admiral in the Russian Navy and an explorer. In 1764 the scientist Mikhail Vasilevich Lomonosov organized an expedition to find the Northern Sea Route between the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific oceans by sailing along the northern coast of Siberia. Chichagov commanded the expedition in 1765 - 1766 with three ships, the ''Chichagov'', the ''Panov'' and the ''Babayev''. The expedition failed to find the route. During the Gustav III's Russian War in 1788-1790 he was a commander of the Baltic Fleet. He took part in battles near Åland, Revel (now Tallinn) and Vyborg. Islands of Novaya Zemlya Archipelago, an Chichagof Island in the Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Alaska, the bay and cape of Nuka Hiva, in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia, and a mountain at Spitzbergen are named after Chichagov. His wife was British, and Chichagov spent the later years of his life in Great Britain. He was the father of Admiral Pavel Chichagov, a Russian admiral during the Napoleonic Wars. 1726 births 1809 deaths Imperial_Russian_Navy_admirals
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