List of Russian explorers
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List of Russian explorers

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Portrait	Person	Achievements	Image

Kalvitsa	Otto Kalvitsa (1888–1930) aviatior, polar explorer	Finnish-born aviator who is one of the pioneers of the Soviet Arctic aviation. He explored the waters of Matochkin Strait between the Severny and Yuzhny Islands of Novaya Zemlya in order to survey ship routes for the Northeast passage.	Matochkin Strait Location of the Matochkin Strait

Khabarov monument	Yerofey Khabarov* (1603–after 1671) Siberian Cossack leader	A manager for the merchants Stroganovs, Khabarov went to Siberia and in 1641 founded saltworks on the Lena River. In 1649–50 he became the second Russian to explore the Amur river (after Vassili Poyarkov).	Amur basin Amur River basin

Klenova	Maria Klenova§ (1898–1976) marine geologist	Klenova was one of the founders of marine geology. She began her career in 1925 aboard the Soviet research vessel Persey in the Barents Sea, visiting Novaya Zemlya, Spitsbergen and Franz Josef Land.	Barents Sea Barents Sea as seen from space

Kolchak	Aleksandr Kolchak^ (1874–1920) Russian admiral, hero of the Russo-Japanese War, World War I, Russian Civil War, one of the leaders of the White movement	Kolchak joined the expedition of Eduard Toll on the ship Zarya in 1900 as a hydrologist. He took part in two further Arctic expeditions and explored the shores of Taymyr Peninsula.	Kolchak Island Kolchak Island in the Kara Sea

Kolomeitsev	Nikolai Kolomeitsev^ (1867–1944) Russian admiral, hero of the Russo-Japanese War	After several expeditions in the Arctic, Kolomeitsev became a commander of Eduard Toll's ship Zarya during the Russian Polar Expedition in 1900.	Zarya ship Polar ship Zarya

Fyodor Konyukhov§ (born 1951) yacht captain, traveler, painter, writer, Orthodox priest	Konyukhov made more than 40 unique trips and climbs expressing his vision of the world in more than 3000 paintings and 9 books.	The Seven Summits The Seven Summits on an elevation world map

-	Nikolai Korzhenevskiy! (1879–1958) Russian Army officer, geographer, glaciologist	In 1903–28 Korzhenevskiy organized 11 expeditions to explore the Pamir Mountains. He discovered a number of glaciers and the highest peaks in the Pamirs, including Peak Korzhenevskaya which he named after his wife Evgeniya.	Peak Korzhenevskaya

Kotzebue	Otto von Kotzebue^ (1787–1846) Russian Navy captain, circumnavigator	Kotzebue accompanied Ivan Krusenstern on the first Russian circumnavigation in 1803–06. On the brig Rurik he led another Russian circumnavigation in 1815–18.	Kotzebue's circumnavigations Kotzebue's circumnavigations

Kozlov	Pyotr Kozlov! (1863–1935) Russian Army officer	Kozlov started traveling in Central Asia with Nikolai Przhevalsky, and after the death of his mentor he continued his work. From 1899 to 1901 he explored the upper reaches of the Yellow River, Yangtze, and Mekong rivers.	A silk painting from Khara-Khoto A silk painting from Khara-Khoto

Krasheninnikov	Stepan Krasheninnikov* (1711–1755) naturalist, geographer	Krashennikov was a classmate of Mikhail Lomonosov. Krashennikov traveled in Siberia in 1733–36 and then on Kamchatka Peninsula in 1737–41, during the Second Kamchatka Expedition.	Volcano drawing by Krasheninnikov Fire-breathing mountain on Kamchatka from Krasheninnikov's book

Pyotr Krenitsyn^ (1728–1770) Russian Navy captain	In 1766–70 Krenitsyn led the "secret" expedition to the North Pacific together with Mikhail Levashov, as ordered by Catherine the Great.	Alaska and the Aleutians Alaska and the Aleutian Islands

Krikalev	Sergei Krikalyov$ (born 1958) cosmonaut and mechanical engineer, Hero of the Soviet Union, Hero of Russia	Krikalyov spent a record 803 days 9 hours and 39 minutes in space during his six spaceflights. As a Soviet cosmonaut he traveled into space and back aboard Soyuz TM-7 in 1988 and then launched aboard Soyuz TM-12 in 1991, both times working on the Soviet space station Mir.	Mir space station Mir space station.

Kropotkin	Pyotr Kropotkin* (1842–1921) Russian Army officer, geographer, zoologist, anarchist revolutionary	While serving in Siberia, in 1864 Kropotkin led a survey expedition crossing North Manchuria from Transbaikalia to the Amur River. Subsequently, he took part in the expedition which proceeded up the Sungari River into central Manchuria, yielding valuable geographic results.	Manchuria Manchuria, 1892

Krusenstern	Adam Johann von Krusenstern^ (1770–1846) Russian admiral, circumnavigator, geographer	In 1803–06, under the patronage of Alexander I of Russia and Nikolai Rumyantsev, Krusenstern led the first Russian circumnavigation of the world aboard the Nadezhda together with Yuri Lisianski on Neva.	A coin dedicated to the First Russian Circumnavigation A coin dedicated to the first Russian circumnavigation

Kuchin	Alexander Kuchin (1888–1913?) Russian Navy captain, oceanographer	Kuchin's life was bound with Norway: he started as a seaman on a Norwegian ship, created a Small Russian-Norwegian dictionary, studied oceanography from Bjorn Helland-Hansen, conducted oceanographic studies during Amundsen's South Pole Expedition on the Fram, when he became the first Russian to set foot on the land of Antarctica, and married Aslaug Poulson, a Norwegian.	Svalbard Svalbard

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Adam Johan von Krusenstjerna (1770 – 1846) was a admiral and explorer, who led the first Russian circumnavigation of the globe.

final_sentence: Adam Johan von Krusenstjerna (1770 – 1846) was a admiral and explorer, who led the first Russian circumnavigation of the globe.