page_title: List of Russian explorers
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hierarchical_section_title: List of Russian explorers / Alphabetical list / T
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Landschaften der Osteuropäischen Ebene: Mittelrussische Platte
context_page_description: The history of exploration by citizens or subjects of the Russian Federation, the Soviet Union, the Russian Empire, the Tsardom of Russia and other Russian predecessor states forms a significant part of the history of Russia as well as the history of the world. At 17,075,400 square kilometres, Russia is the largest country in the world, covering more than a ninth of the Earth’s land mass. In the times of the Soviet Union and the Russian Empire the country's share in the world's land mass reached 1/6. Most of these territories were first discovered by Russian explorers. Contiguous exploration in Eurasia and the building of overseas colonies in Russian America were some of the primary factors in Russian territorial expansion.
  Apart from their discoveries in Siberia, Alaska, Central Asia, and the Northern areas surrounding the Arctic pole, Russian explorers have made significant contributions to the exploration of the Arctic and Antarctic, the Pacific islands, as well as deep-sea and space exploration.
caption: Central Russian Upland location
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