page_title: First Russian circumnavigation
hierarchical_section_title: First Russian circumnavigation
caption_attribution_description: English: Harbour of St Paul on the Island of Cadiack, Russian sloop-of-war Neva Русский: Шлюп «Нева» в гавани святого Павла на острове Кадьяк. Гравюра по рисунку Ю. Ф. Лисянского
context_page_description: The first Russian circumnavigation of the Earth took place from August 1803 to August 1806 and was carried out on ships Nadezhda and Neva under the command of Adam Johann von Krusenstern and Yuri Lisyansky. The expedition was initially planned as a commercial enterprise of the Russian-American Company to supply Kamchatka Peninsula and other Russian settlements in Alyaska, as well as to consolidate Russia's position in the remote possessions in the Pacific Ocean.
  Due to financial difficulties, the Russian government sponsored the party's outfit but, in return, in addition to its exploratory goals, the expedition was also meant to explore Sakhalin and Kuril Islands. The aim was to establish diplomatic and economic relations between Russia and Japan, as well as to open the Chinese market for trading Russian furs. The Chinese stage of the expedition was tied to the embassy headed by Yury Golovkin. When the expedition reached the Hawaiian Islands, the vessels were divided into two parts – Nadezhda went to Kamchatka and Japan, while Neva headed to Kodiak Island where it spent 14 months and participated in the Russian-tlingit war.
context_section_description: The first Russian circumnavigation of the Earth took place from August 1803 to August 1806 and was carried out on ships Nadezhda and Neva under the command of Adam Johann von Krusenstern and Yuri Lisyansky. The expedition was initially planned as a commercial enterprise of the Russian-American Company to supply Kamchatka Peninsula and other Russian settlements in Alyaska, as well as to consolidate Russia's position in the remote possessions in the Pacific Ocean. 
  Due to financial difficulties, the Russian government sponsored the party's outfit but, in return, in addition to its exploratory goals, the expedition was also meant to explore Sakhalin and Kuril Islands. The aim was to establish diplomatic and economic relations between Russia and Japan, as well as to open the Chinese market for trading Russian furs. The Chinese stage of the expedition was tied to the embassy headed by Yury Golovkin. When the expedition reached the Hawaiian Islands, the vessels were divided into two parts – Nadezhda went to Kamchatka and Japan, while Neva headed to Kodiak Island where it spent 14 months and participated in the Russian-tlingit war. To help establishing diplomatic and economic relations between Russia and Japan, the party included a large diplomatic delegation headed by the Court Chamberlain and ambassador Nikolai Rezanov. However, Rezanov's authority was not properly formalized and distributed that led to conflicts with  Krusenstern who was appointed six months earlier.
  From the political perspective, the expedition turned out not to be that successful since Japanese authorities did not allow the envoy entering the country, and refused to establish diplomatic relations. In 1805 Rezanov and his retinue were landed in Kamchatka, and later started to act independently. For instance, they took part in the argument about annexation of Sakhalin and Kuril Island, and by that worsened relations between the states. On the contrary, all the commercial aims were fulfilled, even though it was impossible to sell furs in China with a sufficient profit sharing.
caption: Harbour of St Paul on the Island of Cadiack, Russian sloop-of-war Neva
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