Bellingshausen Brief biography

Died: G. Fabian Gottlieb Thaddeus von Bellingshausen; On September 9, Ezel island - January 13 25, Kronstadt is a Russian navigator, the discoverer of Antarctica. It comes from the Ostsee German nobles. In the year, six years after entering the Marine Corps, Bellingshausen received his first naval rank - it was promoted to midshipmen. The next year, he sailed to the shores of England.

In the year, Bellingshausen was promoted to the midshipman in the midshipman in the Navy and received his appointment to the Revel squadron. On ... squadron ships, he swam up to a year. In the year, the crews for the ships of Ivan Kruzenshtern began to be selected, preparing to go to the first Russian circle.

The chief director of the navigator of the Baltic Fleets of the School, Vice Admiral Pyotr Ivanovich Khanykov, under the command of which Belingshausen participated in several campaigns, recommended Faddei Faddeevich for the appointment of Nadezhda. B - Bellingshausen participated in the first round -the -world swimming of Russian vessels on the Board of Hope under the command of Ivan Kruzenshtern.

S for commanding the frigate “Minerva” [3], and with the years - the frigate “Flora” [4]. B - was the head of the round -the -world Antarctic expedition sent to the southern polar seas. It consisted of East and Mirny boats, the last was commanded by Mikhail Lazarev. Leaving June 4 from Kronstadt, the expedition arrived on November 2 in Rio de Janeiro.

From Australia, the expedition went to the Pacific Ocean, opened several islands and atolls of Bellingshausen, Vostok, Simonov, Mikhailov, Suvorov, Russians and so on. The boats went from him right to the south, then to the east and crossed the polar circle 3 times. Peter I and the shore of Alexander I, then came to the islands of New Scotland, rummaged them and discovered many again.

The campaign of the Bellingshausen expedition is fairly considered one of the most important and difficult, ever committed. The famous Cook in the XVIII century was the first to reach the southern seas and, having met in several places of continuous ice, announced that it was impossible to get south further. He was believed, and there were no southern polar expeditions for 45 years.

Bellingshausen proved the infidelity of this opinion and made extremely many for the study of southern polar countries in the middle of constant works and dangers, on two small sailing ships that are not adapted for sailing in ice. Bellingshausen tried to find out the issue of the possibility of passing in the river. Amur sea vessels. The attempt was unsuccessful.

He failed to find a fairway in the Amur estuary. He also failed to dispel the error of Laperuse that Sakhalin is a peninsula due to weather conditions. Upon returning from the navigation of Bellingshausen, already Rear Admiral, he participated in the Russo-Turkish war-he died there at the age of 73. The Bellingshausen Manor is located in the village of Lopukhinka.

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