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page 1Russian polar explorers
Vitus Bering
Danish-born Russian explorer (1681-1741)
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
Baltic German officer in the Imperial Russian Navy, cartographer and explorer (1778–1852)
Ferdinand von Wrangel
Baltic German explorer and Russian admiral (1797-1870)
Mikhail Lazarev
Russian fleet commander and explorer (1788-1851)
Semyon Dezhnyov
Russian explorer
Adam Johann von Krusenstern
Baltic German admiral and explorer in Russian service, who led the first Russian circumnavigation of the globe (1770–1846)
Stepan Makarov
Russian admiral
Otto von Kotzebue
Baltic German explorer (1787–1846)
Ivan Papanin
Soviet explorer (1894–1986)
Arthur Chilingarov
Russian explorer and politician (1939–2024)
Pyotr Anjou
arctic explorer and admiral of Russian Navy
Matthias Hedenstrom
Russian explorer of Northern Siberia of Swedish origin (1780-1845)
Yakov Sannikov
Russian explorer
Ivan Lyakhov
Russian merchant
Vladimir Rusanov
Russian geologist and explorer
Fyodor Matyushkin
Russian explorer (1799–1872)
Nikifor Begichev
Russian seaman and polar explorer (1874–1927)
Fedot Alekseyev Popov
Russian explorer
Pyotr Pakhtusov
Russian explorer (1800–1835)
August Cywolka
Polish polar explorer (1812–1839)
Rudolf Samoylovich
Soviet polar explorer (1881–1939)
Alexander Kuchin
Russian explorer
Fyodor Minin
Russian explorer
Fyodor Matisen
lieutenant of the Russian Imperial Navy, hydrographer, and explorer (1872–1921)
Mikhail Tebenkov
Russian admiral-explorer
Yakov Gakkel
Russian oceanographer (1901–1965)
Gleb Shishmaryov
Russian admiral
Mikhail Vasilyev
Russian admiral and explorer (1777-1847)
Mikhail Farikh
Russian private helicopter pilot
Mikhail Lavrov
Russian admiral
Anatoly Sagalevich
Russian scientist of Ukrainian descent
Nikita Shalaurov
Russian explorer