Adam Johann von Krusenstern | |
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Other name(s) | Ivan Fedorovich Krusenstern |
Born | Haggud, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire (now Estonia) | 10 October 1770
Died | 12 August 1846 Gilsenhof, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire (now Estonia) | (aged 75)
Allegiance | ![]() |
Service/ | Imperial Russian Navy |
Rank | Admiral |
Commands | Nadezhda |
Awards | Order of St. George 4th class (1802) Order of St. Alexander Nevsky (1837) Pour le Mérite (civil class) |
Adam Johann von[1] Krusenstern (Russian: Ива́н Фёдорович Крузенште́рн, romanized: Ivan Fyodorovich Kruzenshtern; 10 October 1770 – 12 August 1846) was a Russian admiral and explorer of Baltic German descent, who led the first Russian circumnavigation of the Earth in 1803–1806.[2]
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