Yuri Lisyansky

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Yuri Lisyansky
Portrait by Vladimir Borovikovsky (1810)
Born	12 April [O.S. 1 April] 1773 Nizhyn, Cossack Hetmanate, Russian Empire
Died	6 March 1837(1837-03-06) (aged 63) Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Allegiance	Russia
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Navy
Battles/wars	Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790) Battle of Sitka
Awards	Order of Saint Vladimir

Yuri Fyodorovich Lisyansky^[a] (Ukrainian: Юрій Федорович Лисянський, romanized: Yuri Fedorovych Lysianskyi; Russian: Юрий Фёдорович Лисянский; 12 April [O.S. 1 April] 1773 – 6 March 1837) was an explorer and officer in the Imperial Russian Navy. He served as a volunteer in the British Royal Navy and later headed the first Russian circumnavigation aboard the Neva. He was also among the early western explorers to visit Easter Island.
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