Aleksei Chirikov

Captain

Aleksei Ilyich Chirikov
Captain; Aleksei Ilyich Chirikov
Native name	Алексей Ильич Чириков
Birth name	Aleksei Ilyich Chirikov
Born	1703; Luzhnoye, Tula Oblast, Tsardom of Russia
Died	November 14, 1748 (aged 44–45); Moscow, Russian Empire
Buried	Tula Oblast, Russian Empire
Allegiance	Russian Empire Navy; ;
Years of service	1716 – 1748
Rank	Captain
Other work	Navigator

Aleksei Ilyich Chirikov (Russian: Алексе́й Ильи́ч Чи́риков; 1703 – November 14, 1748) was a Russian navigator and captain who, along with Vitus Bering, was the first Russian to reach the northwest coast of North America. He discovered and charted some of the Aleutian Islands while he was deputy to Vitus Bering during the Great Northern Expedition.