Zemleprokhodtsy

Zemleprokhodtsy (Russian: Землепроходцы, literally "landtrekkers") were the members of the 16th-17th century expeditions from the Tsardom of Russia that explored, conquered, and colonized the areas of the "Russian frontier" in Eastern Siberia, the Far North, and the Far East that were unknown or little known to Russia. They traveled up to the coasts of the Arctic and Pacific Oceans and made a number of important geographical discoveries for Europeans. As a rule, these were the teams headed by Russian Cossacks, merchants and promyshlenniki.[1][2][3][4]

Notable zemleprokhodtsy

  • Yermak Timofeyevich (Russian: Ермак Тимофеевич, IPA: [jɪrˈmak tʲɪmɐˈfʲejɪvʲɪt͡ɕ]; c. 1532 – 5 or 6 August 1585) was a Cossack ataman who started the Russian conquest of Siberia during the reign of the Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible. He is today a hero in Russian folklore and myths.[7]
  • Pyotr Beketov (Russian: Пётр Иванович Бекетов, c. 1600 – c. 1661) was a Cossack explorer of Siberia and founder of various fortified settlements in the region, which later developed into modern cities such as Yakutsk, Chita, and Nerchinsk.[5]
  • Semyon Dezhnev (Russian: Семён Ива́нович Дежнёв, IPA: [sʲɪˈmʲɵn ɨˈvanəvʲɪdʑ dʲɪʐˈnʲɵf]; sometimes spelled Dezhnev; c. March 7, 1605 – 1673) was a Russian explorer of Siberia and the first European to sail through the Bering Strait, 80 years before Vitus Bering did. In 1648 he sailed from the Kolyma River on the Arctic Ocean to the Anadyr River on the Pacific. His exploit was forgotten for almost a hundred years and Bering is usually given credit for discovering the strait that bears his name.[8]
  • Ivan Moskvitin (Russian: Иван Юрьевич Москвитин) (born c. 1600 - after 1647) was a Russian explorer who oversaw an expedition in Siberia from 1639 to 1641. He was the first recorded Russian to reach the Sea of Okhotsk of the Pacific Ocean and sighted Sakhalin. During his expedition he came into contact with the Evens and Evenki people.[9]
  • Vassili Poyarkov (Russian: Василий Данилович Поярков; c. 1597 – after 1668) was the first Russian explorer of the Amur region in Siberia.[10]
  • Yerofey Khabarov (Russian: Ерофей Павлович Хабаров-Святитский; 1603 – after 1671), was a Russian entrepreneur and explorer, best known for his exploring the Amur river region and his attempts to colonize the area for Russia.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ Землепроходцы, The Great Encyclopedia of Cyril and Methodius
  2. ^ Alexey Postnikov, THE SEARCH FOR A NORTHWEST PASSAGE: ON THE HISTORY OF A SCIENTIFIC COMPETITION IN GEOGRAPHY AND CARTOGRAPHY
  3. ^ Eastern Siberia: Vast Potential
  4. ^ Землепроходцы, Great Soviet Encyclopedia
  5. ^ a b Lantzeff, George V., and Richard A. Pierce (1973). Eastward to Empire: Exploration and Conquest on the Russian Open Frontier, to 1750. Montreal: McGill-Queen's U.P.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Postinkov, Alexey (2007). "Atlasov, Vladimir". In Buiisseret, David (ed.). The Oxford Companion to World Exploration. Oxford University Press. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-19-514922-7.
  7. ^ * Wright, G. Frederick. Asiatic Russia. New York: McClure, Phillips & co., 1902.
  8. ^ "РБС/ВТ/Дежнев, Семен Иванович — Викитека". Archived from the original on 2022-11-30. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  9. ^ Shaw, Denis (2024). Reconnoitring Russia: Mapping, exploring and describing early modern Russia, 1613-1825. University College London. ISBN 9781800085916.
  10. ^ "Поярков, Василий" . Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). 1906.
  11. ^ Bobrick, Benson (1992). "5: The Black Dragon River". East of the Sun: The Epic Conquest and Tragic History of Siberia. New York, New York: Poseidon Press. pp. 81–85. ISBN 0-671-66755-6.

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