Yuri Lisyansky
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yuri Fyodorovich Lisyansky (also spelled as Urey Lisiansky) (Russian: Лисянский, Юрий Фёдорович, August 13, 1773—March 06, 1837) was an officer in the Imperial Russian Navy and explorer.
In 1786 he graduated from the Navy Cadet Corps and took part in the Russo-Swedish War (1788-1790). During 1790-1793 he served in the Baltic Fleet. During 1793-1799 he sailed British ships all over the globe.
In 1803-1806 Lisyanski as the commanding officer of the sloop-of-war Neva took part in the first Russian circumnavigation of the Earth headed by Krusenstern. They started from Kronstadt, but the ships split after visiting Hawaii and Lisianski headed to Alaska. In 1805 they met again in Macau, but lost each other again. Eventually, Neva was first to return to Kronstadt on July 22, 1806. For this feat Lisyanski was awarded in various ways, including the decoration with the Order of Saint Vladimir of 3rd degree.
Lisyanski was buried in the Alexander Nevsky Monastery.
A number of places are named after him: Lisianski Island, Hawaii (discovered by him), a peninsula of the Baranof Island, Alaska, a bay, a strait, a river, a cape in North America, an undersea mountain in Okhotsk Sea and a peninsula by the Okhotsk Sea.
