Mikhail Britnev

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Icebreaker Pilot on a Soviet postage stamp

Mikhail Osipovich Britnev (Russian: Михаил Осипович Бритнев) (1822–1889) was a Russian shipowner and shipbuilder, who created the first metal-hull icebreaker called Pilot in 1864.

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Вестник Регистра морского судоходства России (Russian)

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Name	Britnev, Mikhail Osipovich
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Date of birth	1822
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Date of death	1889
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