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Vasily Golovnin
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'''Vasily (Vassili) Mikhailovich Golovnin''' (''Головнин, ВаÑ?илий Михайлович'' in
Russian language Russian) (4.8(19).
1776 — 6.29.(7.11).
1831), Russian
navigator,
Vice Admiral,
Corresponding Member of the
Russian Academy of Sciences in
Saint Petersburg (
1818).
Golovnin graduated from the
Naval College in
1792. In
1801—
1805, he served in the
British fleet. On his return to
Russia, Golovnin compiled a code of naval signals. He made two voyages around the world on the ships ''"Diana"'' (
1807—
1809) and ''"Kamchatka"'' (
1817—
1819). In
1811, Golovnin described and mapped the
Kuril Islands from the
Strait of Hope to the eastern shores of the
Iturup Island (
Etorofu in
Japanese language Japanese). While exploring the
Kunashir Island (
Kunashiri in Japanese), Golovnin was taken prisoner for two years by the Japanese. He described his years in
captivity, life in
Japan, and his voyages around the world in his books. In
1821, Golovnin was appointed assistant director of the Naval College, and later in
1823 - General
Quartermaster of the Fleet. Being a highly educated person and a talanted administrator, Golovnin successfully managed activities of the
shipbuilding, clothing, and
artillery departments (under Golovnin's supervision, they built over 200 ships, including the first Russian
steamships). Golovnin tutored a number of famous navigators like
Fyodor Petrovich Litke,
Ferdinand Wrangel and others.
He died from
cholera in 1831.
The village of
Golovin, Alaska is named after Golovnin. A strait between the Kuril Islands, a mountain, a cape on
Novaya Zemlya and other landmarks bear his name.
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