Ivan Moskvitin
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Ivan Moskvitin
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Ivan Yuryevich Moskvitin was a Russian explorer, presumably a native of Moscow, who led a Russian reconnaissance party to the Sea of Okhotsk, becoming the first Russian to reach the Pacific Ocean. Moskvitin is first attested in 1626 as residing among the Cossacks in Tomsk. In 1636 or 1637 Dmitry Kopylov with 54 men including Moskvitin were sent east toward Yakutsk. He went down the Lena River and up the Aldan River and on 28 June 1638 founded the fort of Butalsk about 100 km above the mouth of t
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Russian explorer
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Moskvitin
date created:
2006-06-14T19:38:23Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T12:59:00Z
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