Ivan Moskvitin

For the ship, see Ivan Moskvitin (icebreaker).

Ivan Yuryevich Moskvitin (Russian: Иван Юрьевич Москвитин) (born c. 1600 - after 1647) was a Russian zemleprokhodets who oversaw an expedition in Siberia from 1639 to 1641. He was the first recorded Russian to reach the Pacific Ocean and sighted Sakhalin. During his expedition he came into contact with the Evens and Evenki people.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.