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Fyodor Luzhin
Russian geodesist and cartographer (died 1727) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Fyodor Fyodorovich Luzhin (Russian: Федор Федорович Лужин; died 1727) was a Russian geodesist and cartographer. During the reign of Peter the Great, he was sent to explore and map the Kuril Islands.[1]
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Life
Fyodor Luzhin was first a student at the School for Mathematical and Navigational Sciences in Moscow and then in a geodesic class of the Naval Academy in St. Petersburg (until 1718). In 1719–1721, Luzhin took part in drawing a map of Kamchatka and the Kuril Islands together with Ivan Yevreinov.[2][3] In 1723–1724, he made surveys of different parts of East Siberia. In 1725–1727, Luzhin participated in the First Kamchatka Expedition led by Vitus Bering.[4]
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Honors
Luzhin Bay in Magadan Oblast, and Luzhin Strait which separates Antsiferov Island from the Paramushir coast are both named after him.[5]
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