Adam Johann von Krusenstern

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Baltic German admiral and explorer in Russian service, who led the first Russian circumnavigation of the globe (1770-1846)

Historical FiguresLived 1770 to 1846 · aged 75

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Adam Johann von Krusenstern was a Russian admiral and explorer of Swedish and Baltic German descent, who led the first Russian circumnavigation of the Earth in 1803-1806.

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Krusenstern family coat of arms

Adam Johann von Krusenstern in Avacha Bay by Friedrich Georg Weitsch, c. 1806. The Koryaksky volcano is in the background, on the Kamchatka Peninsula in far-east Russia. National Museum in Warsaw

Awards 15

Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order

Knight of the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky

Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class

Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class

Order of St. George, 4th class

Demidov Prize

Pour le Mérite

Foreign Member of the Royal Society

Order of St. Vladimir

Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky

Order of the White Eagle

Order of Saint Anna, 1st class with imperial crown

Medal "In Memory of the Patriotic War of 1812"

Order of the Red Eagle

Order of the White Falcon

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Friedrich Benjamin von LütkeAlso won Demidov Prize

Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of RussiaAlso won Order of the White Falcon

Mikhail MiloradovichAlso won Medal "In Memory of the Patriotic War of 1812"

Fabian Gottlieb von BellingshausenAlso won Order of Saint Anna, 1st class with imperial crown

HyacinthAlso won Demidov Prize

Ivan PaskevichAlso won Order of the White Falcon

Adam Johann von Krusenstern

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Awards 15

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