Discoveries of Russian travellers

In every age there are people who are not limited to their view of the world. All they know is search. It is through such restless natures discovered America, Australia, New Zealand and many other points on the map. I want to tell about the great Russian travelers. My information from Wikipedia.

Miklukho-Maklai Future traveler and ethnographer, born in St. Petersburg in the family of an engineer. From the University it is very quickly expelled for participating in student movement. So he finished school he was already in Germany. From there went to his first trip to the Canary Islands, then to Madeira, Morocco, the red sea. Went there as a researcher fauna, as returned by the ethnographer. He was more interested in animals and flowers, and people.Miklukho-Maklai explored the indigenous population of South-East Asia, Australia and Pacific Islands. He lived for several years in the North-West coast of New Guinea, visited the Islands of Oceania. Made two expeditions to the Malay Peninsula. Studying the indigenous inhabitants of these unexplored lands, the scientist came to the conclusion about the species unity and relationship of the different races. The last years of his life he spent in Indonesia and Australia and even proposed a draft Papuan Union in New Guinea. He, on the idea of the researcher was to resist the invaders-colonizers. One of his last ideas – a Russian community-cooperatives in New Guinea – ideal of government.The scientist died in his native St. Petersburg in a hospital bed, numerous expeditions for 42 years completely "worn out" body. Collection and paper Maclay sixteen notebooks, six thick notebooks, plans, maps, own drawings, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, diaries in different years - were transferred to the Imperial Russian Geographical Society and placed in the Museum of the Imperial Academy of Sciences.

ATHANASY NIKITIN Russian traveler, writer, Tver merchant, author of the famous travel records, known as “Journey beyond three seas".

The route of travel Afanasy Nikitin

ERMAK TIMOFEEVICH Russian Explorer, conqueror of Western Siberia,the Cossack ataman. Going to 1582-85 laid the Foundation for the development of Siberia Russian state. Killed in battle with Khan Kuchum.

"The Conquest Of Siberia By Yermak" A. I. Surikov

SEMYON IVANOVICH DEZHNEV Аn outstanding Russian traveler, Explorer, sailor, researcher of Northern and Eastern Siberia, Cossack ataman, the fur trader.

The route of the expedition S. Dezhnev

Маршрут экспедиции С. Дежнёва Маршрут экспедиции С. Дежнёва

Vitus Bering - the Explorer, the officer of the Russian fleet, the captain-commander. In 1725-1730 and 1733-1741 headed the First and the Second Kamchatka expeditions. the first Russian Navigator, whose name the Strait separating Asia from America

Vitus Bering and Alexei Chirikov

Polar explorers Valerian Albanov Mikhail Babushkin Konstantin Badygin Georgiy Baidukov Michael Barne Georgy Brusilov Vasili Chichagov Valery Chkalov Maria Klenova Aleksandr Kolchak Nikolai Kolomeitsev Alexander Kuchin Pyotr Shirshov Ivan Lyakhov Alexander MacKenzie Alexander Middendorf Dmitry Ovtsyn Ivan Papanin Vasili Pronchishchev Maria Pronchishcheva Andrew Regan Yakov Sannikov Yevgeny Tolstikov Alexey Tryoshnikov Nikolay Urvantsev Vladimir Vize