Stepan Gavrilovich Malygin () (unknown-1 August 1764) was a Russian

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explorer. Malygin Strait is named after him. Malygin studied at the Moscow School of Mathematics and Navigation from 1711 to 1717. After his graduation, Malygin began his career as a naval cadet and was then promoted to the rank of

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four years later. He served in the

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until 1735. Malygin wrote the first Russian manual on navigation, titled ''Сокращённая навигация по карте де-Редукцион'' (1733). In early 1736, Malygin was appointed leader of the western unit of the

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. In 1736–1737, two boats ''Perviy'' (First) and ''Vtoroy'' (Second) under the command of Malygin and A. Skuratov undertook a voyage from

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in the

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to the mouth of the

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. Malygin explored this part of the Russian Arctic coastline on the trip and made a map of the area between the

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and Ob Rivers. Between 1741 and 1748, Malygin was placed in charge of preparing navigators for the

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. In 1762, he was appointed head of the Admiralty office in

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18th-century explorers from the Russian Empire Explorers of the Arctic 1764 deaths Imperial Russian Navy personnel Great Northern Expedition Year of birth unknown Polar explorers from the Russian Empire {{Russia-mil-bio-stub