Fyodor Fyodorovich Matyushkin (russian: Матюшкин, Федор Федорович; - ) was a Russian

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(1867), and a close friend of

Aleksandr Pushkin Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (; rus, links=no, Александр Сергеевич ПушкинIn pre-Revolutionary script, his name was written ., r=Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn, ...

, who studied with him at the

Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum The Imperial Lyceum (Императорский Царскосельский лицей, ''Imperatorskiy Tsarskosel'skiy litsey'') in Tsarskoye Selo near Saint Petersburg, also known historically as the Imperial Alexander Lyceum after its founde ...

. ''Словари и энциклопедии на Академике.'
Матюшкин, Федор Федорович
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in 1817. After having volunteered for the navy, he participated in Vassili Golovnin's world cruise on the ship ''Kamchatka'' in 1817–1819. In 1820–1824, Matyushkin took part in

Ferdinand Wrangel Baron Ferdinand Friedrich Georg Ludwig von Wrangel (russian: Барон Фердина́нд Петро́вич Вра́нгель, tr. ; – ) was a Baltic German explorer and seaman in the Imperial Russian Navy, Honorable Member of the Saint ...

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expedition to the

East Siberian Sea The East Siberian Sea ( rus, Восто́чно-Сиби́рское мо́ре, r=Vostochno-Sibirskoye more) is a marginal sea in the Arctic Ocean. It is located between the Arctic Cape to the north, the coast of Siberia to the south, the New Si ...

and the

Chukchi Sea Chukchi Sea ( rus, Чуко́тское мо́ре, r=Chukotskoye more, p=tɕʊˈkotskəjə ˈmorʲɪ), sometimes referred to as the Chuuk Sea, Chukotsk Sea or the Sea of Chukotsk, is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is bounded on the west b ...

. They explored and mapped Chetyrekhstolbovoy Island, the southernmost of the

Medvyezhi Islands The Medvezhyi Islands, or Bear Islands (russian: Медве́жьи острова́; sah, Эhэлээх арыылар, ''Eheleex Arıılar'') is an uninhabited group of islands at the western end of the Kolyma Gulf of the East Siberian Sea. H ...

, then an almost unknown island group. Following this survey Matyushkin explored on his own a vast tundra area east of the

Kolyma Kolyma (russian: Колыма́, ) is a region located in the Russian Far East. It is bounded to the north by the East Siberian Sea and the Arctic Ocean, and by the Sea of Okhotsk to the south. The region gets its name from the Kolyma River an ...

river and collected valuable ethnographic data. In 1825–1827, he joined Ferdinand von Wrangel in his world cruise on the ship ''Krotky''. In 1828–1829, Matyushkin took part in the Russo-Turkish war, commanding different military vessels. In 1835, he served in the

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, in 1850—1851 — in the Baltic Fleet. Starting from 1852, Matyushkin worked in the

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as an admiral. In 1858, he was appointed Chairman of the Naval Scientific Committee. In 1861, Matyushkin became a

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. In 1825, before Matyushkin's second round-the-world voyage, Pushkin addressed him in his poem "October 19th".ДРУГ ПУШКИНА Ф. Ф. МАТЮШКИН — ДЕКАБРИСТ
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Matyushkin, Fyodor Explorers from the Russian Empire Russian and Soviet polar explorers Chukchi Sea East Siberian Sea 1799 births 1872 deaths Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum alumni Imperial Russian Navy admirals Burials at Tikhvin Cemetery