Fyodor Alekseyevich Minin () (ca. 1709 - after 1742) was a Russian

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. In 1730s, Minin participated in the

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. In 1736, he joined the unit led by

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. In 1738, he was in charge of a group of explorers, that would chart the

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coastline east of the

Yenisei The Yenisey (russian: Енисе́й, ''Yeniséy''; mn, Горлог мөрөн, ''Gorlog mörön''; Buryat: Горлог мүрэн, ''Gorlog müren''; Tuvan: Улуг-Хем, ''Uluğ-Hem''; Khakas: Ким суғ, ''Kim suğ''; Ket: Ӄук, ...

river. In 1738–1740, Minin made an attempt to go around the

Taimyr Peninsula The Taymyr Peninsula (russian: Таймырский полуостров, Taymyrsky poluostrov) is a peninsula in the Far North of Russia, in the Siberian Federal District, that forms the northernmost part of the mainland of Eurasia. Administrati ...

from the north and reached 75°15'N. Together with Dmitry Sterlegov, he mapped this part of the Arctic Ocean coastline. A cape at the Mammoth Peninsula, a peninsula, the Minina Skerries in the

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, a gulf, and a

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on the shores of the Taimyr Peninsula bear Minin's name.

References

Minin's biography
Russian and Soviet polar explorers Explorers from the Russian Empire Explorers of the Arctic Kara Sea 18th-century people from the Russian Empire Great Northern Expedition {{Explorer-stub