Andrey Ippolitovich Vilkitsky
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Andrey Ippolitovich Vilkitsky (; – ) was a Russian
hydrographer Hydrography is the branch of applied sciences which deals with the measurement and description of the physical features of oceans, seas, coastal areas, lakes and rivers, as well as with the prediction of their change over time, for the primary ...
and
surveyor Surveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, art, and science of determining the terrestrial two-dimensional or three-dimensional positions of points and the distances and angles between them. These points are usually on the ...
. He was born in the
Minsk Governorate Minsk Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire, with its capital in Minsk. It was created from the land acquired in the partitions of Poland and existed from 1793 until 1921. Its territory covered th ...
. His son,
Boris Vilkitsky Boris Andreyevich Vilkitsky () (22 March (3 April N.S.) 1885, Pulkovo – 6 March 1961) was a Russian hydrographer and surveyor. He was the son of Andrey Ippolitovich Vilkitsky. Career Born in Pulkovo, Tsarskoselsky Uyezd (now part of Saint ...
followed up his father's work; the Vilkitsky Islands are named after him.


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Russian Hydrographic Service The Russian Hydrographic Service, full current official name Department of Navigation and Oceanography of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, is Russia's hydrographic office, with responsibility to facilitate navigation, performing ...


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''Polarpost'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Vilkitsky, Andrey 1858 births 1913 deaths People from Borisovsky Uyezd 19th-century nobility from the Russian Empire 19th-century explorers from the Russian Empire 20th-century Russian explorers Explorers of the Arctic Explorers of Siberia Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 3rd class Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian), 1st class