Yuri Lisyansky
Yuri Fyodorovich Lisyansky (Ukrainian: Юрій Федорович Лисянський, romanized: Yuri Fedorovych Lysianskyi; Russian: Юрий Фёдорович Лисянский; 12 April [O.S. 1 April] 1773 – 6 March 1837) was an explorer and officer in the Imperial Russian Navy. He served as a volunteer in the British Royal Navy and later headed the first Russian circumnavigation aboard the Neva. He was also among the early western explorers to visit Easter Island.
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Portrait by Vladimir Borovikovsky (1810) | |
| Born | 12 April [O.S. 1 April] 1773 Nizhyn, Cossack Hetmanate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 6 March 1837 (aged 63) Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Allegiance | Russia |
| Service/ | Imperial Russian Navy |
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| Awards | Order of Saint Vladimir |
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