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Adam Johann von Krusenstern

1770 - 1846

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Adam Johann von Krusenstern (Russian: Ива́н Фёдорович Крузенште́рн, romanized: Ivan Fyodorovich Kruzenshtern; 10 October 1770 – 12 August 1846) was a Russian admiral and explorer of Swedish descent, who led the first Russian circumnavigation of the Earth in 1803–1806. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adam Johann von Krusenstern has received more than 162,187 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Adam Johann von Krusenstern is the 108th most popular explorer (down from 88th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Estonia (down from 14th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Estonian Explorer.

Adam Johann von Krusenstern is most famous for being the Russian naval officer who led the first Russian circumnavigation of the globe in 1803-1806.

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  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Adam Johann von Krusenstern ranks 108 out of 498. Before him are Enrique of Malacca, Juan de la Cosa, Michael Rockefeller, Mary Kingsley, Thomas Cavendish, and João Gonçalves Zarco. After him are Semyon Dezhnev, Bernal Díaz del Castillo, Fernão Mendes Pinto, Sacagawea, George Vancouver, and Cosmas Indicopleustes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1770, Adam Johann von Krusenstern ranks 15. Before him are Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Princess Carolina of Parma, Theodoros Kolokotronis, Anton Reicha, Manuel Belgrano, and George Canning. After him are Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom, Pierre Cambronne, Ferdinando Carulli, Louis-Gabriel Suchet, Thomas Johann Seebeck, and Alexandre Pétion. Among people deceased in 1846, Adam Johann von Krusenstern ranks 8. Before him are Louis Bonaparte, Friedrich Bessel, Emperor Ninkō, Friedrich List, Andrew Kim Taegon, and Francis IV, Duke of Modena. After him are Giuseppe Acerbi, Rodolphe Töpffer, Otto von Kotzebue, Princess Maria Anna of Hesse-Homburg, Jean-Gaspard Deburau, and Domenico Dragonetti.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Adam Johann von Krusenstern ranks 17 out of 351. Before him are Louis Kahn (1901), Arnold Rüütel (1928), Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow (1929), Alar Karis (1958), Felix Kersten (1898), and Adolf von Harnack (1851). After him are Jacob De la Gardie (1583), Kaja Kallas (1977), Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald (1803), Siim Kallas (1948), Paul von Rennenkampf (1854), and Evald Aav (1900).

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Among EXPLORERS In Estonia

Among explorers born in Estonia, Adam Johann von Krusenstern ranks 2. Before him are Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen (1778). After him are Eduard von Toll (1858), and Richard Maack (1825).

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