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Vassili Poyarkov

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Vassili Danilovich Poyarkov (Василий Данилович Поярков in Russian, c. 1597 – after 1668) was the first Russian explorer of the Amur region. The Russian expansion into Siberia began with the conquest of the Khanate of Sibir in 1582. By 1639 they reached the Pacific 65 miles southeast of the mouth of the Ulya River. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vassili Poyarkov has received more than 34,301 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Vassili Poyarkov is the 457th most popular explorer (down from 416th in 2019), the 2,235th most popular biography from Russia and the 33rd most popular Russian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Vassili Poyarkov ranks 457 out of 498. Before him are Charles Sturt, Robert O'Hara Burke, Edgar Evans, Jacques Bernard Hombron, Grigory Grum-Grshimailo, and John Rae. After him are Georgy Ushakov, Isaac Israel Hayes, Ed Stafford, Edgeworth David, Henry Seebohm, and Thomas Button.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vassili Poyarkov ranks 2,235 out of 3,761. Before him are Alexey Gribov (1902), Vasily Belov (1932), Pyotr Demichev (1917), Vladimir Fedotov (1943), Islam Makhachev (1991), and Mikhail Clodt von Jürgensburg (1832). After him are Pavel Bure (1971), Georgi Yartsev (1948), Yelena Polenova (1850), Boris Plotnikov (1949), Qaysin Quli (1917), and Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin (1817).

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Among EXPLORERS In Russia

Among explorers born in Russia, Vassili Poyarkov ranks 33. Before him are Gennady Nevelskoy (1813), Valerian Albanov (1881), Mikhail Somov (1908), Artur Chilingarov (1939), Gombojab Tsybikov (1873), and Grigory Grum-Grshimailo (1860). After him are Georgy Ushakov (1901).

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