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Yakov Sannikov

1780 - 1825

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Yakov Sannikov (fl. 1800) was a Russian promyshlennik and explorer of the New Siberian Islands. In 1800, Sannikov discovered and charted Stolbovoy Island, and in 1805 Faddeyevsky Island. In 1809–1810, he took part in the expedition led by Matvei Gedenschtrom. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yakov Sannikov has received more than 49,432 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Yakov Sannikov is the 399th most popular explorer (down from 368th in 2019), the 1,792nd most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,634th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Russian Explorer.

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  • 3.15

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Yakov Sannikov ranks 399 out of 498. Before him are Vivian Fuchs, Frederick William Beechey, John McDouall Stuart, Frans Blom, Karl Maximovich, and Jacques Labillardière. After him are Finn Ronne, Christopher Middleton, Edward Belcher, Frederick Russell Burnham, Boris Vilkitsky, and Gennady Nevelskoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1780, Yakov Sannikov ranks 49. Before him are Piet Retief, Elizabeth Fry, Antonie Brentano, Matvei Gedenshtrom, Jørgen Jørgensen, and Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro. After him are John Forsyth, Michele Tenore, Edward Hicks, William Ellery Channing, Johann Friedrich Adam, and Robert Smirke. Among people deceased in 1825, Yakov Sannikov ranks 35. Before him are Maria Angela Ardinghelli, Maha Bandula, Johann Karl Burckhardt, Franciszek Karpiński, Marie Bouliard, and Wilhelm Hemprich. After him are Paul Louis Courier, Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Edward Pigott, José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero, 4th Marquess of Torre Tagle, Frederick IV, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and James Wilkinson.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yakov Sannikov ranks 1,792 out of 3,761. Before him are Yury Malyshev (1941), Nikolay Kasatkin (1859), Yekaterina Vasilyeva (1945), Boris Borisovich Golitsyn (1862), Ivan Polzunov (1728), and Fyodor Vasilyev (1850). After him are Denis Urubko (1973), Isaak Zelensky (1890), Mikhail Voronin (1945), Alexander Popov (1971), Andrei Tchmil (1963), and Benjamin Jekhowsky (1881).

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Among EXPLORERS In Russia

Among explorers born in Russia, Yakov Sannikov ranks 25. Before him are Stepan Krasheninnikov (1711), Khariton Laptev (1700), Pyotr Chikhachyov (1808), Alexander Fersman (1883), Pyotr Anjou (1796), and Karl Maximovich (1827). After him are Boris Vilkitsky (1885), Gennady Nevelskoy (1813), Valerian Albanov (1881), Mikhail Somov (1908), Artur Chilingarov (1939), and Gombojab Tsybikov (1873).

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