Shishmarev, Gleb Semenovich (1781–1835)

Shishmarev, Gleb Semenovich (1781–1835) – was a Russian circumnavigator and a Counter Admiral. In1804 he graduated from the Marine Cadet Corps. In 1805–1807 he conducted voyages in the Baltic and North Seas. In 1815–1818 he performed a circumnavigation with calls to Petropavlovsk and Unalaska Island as the senior officer of the brig “Rurik” under the command of the famous O. E. Кotzebue. He took part in the discovery and description of the Kotzebue Bay, Shishmaref Bay, Sarychev Island in the Kotzebue Bay, and Chukchi Sea and hydrographical surveys in St. Lawrence Bay, St. Lawrence Island, and the Aleutian Islands. In 1819 he was made a captain-lieutenant, and in the same year, he was appointed the commander of “Blagonamerennyi” sloop, included in the so-called North Division (the “South Division” consisted of “Vostok” and “Mirnyi” sloops under the command of F. F. Bellisgauzen and M. P. Lazarev), including “Otkrytie” sloop under the command of Lieutenant M. N. Vasiliev – the...