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Fyodor Fyodorovich Matyushkin (Матюшкин, Федор Федорович in Russian) (7.10(21). 1799 — 9.16(28). 1872), Russian navigator, Admiral ( 1867), a close friend of Aleksandr Pushkin. Matyushkin graduated from Tsarskoselskiy College in 1817. After having volunteered for the navy, he participated in Vassili Golovnin 's world cruise on the ship "Kamchatka" in 1817— 1819. In 1820— 1824, Matyushkin took part in Ferdinand Wrangel's Arctic expedition. They explored and mapped the Chetyryokhstolbovoy Island , then Matyushkin explored on his own a vast tundra area east of the Kolyma river and collected valuable ethnographic dataA datum is a statement accepted at face value (a "given"). Data is the plural of datum''. A large class of practically important statements are measurements or observations of a variable. Such statements may comprise numbers, words, or images. Etymology T. In 1825Events January 4 King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies dies and is succeeded by his son Francis I of the Two Sicilies. February 9 After no presidential candidate received a majority of electoral votes, the United States House of Representatives elects John— 1827Events February 20 Battle of Huzaingo February 28 The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad offering commercial transportation of both people and freight. March 7 Ellen Turner is abducted The Shrigley Abduction case begins, he joined Fyodor Wrangel in his world cruise on the ship "Krotky". In 1828Events January 4 The Vicomte de Martignac succeeds the Comte de Villele as Prime Minister of France. January 22 The Duke of Wellington succeeds Lord Goderich as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He repeals the Test Act, emancipating all Catholics, and— 182Events Commodus exiles his sister Lucilla to Capreae Births Origen, Christian theologian (approximate date) Sun Quan, founder of the Wu Kingdom in China Deaths 182.9, Matyushkin took part in the Russo-Turkish war , commanding different military vesselVessel can refer to any of the following: Objects Vessel (French vaissel from a rare Latin vascellum diminuitive of vas vase or urn , a word of somewhat wide application for many objects, the meaning common to them being capacity to hold or contain someths. In 1835, he served in the Black Sea Fleet , in 1850— 1851 — in the Baltic Fleet . Starting from 1852, Matyushkin worked in the Department of the Navy as an admiral. In 1858, he was appointed Chairman of the Naval Scientific Committee. In 1861, Matyushkin became a senator.
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