Fyodor Luzhin

Fyodor Fyodorovich Luzhin (Russian: Федор Федорович Лужин) (died 1727) was a Russian geodesist and cartographer.

Fyodor Luzhin was first a student at the School for Mathematical and Navigational Sciences in Moscow and then in a geodesic class of the Naval Academy in St. Petersburg (until 1718). In 1719–1721, Luzhin took part in drawing a map of Kamchatka and Kuril Islands together with Ivan Yevreinov.[1][2] In 1723–1724, he made surveys of different parts of East Siberia. In 1725–1727, Luzhin participated in the First Kamchatka Expedition led by Vitus Bering.[3]

Honors

Luzhin Bay in Magadan Oblast, and Luzhin Strait which separates Antsiferov Island from the Paramushir coast are both named after him.[4]

References

  1. ^ McCannon, John (15 February 2013). A History of the Arctic: Nature, Exploration and Exploitation. Reaktion Books. p. 114. ISBN 978-1-78023-076-4. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  2. ^ Bailey, Scott C. M. (1 December 2023). Russia and Japan in the Sea of Okhotsk: A Global History of Maritime Travel and Cultural Encounters, 1600–1900. Taylor & Francis. p. 35. ISBN 978-1-00-381876-2. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  3. ^ Frost, Orcutt William (1 January 2003). Bering: The Russian Discovery of America. Yale University Press. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-300-10059-4. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Морской биографический справочник Дальнего Востока России и Русской Америки" [Maritime biographical directory of the Russian Far East and Russian America] (in Russian). Archived from the original on 29 July 2002. Retrieved 10 April 2009.


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