Semyon Dezhnyov Finds the Bering Strait—Eighty Years Before Bering
Overview
In 1728 Vitus Bering (1681-1741) discovered the strait that bears his name, a body of water just 53 miles (85 kilomet...
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Semyon Ivanov Dezhnyov
c. 1605-1673
Russian explorer who discovered the Bering Strait, but whose discovery did not become widely known until after the time of Vitus Bering (1681-1741). A Cossack, Dezh...
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Semyon Ivanovich Dezhnev
Born 1605, Veliki Ustyug, Russia Died c. 1673, Moscow, Russia
From the time the Russian people formed a state in the ninth century, they steadily expanded their empire eastwa...
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Semyon Dezhnyov Finds the Bering Strait-Eighty Years Before Bering
Semyon Ivanovich Dezhnev