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Aleksei Ilyich Chirikov (Russian: Алексе́й Ильи́ч Чи́риков; 1703 – November 14, 1748) was a Russian navigator and captain who, along with Vitus Bering, was the first Russian to reach the northwest coast of North America.
Aleksey Ilich Chirikov (born 1703—died November 1748, Moscow, Russia) was an explorer, second in command on the Arctic expeditions of Vitus Bering, whose discovery of southern Alaska supported Russian claims to northwestern America as far south as 55°.
An instructor at St. Petersburg 's Naval Academy, Alexei Ilich Chirikov was selected in 1725 to be one of two assistants to Vitus Bering, recently appointed by Peter the Great to travel to Kamchatka and, from there, determine whether Asia and America were united.
Jul 14, 2016 · On Peter’s orders, Bering and his lieutenant Aleksei Chirikov sailed from Kamchatka north through Arctic waters, becoming the first European to set foot in Alaska. Shortly afterwards, Peter died,...
Aleksei Ilyich Chirikov (Russian: Алексе́й Ильи́ч Чи́риков; 1703 – November 14, 1748) was a Russian navigator and captain who, along with Vitus Bering, was the first Russian to reach the northwest coast of North America.
Aleksei Ilich Chirikov (1700? - 1748), the most outstanding of Bering's officers during both of his expeditions, was commander of the ship St. Paul, which in 1741 first reached the northwest coast of America.
Aleksei Chirikov was born to a poor noble family in the village of Luzhnoye, Tula province, currently the Dubna district of the Tula region. At the age of 12, he graduated from the Moscow School of Mathematics and Navigation and continued his maritime studies.
