Fyodor Soimonov
Fyodor Soimonov | |
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Oil portrait of Fedor I. Soimonov around 1750 | |
| Born | 1692 near Kherson, Ukraine |
| Died | July 22, 1780 Serpukhov |
| Allegiance | Russian Empire |
| Branch | Imperial Russian Navy |
| Rank | Vice-Admiral |
| Chief of the Russian Admiralty Board | |
| In office 1739–1740 | |
| Governor of the Siberia Governorate | |
| In office 1757–1763 | |
| Personal details | |
| Awards | Order of St. Alexander Nevsky |
Fyodor (or Fedor) Ivanovich Soimonov (Russian: Фёдор Иванович Соймо́нов; 1692 – 22 July 1780), Knight of the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky, was a nautical surveyor of the Imperial Russian Navy, hydrographer and pioneering explorer of the Caspian Sea who charted the until then little known body of water. Soimonov was an important contributor to the improvement of navigation along the Russian coasts. As a cartographer he also mapped new territories in Siberia and contributed to the development of farming in that region. As a military man he served in the Russian campaigns against Sweden and against the Safavid Empire and the Ottoman Turks