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Semyon Dezhnev

Russian explorer
Semyon Ivanovich Dezhnyov was a Russian explorer of Siberia and the first European to sail through the Bering Strait, 80 years before Vitus Bering did. In 1648 he sailed from the Kolyma River on the Arctic Ocean to the Anadyr River on the Pacific.... Wikipedia
Born: March 7, 1605, Pinega, Russia
Died: 1673 (age 68 years), Moscow, Russia
Parents: Ivan Dezhnev
Spouse(s): 1. Abakajada Sjuchu; 2. Kanteminka Arhipova