Fyodor Fyodorovich Matyushkin (Russian:Матюшкин, Федор Федорович; 21 July [O.S. 10 July] 1799 - 28 September [O.S. 16 September] 1872) was a Russiannavigator,Admiral (1867), and a close friend ofAleksandr Pushkin, who studied with him at theTsarskoye Selo Lyceum.[1]
Matyushkin graduated fromTsarskoye Selo Lyceum in 1817. After having volunteered for the navy, he participated inVassili Golovnin's world cruise on the shipKamchatka in 1817–1819.[1]
In 1820–1824, Matyushkin took part inFerdinand Wrangel'sArctic expedition to theEast Siberian Sea and theChukchi Sea. They explored and mapped Chetyrekhstolbovoy Island, the southernmost of theMedvyezhi Islands, then an almost unknown island group. Following this survey Matyushkin explored on his own a vast tundra area east of theKolyma river and collected valuableethnographic data.
In 1825–1827, he joinedFerdinand von Wrangel in his world cruise on the shipKrotky. In 1828–1829, Matyushkin took part in theRusso-Turkish war, commanding different military vessels. In 1835, he served in theBlack Sea Fleet, in 1850—1851 — in the Baltic Fleet. Starting from 1852, Matyushkin worked in theDepartment of the Navy as an admiral. In 1858, he was appointed Chairman of the Naval Scientific Committee. In 1861, Matyushkin became asenator.[1]
In 1825, before Matyushkin's second round-the-world voyage, Pushkin addressed him in his poem "October 19th".[2]
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