Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
Faddey Faddeyevich Bellingshausen or Fabian Gottlieb Benjamin von Bellingshausen was a Russia German cartographer, explorer, and naval officer of the Russian Empire, who attained the rank of admiral. He participated in the first Russian circumnavigation of the globe, and subsequently became a leader of another circumnavigation expedition that discovered the continent of Antarctica. Like Otto von Kotzebue and Adam Johann von Krusenstern, Bellingshausen belonged to the cohort of prominent Baltic German navigators who helped Russia launch its naval expeditions.
Russian admiral Bellingshausen, unknown artist
Coat of arms of the Bellingshausen family
Nadezdha, on which Bellingshausen served under captain Krusenstern during the first Russian circumnavigation.
Captain Faddey Bellingshausen with the Cross of the Order of St. Vladimir
First Russian circumnavigation
The first Russian circumnavigation of the Earth took place from August 1803 to August 1806 and was carried out on two ships, the Nadezhda and the Neva, under the commands of Adam Johann von Krusenstern and Yuri Lisyansky, respectively. The expedition had complementary economic, diplomatic, and exploratory goals.
Harbour of St Paul on the Island of Cadiack, Russian sloop-of-war Neva
Nikolay Rumyantsev, Russian statesman who sponsored the expedition
Krusenstern's portrait by Johann Friedrich Weitsch, 1808
Unknown painter. The portrait of the admiral Nikolay Mordvinov, stored in Hermitage