Faddey Faddeyevich Bellingshausen or Fabian Gottlieb Benjamin von Bellingshausen was a Russian cartographer, explorer, and naval officer of Baltic German descent, who attained the rank of admiral. He
Portrait by an 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
Saaremaa
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Saaremaa is the largest and most populous island in Estonia. Measuring 2,673 km2, its population is 31,435. The main island of the West Estonian archipelago, it is located in the Baltic Sea, south of
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
…belonged to a cohort of prominent Baltic German navigators which helped Russia launch its naval expeditions. Bellingshausen was born on the island of Saaremaa (Ösel), to the Bellingshausen family. He started his service in the Russian Baltic Fleet, and after distinguishing himself joined the first Russian…
Kuressaare Castle in Kuressaare
The 1241 Treaty between Livonian Order, Bishopric of Ösel–Wiek and Oeselians at National Archives of Sweden
Local shipbuilders at work (Saaremaa, 1913)
Panga Cliff