Alexander Mikhaylovich Sibiryakov (russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Сибиряко́в) ( in Irkutsk – 1933) was a Russian

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and factories owner and explorer of

Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive region, geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a ...

Biography

Sibiryakov graduated from the Zurich polytechnic institute in Switzerland. Later in life, he financed the polar expeditions of

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(see Vega Expedition) and A.V. Grigoriev. He also sponsored the publication of works on Siberia's history. In 1880, he made an attempt to enter the Yenisei estuary through the

Kara Sea The Kara Sea (russian: Ка́рское мо́ре, ''Karskoye more'') is a marginal sea, separated from the Barents Sea to the west by the Kara Strait and Novaya Zemlya, and from the Laptev Sea to the east by the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago. ...

on a schooner. In 1884, Sibiryakov reached the

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estuary on the "Nordenskjöld" steamer and proceeded up the river. He then crossed the

Urals The Ural Mountains ( ; rus, Ура́льские го́ры, r=Uralskiye gory, p=ʊˈralʲskʲɪjə ˈɡorɨ; ba, Урал тауҙары) or simply the Urals, are a mountain range that runs approximately from north to south through western ...

using

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s and reached

Tobolsk Tobolsk (russian: Тобо́льск) is a town in Tyumen Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Tobol and Irtysh rivers. Founded in 1590, Tobolsk is the second-oldest Russian settlement east of the Ural Mountains in Asian Russia, an ...

by the

Tobol River The Tobol (russian: Тобол, kk, Тобыл ''Tobyl'') is a river in Western Siberia (in Kazakhstan and Russia) and the main (left) tributary of the Irtysh. Its length is , and the area of its drainage basin is . History The Tobol River wa ...

. Sibiryakov contributed significantly to Siberia's economic development.

Legacy

Sibiryakov Island Sibiryakov Island or Sibiryakow Island (russian: Остров Сибирякова, ''Ostrov Sibiryakova''), also known as Kuz'kin Island (Кузькин остров), is an island of . Its length is and its maximum width . It is covered with ...

, an island in the Kara Sea at the mouth of the

Yenisei River The Yenisey (russian: Енисе́й, ''Yeniséy''; mn, Горлог мөрөн, ''Gorlog mörön''; Buryat: Горлог мүрэн, ''Gorlog müren''; Tuvan: Улуг-Хем, ''Uluğ-Hem''; Khakas: Ким суғ, ''Kim suğ''; Ket: Ӄук, ...

, is named after him, as well as icebreakers ''A. Sibiryakov'' and ''Sibiryakov''.

References

*Yurii Semenov. ''Siberia: Its Conquest and Development.'' (Translated from the German by J.R. Foster). Helicon Press, Baltimore, 1963. Russian explorers Explorers of Siberia Explorers of the Arctic Businesspeople from the Russian Empire Kara Sea 1849 births 1933 deaths Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class Commanders First Class of the Order of the Polar Star {{russia-bio-stub

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