Adam Johann von Krusenstern | |
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| Other name(s) | Ivan Fedorovich Krusenstern |
| Born | 10 October 1770 Haggud, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire (now Estonia) |
| Died | 12 August 1846 (aged 75) Gilsenhof, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire (now Estonia) |
| Allegiance |  Russia |
| Service | Imperial Russian Navy |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands | Nadezhda |
| Awards | Order of St. George 4th class (1802) Order of St. Alexander Nevsky (1837) Pour le Mérite (civil class) |
Adam Johann von[1] Krusenstern (Russian: Ива́н Фёдорович Крузенште́рн, romanized: Ivan Fyodorovich Kruzenshtern; 10 October 1770 – 12 August 1846) was a Russian admiral and explorer of Baltic German descent, who led the first Russian circumnavigation of the Earth in 1803–1806.[2]
- ^ In German personal names, von is a preposition which approximately means 'of' or 'from' and usually denotes some sort of nobility. While von (always lower case) is part of the family name or territorial designation, not a first or middle name, if the noble is referred to by their last name, use Schiller, Clausewitz or Goethe, not von Schiller, etc.
- ^ Adam Johann von Krusenstern (1813). Voyage Round the World., vol. II, translated from German into English by Richard Belgrave Hoppner