Fedor Soimonov | |
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 Oil portrait of Fedor I. Soimonov around 1750 | |
| Born | 1692 near Kherson, Ukraine |
| Died | July 22, 1780 Serpukhov |
| Allegiance |  Russian Empire |
| Service |  Imperial Russian Navy |
| Rank | Vice-Admiral |
| Chief of the Russian Admiralty Board | |
| In office 1739–1740 | |
 Governor of the Siberia Governorate | |
| In office 1757–1763 | |
| Personal details | |
| Awards | Order of St. Alexander Nevsky |
Fedor Ivanovich Soimonov (Russian: Фёдор Иванович Соймо́нов; 1692 – 22 July 1780), Knight of the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky, was a nautical surveyor of the Imperial Russian Navy, hydrographer and pioneering explorer of the Caspian Sea who charted the until then little known body of water.[1] Soimonov was an important contributor to the improvement of navigation along the Russian coasts. As a cartographer he also mapped new territories in Siberia and contributed to the development of farming in that region. As a military man he served in the Russian campaigns against Sweden and against the Safavid Empire and the Ottoman Turks[2]