Aleksei Chirikov

Captain

Aleksei Ilyich Chirikov
Native name
Алексей Ильич Чириков
Birth nameAleksei Ilyich Chirikov
Born1703 (1703)
Luzhnoye [ru], Tula Oblast, Tsardom of Russia
DiedNovember 14, 1748(1748-11-14) (aged 44–45)
Moscow, Russian Empire
Buried
Allegiance
Years of service1716 – 1748
RankCaptain
Other workNavigator

Aleksei Ilyich Chirikov (Russian: Алексе́й Ильи́ч Чи́риков; 1703 – November 14, 1748) was a Russian navigator and captain who, along with Vitus Bering, was the first Russian to reach the northwest coast of North America. He discovered and charted some of the Aleutian Islands while he was deputy to Vitus Bering during the Great Northern Expedition.