About Ilya Perfilyev
Ilya Perfilyev was a Russian explorer.
Ilya Perfilyev (Perfiryev) (1583–1659), was a Russian explorer, polar seafarer and a founder of Verkhoyansk. In the summer of 1633 he headed a group, consisted of merchant-and-industrial people and Yenisey and Tobolsk Cossacks. In 1634 he discovered the Yana River and the Yana-Indigirka Lowland.
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Who was Ilya Perfilyev?
Russian explorer
When did Ilya Perfilyev die?
Ilya Perfilyev died in 1634.
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Ilya Perfilyev was an explorer.
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Ilya Perfilyev was Russian.
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