About Voin Rimsky-Korsakov
Lived 1822 – 1871 (aged 49). Voin Rimsky-Korsakov was a Russian explorer, navigator, geographer, military personnel and oceanographer.
Voin Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (; 1822–1871) was a Russian navigator, hydrographer and geographer. He was an elder brother of composer and conductor Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
Rimsky-Korsakov was born in 1822 into a family of Russian nobility and graduated from the School for Mathematical and Navigational Sciences in Saint Petersburg. He served as a navy officer and commander of the schooner Vostok in the flotilla under the administration of Admiral Yevfimy Putyatin.
In the 1850s and 1860s Rimsky-Korsakov researched the area of the Sea of Japan near Ussuri Krai. Later a small archipelago was named after him.
Rimsky-Korsakov died at the age of 49 in 1871 in Pisa and was buried in Saint Petersburg.
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Who was Voin Rimsky-Korsakov?
Russian scientist (1822–1871)
When was Voin Rimsky-Korsakov born?
Voin Rimsky-Korsakov was born on 14 July 1822 in Maloarkhangelsk Uyezd.
When did Voin Rimsky-Korsakov die?
Voin Rimsky-Korsakov died on 4 November 1871 in Pisa.
What was Voin Rimsky-Korsakov's occupation?
Voin Rimsky-Korsakov was an explorer, navigator, geographer, military personnel and oceanographer.
What nationality was Voin Rimsky-Korsakov?
Voin Rimsky-Korsakov was Russian.
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