Ivan Fedorovich Kruzenshtern is a well-known Russian navigator and a prominent scientist who has made a huge contribution to Russian science. He devoted his life to the study of the vast oceans. He participated in round-the-world expeditions and created many scientific works.
Ivan Fedorovich Kruzenshtern since childhood dreamed of becoming a naval officer. And his dream was destined to come true. But, having served quite a short time on naval warships, he realized that his real vocation was to explore the vast and mysterious ocean expanses.
Childhood and youth
The future famous navigator was born in 1770 in Revel in the family of Russified German nobles. None of his family had been connected to the sea before him. But it attracted Ivan from an early age. Therefore, when he turned 16, he did not hesitate to enter the naval cadet corps.
Due to the outbreak of war with the Swedes, the young Kruzenshtern graduated from it ahead of schedule in the rank of midshipman and takes part in naval battles. But all of them took place on the native Baltic shores, and the young man was already drawn to distant sea wanderings even then.
Having no other opportunity to fulfill his dream, Ivan Fedorovich in 1793 entered the British Navy as a volunteer. For six years he has plowed the waters of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans on English ships. It was at this time that he was born the idea of the first round-the-world sea expedition.
