Erofei Pavlovich Khabarov - Russian traveler and pioneer. Thanks to him, many previously unexplored territories were discovered and developed on which agricultural land was created. E.P. Khabarov discovered several salt deposits. He wrote the first detailed map of the Amur River and the surrounding land.
Biography of Erofei Pavlovich Khabarov
Erofei Pavlovich Khabarov was born presumably in the Kotlas district of the Arkhangelsk region in 1603. For certain, his place of birth is unknown. Historians call several villages where the great Russian traveler could be born: the village of Svyatitsa, the village of Kurtsevo and the village of Dmitrievo. The most popular version is that Khabarov was born in the village of Dmitrievo in the Votlozhemsky volost. The spill of the Northern Dvina washed away the village, and the whole family moved to the village of "Svyatitsy". From the name of the village Khabarov subsequently received the nickname "Svyatitsky".
Erofei's mother and father were peasants. He himself was engaged in agriculture for a long time. In those days, peasant children did not have the right and opportunity to receive an education, therefore they worked only on the ground. However, Erofei did not stop dreaming about traveling and a better life beyond the Urals. In 1625, he left his family and household and went along with other wealthy peasants, Cossacks and fishermen to seek adventures beyond the Stone Belt.
Travels of E.P. Khabarov
In 1628, Erofei, together with his brother Nicephorus, crossed Siberia and stopped on the Yenisei. Here he begins to develop a new economy, is engaged in fishing, forestry and tillage. The land yielded a good harvest, and in order to pay off the debts of the family, Erofei created a trading economy. Erofei Pavlovich served in Yeniseisk for several years, and then decided to return to his native village. But his plans were not destined to come true.
In 1632, the brothers again went on a trip to Siberia and explore the territory in the area of the Lena River. Khabarov began to engage in fur trade, grow bread and trade it. A couple of years later, at the mouth of the Kerengi River, Erofei developed a new territory, built a house and a mill. Khabarov's farm began to generate huge income. But his wealth did not like the governor Peter Golovin. At first, he simply increased the size of the tax, and then completely took the mill and the land and sent Erofei to prison. Khabarov was released only in 1635.
