Stepan Krasheninnikov
Russian scientist
Died when: 43 years 117 days (519 months)Star Sign: Scorpio
Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov (Russian: ?????´? ?????´??? ???????´??????;November 11 [O.S.October 31] 1711 – March 8 [O.S.February 25] 1755) was a Russian explorer of Siberia, naturalist and geographer who gave the first full description of Kamchatka in the early 18th century.
He was elected to the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1745.The Krasheninnikov Volcano on Kamchatka is named in his honour.
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