Fyodor Luzhin

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Fyodor Fyodorovich Luzhin (Федор Федорович Лужин in Russian) (? – 1727) was a Russian geodesist and cartographer.

Fyodor Luzhin was first a student at the School for Mathematical and Navigational Sciences in Moscow and then in a geodesic class of the Naval Academy in St.Petersburg (until 1718). In 1719-1721, Luzhin took part in drawing a map of Kamchatka and Kuril Islands together with Ivan Yevreinov. In 1723-1724, he made surveys of different parts of East Siberia. In 1725-1727, Luzhin participated in the First Kamchatka Expedition led by Vitus Bering.

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