March 1, 2020

Discovery of the Antarctic Continent

Rusia Post released a souvenir sheet on 28th January 2020 to celebrate 200th Anniversary of the Discovery of the Antarctic Continent and navigators Faddei Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev

The honor of the Antarctic Continent discovery belongs to the Russian Antarctic expedition of 1819-1821 on the Vostok and Mirnyi sloops commanded by Faddei Bellingshausen (1778-1852) and Mikhail Lazarev (1788-1851). On July 16, 1819, the expedition went to sea. The Antarctic coast was actually discovered on January 28, 1820.

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