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| | Gennady Nevelskoy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Gennadi Nevelskoi (November 23 (O.S. December 5 (N.S., Drakino, Soligalichsky District, Kostroma Oblast – April 17 (O.S. April 29 (N.S. St. Petersburg), Russian navigator. |
 | | Not knowing about the efforts of Japanese navigator Mamiya Rinzo who explored the same area 40 years earlier, the Russian took Nevelskoi's report as the first proof that Sakhalin is indeed an island, and named Strait of Tartary in his honour, Strait of Nevelskoi. |
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