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Who was the Second-in-command in the first Russian circumnavigation of the Earth?

Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
Mikhail Lazarev
Adam Johann von Krusenstern
Otto von Kotzebue

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The Russian Imperial Navy admiral Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen was the second-in-command of the first Russian circumnavigation of the Earth, which took place from 1803 to 1806 under the command of Captain-Commander Ivan Kruzenshtern. Bellingshausen later led two expeditions to Antarctica, which were the first to sight Antarctica.