Pyotr Anjou
{{short description|Russian naval officer and explorer}}
{{Infobox military person
|name= Pyotr Fyodorovich Anjou
|native_name= Пётр Фёдорович Анжу
|native_name_lang= rus
|birth_date={{Birth date|1796|02|15}}
|death_date= {{Death date and age|1869|10|12|1796|02|15}}
|birth_place= Vyshny Volochyok, Russian Empire
|death_place= Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
|image=Pjotr F. Anjou Adm.jpg
|image_size=250
|caption= Admiral Pyotr Anjou
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|allegiance = {{flag|Russian Empire}}
|branch = {{navy|Russian Empire}}
|serviceyears=1815–1865
|rank=Admiral
|commands=
|battles=
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- Greek War of Independence
- Battle of Navarino
- Russian conquest of Central Asia
- Invasion of Turkestan
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|awards=Order of St. George
|laterwork=
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Pyotr Fyodorovich Anjou ({{Langx|ru|Пётр Фёдорович Анжу}}; 15 February 1796 – 12 October 1869) was an Arctic explorer and an admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy.[http://bse.sci-lib.com/article059173.html Анжу Пётр Фёдорович], Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Background
Anjou's grandfather was a French Huguenot who entered the service of Russia in the middle of the 18th century.{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PYdBH4dOOM4C&q=peter+anjou+russia&pg=PA26 |title = Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia|isbn = 9781576074220|last1 = Mills|first1 = William James|year = 2003| publisher=Bloomsbury Academic }} His father became a Russian citizen and worked as a doctor. Anjou was born in Vyshny Volochyok, near Tver. He graduated from the Marine Cadet Corps.
As a lieutenant, Anjou was given a task to describe the northern coast of Siberia in 1820. He and his assistants (P.Ilyin, I. Berezhnykh, and A. Figurin) described the coastline and the islands between the rivers Olenyok and Indigirka and made a map of the New Siberian Islands.
In 1825–1826, Anjou participated in describing the northeastern coast of the Caspian Sea and the western coast of the Aral Sea. He distinguished himself in the Battle of Navarino as a lieutenant of the line of battle ship "Gangut".
Later on, he held a few commanding posts and also served in administrative and scientific establishments of the Russian Admiralty. One of the groups of the New Siberian Islands bears Anjou's name (the Anjou Islands).
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Category:People from Vyshny Volochyok
Category:Russian polar explorers
Category:19th-century explorers from the Russian Empire
Category:Imperial Russian Navy admirals
Category:Explorers of the Arctic
Category:People from the Russian Empire of French descent
Category:Russian people of the Greek War of Independence
Category:Nobility from the Russian Empire
Category:Naval Cadet Corps alumni
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