Matvei Gedenschtrom was born in Riga, then part of the Russian Empire to Mathias Hedenstrom, a Swedish political refugee from Dalarna.
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14 Facts About Matvei Gedenschtrom
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Matvei Gedenschtrom did not finish his studies and left his alma mater in favor of work at Tallinn customs.
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Later that year, Gedenschtrom arrived in Irkutsk and received his first duty assignment by Minister of Commerce Nikolay Rumyantsev, namely, the exploration of the coastline of the Arctic Ocean.
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Matvei Gedenschtrom established the presence of the Siberian polynya – patches of open water in sea ice at the edge of the drifting ice and continental fast ice.
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In 1809, Matvei Gedenschtrom visited the eastern shores of an island, discovered by merchants Semyon and Lev Syrovatsky three years earlier, and named it New Siberia.
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Matvei Gedenschtrom charted the coastline between the mouths of the rivers Yana and Kolyma.
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Matvei Gedenschtrom made many trips across Yakutia and areas east of the Lake Baikal.
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In 1813, Matvei Gedenschtrom was employed by the secretariat of Irkutsk governor.
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Matvei Gedenschtrom was a smart, talented, educated, and kind man, who often helped local peasants with advice and money.
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Matvei Gedenschtrom was one of the closest associates of Nikolai Treskin and made a sizeable fortune on bread purchases assigned to him by the governor's office.
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On 20 February 1820, Matvei Gedenschtrom was removed from his post for his autocratic style of management, embezzlement, extortion, and fraud.
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Matvei Gedenschtrom found himself in the third category, which meant he could never again be admitted to hold any public posts and had to be banished to an inner guberniya.
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Matvei Gedenschtrom Gedenshtrom died in extreme poverty on 20 September 1845, at the age of 65.
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Matvei Gedenschtrom Gedenshtrom published his scientific findings in several separate works and articles:.
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