1. The major Russian city of Khabarovsk, and the small town and railway station Yerofey Pavlovich bear his name.
11 Facts About Yerofey Khabarov
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In 1630, Yerofey Khabarov took part in a voyage from Mangazeya to Tobolsk.
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At some point, Yerofey Khabarov attempted to reach the Amur via the Vitim River.
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Yerofey Khabarov praised the land, warned of the danger of Chinese intervention and suggested a larger expedition with professional soldiers.
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Yerofey Khabarov crossed the mountains in the fall of 1650 and this time was met with armed resistance.
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Yerofey Khabarov built winter quarters at Albazin at the northernmost point of the Amur.
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Yerofey Khabarov learned from a captive that a new Manchu army was being gathered on the Sungari.
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Yerofey Khabarov was deprived of his rank and property and was sent on a fifteen-month journey to Moscow to be tried.
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Yerofey Khabarov was given a minor noble rank on the condition that he return to Siberia.
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Yerofey Khabarov reappears again in the records in 1658 when the Siberian Office ordered that he be placed in irons if he refused to guide a new expedition to the Amur.
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Yerofey Khabarov charted the Amur river in his "Draft of the Amur river".