Ivan Lyakhov

Ivan Lyakhov (Russian: Иван Ляхов; † around 1800) was a Russian traders in the 18th century, who explored large parts of the New Siberian Islands.

Lyakhov broke in spring 1770 by dogsled to explore the discovered in 1710 by Yakov Permyakov islands north of the Siberian coast. Lyakhov main motivation were more economical, because geographical or scientific reasons, so he hoped ivory from prehistoric mammoths, which he hoped to find preserved in the ice. Later, he visited during this expedition islands were named in his honor Liakhov Islands. He claimed afterwards, the amount of mammoth bones and tusks is so huge that one can think of the islands consist of. A similar picture is said to have shown on the other islands of the archipelago.

1773-74 he launched a new attempt, he again visited the Liakhov Islands, crossed the Sannikowstraße and discovered the Kotelny Island.

1775 started Liakhov his last expedition, this time especially with a scientific background, as his team was also a surveyor. In this last journey exploring and describing the largest of the Ljachowinseln, the Great Liakhov Island ( Большой Ляховский ).