Kurbat Ivanov

Kurbat Afanasyevich Ivanov (Russian: Курбат Афанасьевич Иванов; died 1667) was a Cossack explorer of Siberia.

Through the upper Lena and its tributary the Ilikta they reached Primorsky Ridge, crossed it by foot, and by the Sarma River descended to Lake Baikal near Olkhon Island.

Ivanov sent 36 men under the leadership of Semyon Skorokhodov to sail along the western shore of Baikal to the mouth of Upper Angara giving them another Tungus prince, called Yunoga, in assistance.

Skorokhodov reached the northern tip of Baikal, built a winter settlement there and started to gather tribute from locals.

On the basis of his own explorations, the explorations of Dezhnyov and Popov and the stories collected from the locals, Kurbat Ivanov created a map of Chukotka and Bering Strait, which was the first to show the yet undiscovered Wrangel Island,[5] both Diomede Islands and even Alaska.