Vladimir Rusanov (1875–1913) was a Russian Arctic explorer.
He was born on November 3 (15), 1875, in the city of Orel. From 1887 to 1889, he studied at the Orel Gymnasium. In 1903, he emigrated to France (Paris), where he graduated from the natural sciences department of the University of Paris with a degree in geology. In 1907, he visited Novaya Zemlya and explored the Matochkin Shar Strait on foot.
In 1909, 1910, and 1911, he headed Russian scientific expeditions. He circumnavigated Novaya Zemlya on motor-sail vessels.
In 1912, he led an expedition onboard the Hercules boat to survey the coal-bearing areas of Spitsbergen; he then set sail east around Cape Zhelaniya and was gone missing with his crew near the Mikhailov Peninsula. In 1934, a wooden pole with the inscription “Hercules. 1913” and some belongings of the expedition members were found on the islands off the western coast of Taimyr.
The main illustration shows a portrait of V. Rusanov against a Guba Mashigina map compiled during researches in 1909 and the RGO logo; the commemorative stamp features images symbolically reflecting geographical projects.
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6.0 thousand postcards |