Fyodor Fyodorovich Luzhin (Russian

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: Федор Федорович Лужин) (died 1727) was a Russia

Russia

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n geodesist and cartographer.

Fyodor Luzhin was first a student at the School for Mathematical and Navigational Sciences in Moscow

Moscow

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 and then in a geodesic class of the Naval Academy in St. Petersburg (until 1718). In 1719–1721, Luzhin took part in drawing a map of Kamchatka and Kuril Islands

Kuril Islands

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 together with Ivan Yevreinov

Ivan Yevreinov

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. In 1723–1724, he made surveys

Surveying

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 of different parts of East Siberia. In 1725–1727, Luzhin participated in the First Kamchatka Expedition led by Vitus Bering

Vitus Bering

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.