Cherevichny Ivan Ivanovich
(18(31).03.1909–15.02.1971)

Outstanding Soviet polar pilot.
Born in the city of Olviopol (now Pervomaisk) of the Nikolaev region in a working class family.
He graduated from 7 classes. In 1928–1930 and 1932–1933 served in the Red Army. In 1929, Cherevichny graduated from the theoretical school of pilots, in 1932 - the United Military School of pilots and technicians.
Since 1934, service Cherevichny began  in polar aviation. He mastered and explored a number of airways in Siberia, in 1938 participated in the removal of Papanins from the North Pole-1 drifting station, ice reconnaissance in the Kara and Laptev seas, and in pilotage of ships along the Northern Sea Route.
In 1941, Cherevichny led an air expedition that made several landings on ice in the Central Arctic Basin on an “USSR N-169” aircraft. For the first time, the region of the poles of relative inaccessibility or the “pole of inaccessibility”, as it was then called as never before seen by man, most remote from land and inaccessible territory, was reached 1,500 km north-northeast of Wrangel Island.
And in the postwar years, Cherevichny participated in many high-latitude air expeditions.
By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of December 6, 1949, for many years of work in polar aviation, courage and heroism Cherevichny was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal (No. 7807). In 1955-1957 He headed the aviation detachment of the First Soviet Antarctic Expedition, led by the Hero of the Soviet Union M.M. Somov.
Cherevichny was awarded 3 Orders of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner, 2 Orders of the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, the Orders of the Red Star, the Badge of Honor, and medals.
He died in Moscow, buried in the Novodevichy cemetery.
Bay of the Laptev Sea on the coast of Taimyr. The name on the proposal of the Khatanga hydro base and the Commission for Geographical Names of the Hydrographic Enterprise Ministry of the Navy was assigned by the decision of the Khatanga District Executive Committee in 1973. Approved by the decision of the Krasnoyarsk regional executive committee of March 2, 1973.