Shishmarev Gleb Semenovich 
(1781–22.10.1835)

Russian navigator, Rear Admiral. 
Born in St. Petersburg, was raised in the Naval Cadet Corps, from which he graduated in 1801 with the rank of midshipman. 
During 1801–1809 She sailed annually on various ships in the Gulf of Finland and the Baltic Sea. 
In 1809, the “Domkrat” transport headed by him, due to overcast weather and an error in numbering, crashed near  Bjork Island in the Gulf of Finland.Shishmarev was acquitted by the court and the next year he was promoted to lieutenant. 
In 1815–1818 Shishmarev as an assistant O.E. Kotzebue made a round-the-world voyage on the "Rurik", whose goal was to search for the Northwest Passage from the Bering Strait. And although the expedition did not solve its main task, it gave excellent scientific results. 
Upon returning in 1819, he was promoted to captain-lieutenant, and in the same year went to the new round-the-world voyage by the commander of the sloop "Well-intentioned". The expedition was headed by lieutenant captain M.N. Vasiliev, commanding the second ship - the sloop "Discovery". The purpose of the expedition was also to search for the North-Western Passage, however, it was only possible to reach Cape Heart-Stone in Chukotka, from which, meeting impassable ice, turned back. On the way to Kamchatka they described  St. Lawrence Island. During this voyage, Shishmarev was promoted to captain of rank 2, and for 18 naval campaigns he was awarded the Order of St. George of 4 degrees. 
In 1824–1827 commanded naval crews in Kronstadt and Petersburg, then, having received the rank of captain of the 1st rank, was the commander of the ship "Empress Alexander". 
He made his last voyages in 1832–1833 in the Gulf of Finland. 
He died in St. Petersburg, buried in the Smolensk Orthodox cemetery. The grave is not preserved. 
An island and bay in the Chukchi Sea in the west of Alaska. The bay was opened and named in 1816 by O.E. Kotzebue during a voyage on the "Rurik". 
Island in the Gulf of Bear near the Kara coast of the northern island of Novaya Zemlya. Opened and named in 1835 by A.K. Tsivolka.