Schubert Fedor Fedorovich 
(12.02.1789-03.11.1865)

Russian military topographer, geodesist, astronomer, general of infantry. The son of academician F.I. Schubert, who moved to Russia in 1784, Sophia Kovalevskaya’s grandfather. 
Born in St. Petersburg. Up to 11 years old, he was brought up at home, and then he was given to the school of the Lutheran Peter and Paul Church.Not completing the training, Schubert, who showed excellent mathematical skills, entered the service under the command of Quartermaster General Count P.K. In the following year, Sukhteleva also carried out astronomical and geodetic work in Polotsk, then in the Olonets and Arkhangelsk gubernias. 
In 1805, Schubert and his father accompanied the embassy of Count Golovkin to China. His task was to compile a topographical travel route. 
In 1806, Schubert’s military service began.As a second lieutenant of the General Staff, he took part in the hostilities, in particular in the famous Battle of Preussis-Eylau, where he was seriously wounded in the chest and leg. His merits were awarded the Order of St. Vladimir, 4 degrees with a bow. After recovery in 1808–1809. Schubert continued to serve in the army in Finland, taking part in the battles of Forsby, Degerdal, Gangut. 
In February 1809, he crossed over the ice to the Aland Islands with the army of Major General Sazonov, then fought in Bulgaria, participated in the Battle of Borodino, entered Paris. For the campaign of 1812, Schubert was awarded the Order of St. Anna of the 2nd degree and the same order showered with diamonds.In 1813, while in the corps of Miloradovich, he participated in the siege of the fortress of Glogau, in the battles of Predini and Waltheim, near Dresden, Bischofsverd, Bautzen, Reichenbach, Zopten, Katsbach, Wartenburg, fought at Leipzig. Performing important assignments for the General Staff, he attracted the attention of the Allied commanders and was awarded the Prussian Orders of Merit and the Red Eagle of the 3rd class, the Swedish Order of the Sword and the rank of colonel.

While serving in the Russian corps, abandoned in France, Schubert until 1818 was engaged in topographic and geodetic surveys there. 
After returning to Russia, Schubert entered a new, scientific period of his activity. While occupying the posts of the head of the Third Division of the military topographic bureau and a permanent member of the military science committee for the quartermaster unit, he headed the topographical survey of the St. Petersburg gubernia, triangulated the Gulf of Finland, broke the trigonometric network through the Novgorod and Starorussky counties. 
The successful activity of Schubert provided him a quick career advancement. In 1822 he became the director of the newly established corps of topographers, in 1825 - the manager of the military topographic bureau, in 1828 - the head of the shooting of the Baltic Sea, in 1829 - the director of the hydrographic depot of the Main Naval Staff. 
In the following years, Schubert also held a number of responsible positions, conducted topographic and geodetic surveys of various regions of the European part of Russia. Under his leadership, a special map of Russia was drawn up on a scale of 10 versts per inch (Schubert Ten-layout), which for a long time was one of the best cartographic guides for various military and educational purposes.
Special attention deserves the "Detailed plan of the capital city of St. Petersburg". It was published in 1828 on 24 pages and is the largest (1:42) of all published plans. Thanks to this document, Petersburg of that time seems to us, since everything is reflected on it: the configuration of each building, courtyards, trellises, sidewalks, ducts, milestones, swamps, puddles, gardens. Until the beginning of the 20th century, the plan was often used as the basis for creating other maps, and until now it is an important document for the historians of St. Petersburg. Now this plan is stored in the Russian National Library in St. Petersburg.
In 1833, Emperor Nicholas I approved the project of Schubert to conduct a chronometric expedition in the Baltic region and appointed him as its head. As a result of the work, in which, in addition to Russian sailors and scientists, representatives of other states participated, the longitudes of many Baltic Sea points important for navigation were determined with great precision. 
The name of Schubert was widely known in the scientific world, he was an honorary member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a member of numerous Russian and foreign scientific societies. 
He died in Stuttgart. 
Cape in the southeast of the White Island in the Kara Sea. Named in 1826 I.N. Ivanov. 
The bay and cape south of Brandt Bay on the Kara coast of the northern island of New Earth. The bay opened in 1833 and named by P.K. Pakhtusov. The cape is named after the bay later.