Alexksei Ivanovich Butakov
1816–69
Russian hydrographer and rear admiral who explored the Aral Sea.
Source
GSE
Bibliography
GSE: Great Soviet encyclopedia. Edited by Jean Paradise et al. 31 vols. (Translation of the 3d edition of Bol’shaya Sovetskaya entsiklopediya (Большая советская энциклопедия), edited by A. M. Prokhorov.) New York: Macmillan. London: Collier Macmillan. 1973–83.
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