Who was Adam Johann von Krusenstern?

Krusenstern was a Baltic German traveler and an explorer. He was born in a small Estonian village Hagudi , near Rapla, on 10 October 1770. He led the first Russian circumnavigation of the globe together with Yuri Lisyansky.

Portrait of Krusenstern 1838

He lived in the Hagudi Manor.

A picture of Hagudi Manor in 2011.

He lived his teenage years in Estonia. It's known that he went to a catholic sch0ol called Tallinna Toomkool. It's a school that still exists today and is in the capital city Tallinn, as you could probably guess from the name.

Picture of Tallinna Toomkool in the present day.

Here is a link to a news story (in Estonian) about Krusenstern, where he is buried and why.

News story about Krusenstern, where he is buried and why (in Estonian)

Later on in life, after he had traveled the world he came back to Estonia and settled in Kiltsi Manor. It is at Kiltsi, he drew the circumnavigation maps and that is also where he died. Kilsti Manor was occupied by the descendants of Adam Johann von Krusenstern until the early 20th Century.

Kiltsi Manor in the present day (2022)

If you want to learn more about him, here is a link to a wikipedia page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Johann_von_Krusenstern