Famous life · 15.02.1846
Kotzebue's grave in Kose churchyard
Otto von Kotzebue, born in Tallinn in 1787, first went round the world as a teenage cadet with Krusenstern in 1803–1806. He later commanded the brig Rurik on a voyage of 1815–1818 that searched for a passage through the Arctic and explored the Pacific and the coast of North America, and in 1823–1826 he led a second expedition that called at Tahiti and Kamchatka. His last years were spent on his Triigi estate near Kose. He died in Tallinn on 15 February 1846 and was buried in the churchyard of St Nicholas' Church in Kose, a church whose history goes back to the 1230s. His grave can still be found there.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
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1787. aastal Tallinnas sündinud Otto von Kotzebue tegi oma esimese ümbermaailmareisi teismelise kadetina Krusensterni laeval aastatel 1803–1806. Hiljem juhtis ta brigi Rurik reisi aastatel 1815–1818, mil otsiti läbipääsu Põhja-Jäämerel ning uuriti Vaikset ookeani ja Põhja-Ameerika rannikut, ning aastatel 1823–1826 teist ekspeditsiooni, mis külastas Tahitit ja Kamtšatkat. Oma viimased aastad veetis ta Kose lähedal Triigi mõisas. Ta suri 15. veebruaril 1846 Tallinnas ja maeti Kose Püha Nikolause kiriku aeda; kiriku ajalugu ulatub 1230. aastatesse. Tema haud on seal tänini.