Famous life · 12.08.1846
Krusenstern's last voyage ends at Kiltsi
Adam Johann von Krusenstern led the first Russian voyage around the world in 1803 to 1806, with the ships Nadezhda and Neva. In 1816 he bought Kiltsi manor. Its house had been built in the 1790s on the ruins of a medieval vassal castle, whose great vaulted cellars lie beneath it. Here he finished his Atlas of the South Sea, the best atlas of its time. Krusenstern died at Kiltsi on 12 August 1846. By special permission of Tsar Nicholas I he was buried in Tallinn's Dome Church. His marble tomb reads: To the first Russian circumnavigator. The manor stayed in his family until 1911, and since 1920 the house has held the Kiltsi manor school.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
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Adam Johann von Krusenstern juhtis aastatel 1803–1806 laevadega Nadežda ja Neva esimest Vene ümbermaailmareisi. 1816. aastal ostis ta Kiltsi mõisa. Selle härrastemaja oli ehitatud 1790. aastatel keskaegse vasallilinnuse varemetele ja hoone all on linnuse suured võlvitud keldrid. Siin valmis tema „Lõunamere atlas”, oma aja parim atlas. Krusenstern suri Kiltsis 12. augustil 1846. Nikolai I eriloal maeti ta Tallinna Toomkirikusse. Tema valgest marmorist hauamonumendil on kiri: „Esimesele Vene ümbermaailmasõitjale”. Mõis jäi Krusensternide kätte kuni 1911. aastani ja 1920. aastast tegutseb lossis Kiltsi mõisakool.
Source: Estonian Wikipedia: Adam Johann von Krusenstern; Kiltsi mõis. ↗