Bashmakov Pavel Ivanovich

(autotranslated, could have mistakes)

Years of life (January 1890–1942). Arctic hydrographer, specialist in lighthouses and navigation aids.

Born into a large family of a servant of the Zhuzmuy lighthouse in Onega Bay.

In 1904 he entered the nautical department of the Arkhangelsk Trade and Maritime School. After the death of the father, the family found itself in a very difficult financial situation. The mother was forced to submit a petition for financial assistance to her son. Despite all the difficulties, Bashmakov, thanks to his will and enormous capacity for work, successfully completed his studies in 1909 and began serving in hydrographic organizations. He devoted more than 30 years to the hydrographic fencing of the White, Barents and Kara Seas. Since 1933, Bashmakov headed the Arkhangelsk and Novaya Zemlya hydrographic departments, during 1921–1940. combined work with teaching at the Arkhangelsk Maritime College, where he taught courses in navigation, pilotage, meteorology and astronomy.

Bashmakov published a number of books and articles on hydrography, the history of the development of the Northern Sea Route, wrote reviews of books about the Arctic and articles in the Great and Small Soviet Encyclopedias, and was the author of several inventions in the field of hydrography. His name was widely known in maritime circles. In 1924 he was awarded a sextant, on the lid of which there was a silver plate

e was engraved an extract from the order of the Maritime Department: “Awarded with the approval of the Revolutionary Council of the USSR... hydrographer Pavel Ivanovich Bashmakov for tireless work aimed at improving navigation conditions in the White and Barents Seas and for developing a number of guidelines for navigation in these waters.”

In 1924, the cruiser "Aurora" and the training ship "Komsomolets" made a voyage along the route Kronstadt - Arkhangelsk - Kronstadt for the first time in the history of the Soviet Navy. In this campaign, Bashmakov, an expert on the northern seas, was entrusted with escorting ships on the Murmansk-Arkhangelsk stage.

Died in Arkhangelsk. He was buried at the Solombala Cemetery.

In the museum of the Arkhangelsk Naval School, a separate stand is dedicated to Bashmakov.

The strait between Hoffmann and Becker islands in the arch. ZFI. The name was approved by the Arkhangelsk Regional Executive Committee in 1963 (Decision No. 651).