the most famous great northern expedition, it was led by captain-commander vitus bering. during which almost the entire coast of the arctic ocean, including the outlines of taimyr, was explored on the map of the russian empire. in 1742 , semyon chelyuskin discovered the most. one point of taimyr, the russian empire and eurasia, 100 years later, received his name. in the middle of the 19th century, geographers and traveler alexander midendor first called the peninsula taimyr. there are several versions of the origin of this word. the most popular taimyr is a form of the ancient word tamura, meaning rich, valuable. in venka we used this word to call a river in which there was always a lot of fish. well, i adhere to a different version: taimira, translated from our ingonasan means. country of deer tracks. i hope you are with me in this matter. there is a museum symbolizing soviet power in tundra. red chum. specifically, this one belonged to komsomol member, athlete and simply beautiful siberian girl amalia khazanovich, who in 1936 came to taimyr at the call of her heart to t