A Russian newspaper claimed Mozhaysky's hop was the first powered flight
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Alexander Mozhaysky
Alexander Fedorovich Mozhaysky was an admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy, an aviation pioneer, and a researcher and designer of heavier-than-air craft.
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science · Russian admiral and aviation pioneer (1825–1890) · military flight engineer · military officer · aerospace engineer · inventor · also Alexander Mozhaysky, Alexander Fedorovich Mozhaysky, Aleksandr Fedorovich Mozhaĭskiĭ, Mozhaysky
Born 9 March 1825 · Died 20 March 1890 · Q365820
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1909· 1 entry
1890· 2 entries
From pneumonia; his tomb is at the Smolensk Cemetery in Saint Petersburg
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Died 1890-03-20.
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1884· 1 entry
Mozhaysky's airplane made its first flight
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1879· 1 entry
And was granted the rank of captain, 1st class
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1863· 1 entry
With the downsizing of the Russian navy following the end (1856) of the Crimean War
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1858· 1 entry
Mozhaysky was selected to participate in an expedition to Khiva in Central Asia, and published an account of the Aral Sea and the Amu Darya River
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1855· 2 entries
During the Crimean War, he served in the Gulf of Finland on the brig Antenor
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Which enabled the Russian delegation negotiating the Treaty of Shimoda to return home
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1853· 1 entry
Was selected as a member of Vice Admiral Yevfimy Putyatin’s expedition to the Far East
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1825· 1 entry
Born 1825-03-09.
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