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The Russian Rurik Expedition circumnavigated the globe between 30 July 1815 and 3 August 1818 under the command of Otto von Kotzebue for the purpose of finding the Northwest Passage. The warship Rurik (russisch Рюрик) was outfitted and underwritten by Count Nikolai Petrovich Rumyantsev (Никола́й Румянцев) with the encouragement of Czar Alexander I. [In part] because of adverse weather it did not achieve its goal and returned earlier than planned. The voyage's historical significance lies in discoveries made along the route and and in cultural/ ethnological data resulting from the three year journey.