An atoll in the Pacific Ocean, capes in the Amur Liman and on the Unimak Island, a former island in the Aral Sea, a bay and a port in the Sea of Japan, bay and sea in the South Ocean, a settlement near Sochi and other locations bear Lazarev's name. Russian and Soviet navies had ships named after the admiral: , a monitor of the Imperial Russian Navy built in 1867 and lead ship of her class A light cruiser ordered for the Imperial Russian Navy in 1914, completed and renamed after the Russian Revolution of 1917 , a built in the early 1950s The , renamed Admiral Lazarev after the 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union Lazarev is buried with his disciples Nakhimov, Kornilov and Istomin in the Admirals' Burial Vault in Sevastopol. A minor planet 3660 Lazarev, discovered by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh in 1978, is named after him. Honours and awards Order of St. George, IV class Order of St. Vladimir, 1st class Order of St. Alexander Nevsky Order of White Eagle Companion of the Order of the Bath (United Kingdom) Military Order of St. Louis (France) References and notes External links A map of his Antarctic expedition (in Russian), attention – all dates there are Julian 1788 births 1851 deaths People from Vladimir, Russia Explorers from the Russian Empire Explorers of Antarctica Russian nobility Russian and Soviet polar explorers Imperial Russian Navy admirals Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 1st class Companions of the Order of the Bath Order of Saint Louis recipients War Governors of Nikolayev and Sevastopol Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland)