Admiral
Returning to Kronshtadt on 4 August 1821, Bellingshausen was made Counter Admiral. He fought in the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–1829 and attained the rank of Vice Admiral in 1830. In 1831 he published the book on his Antarctic travel, called Double Investigation of the Southern Polar Ocean and the Voyage Around the World (Двукратные изыскания в южнополярном океане и плавание вокруг света).
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