Editing Yakov Permyakov (section)

{{short description|Russian explorer}}
[[File:Siberia yanabay.png|thumb|right|250px|Location of Yana Bay in northern Siberia, on whose frozen surface Yakov Permyakov was murdered]]
'''Yakov Permyakov''' ({{langx|ru|Яков Пермяков}}; died 1712) was a Russian seafarer, explorer, [[merchant]], and [[Cossack]].

In 1710, while sailing from the [[Lena River]] to the [[Kolyma River]], Permyakov observed the silhouette of two unknown island groups in the sea. Those islands would later be named [[Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island|Bolshoy Lyakhovsky]] and the [[Medvyezhi Islands]]. 

In 1712, Permyakov and his companion [[Merkury Vagin]] crossed [[Yana Bay]] from the mouth of the [[Yana River]] to Bolshoy Lyakhovsky over the ice and explored the then-unknown island. 
Permyakov and Vagin were murdered on the way back from their exploration by mutineering expedition members. The Cossacks took Permyakov's deceased body down to the ice and set it on fire. No one knows what the rebellious Cossacks did with the ashes, but Yakov Permyakov's remains were never found.<ref>Н. Исанин. ''Морской энциклопедический справочник,'' Том 2. Ленинград 1986, стр. 76.</ref>