Editing Dmitry Laptev (section)

==Early life==
Dmitry Laptev was born in the village of Bolotovo, near [[Velikie Luki]], in 1701.  A year earlier his cousin [[Khariton Laptev]] was born in nearby Bolotovo.<ref name="Russian Source">{{cite web|title=Двоюродные братья Дмитрий Яковлевич и Харитон Прокофьевич Лаптевы or The cousins Dmitry Yakovlevich and Khariton Prokofyevich Laptev|url=http://vluki.library.ru/region/famous_people/laptev.php|access-date=September 10, 2012}}</ref>    He and his cousin were some of the first students at the School of Mathematics and Navigational Sciences in [[Saint Petersburg]], established by [[Peter the Great]]. After graduation, he quickly moved up naval ranks and became a ranking naval officer on a number of different vessels.<ref name="Russian Source" />