The Russian explorer Otto von Kotzebue (1787-1846) commanded two of the earliest Russian maritime expeditions which explored the Pacific and circumnavigated the world. Otto von Kotzebue was born at Revel (Tallin), Estonia, on Dec. 30, 1787. He was the...

1787-1846 Estonian naval officer and explorer who completed three round-the-world voyages, including the first circumnavigation of the world under the Russian flag (1803-06) with Baron Adam Johann von Krusenstern. From 1815-18, Kotzebue headed a...

Otto von Kotzebue (Russian Отто Евстафьевич Коцебу, Otto Evstaf'evič Kocebu, December 30, 1787 - February 15, 1846), was a Baltic German navigator in Russian service. The second son of August von Kotzebue, he was born at Reval (now...

THE public profile of Otto von Habsburg has risen high in recent years. Since 1989 he has been seen, quite rightly, as one of the prime movers in the issues of a liberated Eastern Europe. This is not surprising in one sense, as...

WA. Coupe explores the polarised opinions aroused by the 'Iron Chancellor', as revealed in the German press. The current controversy in Germany as to whether a statue of Bismarck should be erected in front of the Bundestag building in Berlin represents merely...