Pyotr Alexeyevich Besobrasov
Petr Bezobrazov ( Russian Пётр Алексеевич Безобразов ; born January 17 . Jul / 29. January 1845 greg. , † June 4 jul. / 17th June 1906 greg. ) Was an admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy .
biography
Besobrasov began his naval military career in 1864 on board the frigate Swietlana . In 1885 he was appointed commander of a gunboat. In 1890 he was promoted to captain. From 1893 to 1897 he commanded the General-Admiral tank frigate , which was the world's first belt armored cruiser . This was followed by a command on the battleship Navarin . In 1899 he was promoted to rear admiral and served as chief of staff at the naval base in Kronstadt , where he was also deputy commander of the Baltic fleet until 1901 . He was then transferred to the Black Sea Fleet , where he was appointed Vice Admiral in 1903 .
In the Russo-Japanese War he was appointed Commander in Chief of the 1st Pacific Squadron after the death of Vice Admiral Stepan Makarov on May 8, 1904. On June 12, 1904, he reached Vladivostok , but could not reach Port Arthur because of the Japanese sovereignty. At the same time, Besobrasov was given command of the Independent Cruiser Squadron Vladivostok . On the orders of Admiral Karl Jessen , he left Vladivostok on June 15, 1904 to intercept and destroy Japanese transport ships in the Strait of Tsushima. As part of that operation, the Hitachi Maru incident occurred , in which two Japanese transporters were sunk and one was badly damaged. Over 1,300 Japanese sailors and soldiers were killed, which was the highest loss of life in the sinking of a ship during the war. Besobrasov was then able to reach the port of Vladivostok again unhindered with his armored cruisers Rossija , Rurik and Gromoboi . In September 1904, Besobrasov left Vladivostok to take over the Baltic Fleet as Commander-in-Chief in Kronstadt . In December 1904 he took over the post of naval chief of staff .
Besobrazov died on June 17, 1906.
Awards
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Order of Saint Vladimir , 4th grade, 1890 -
Order of Saint Vladimir, 3rd Class, 1894
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Order of Saint Vladimir, 2nd class with swords, 1904
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Russian Order of Saint Anne 3rd Class -
Russian Order of Saint Anne 2nd class
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Russian Order of Saint Anne 1st Class, 1903
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Order of Saint Stanislaus 3rd class -
Order of Saint Stanislaus 2nd class
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Order of Saint Stanislaus 1st class
- Order of the Rising Sun (Japan), 2nd Class, 1901
- Order of the Crown of Romania , 1901
- Military Order of Merit (Bulgaria) , 1901
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literature
- Kowner, Rotem (2006). Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War. Scarecrow, ISBN 0-8108-4927-5 .
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Besobrasow, Pyotr Alexejewitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Безобра́зов, Пётр Алексе́евич (Russian spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian admiral |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 29, 1845 |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 17, 1906 |