Ippolit Giliarovsky
Ippolit Giliarovsky (18 August 1865 – 27 June 1905) was the second in command as a frigate captain of the Russian battleship Potemkin, battleship ''Potemkin'' during the mutiny. He held key responsibility for the uprising due to his brutal treatment of the sailors. Giliarovsky was killed during the mutiny. Early career Born in Tallinn, Reval (in the Russian Governorate of Estonia), Ippolit Giliarovsky, the son of a Russian Orthodox priest, joined the Imperial Navy as a cadet in 1883. He was promoted from midshipman to artillery lieutenant in 1889. After serving as a naval artillery staff officer with the Baltic Fleet Command Giliarovsky was appointed as a senior officer on the cruiser Russian cruiser Gromoboi, ''Gromoboy''. Giliarovsky was decorated for his part in the Battle of Chemulpo Bay during the Russo-Japanese War. A strict disciplinarian Giliarovsky routinely brutalised sailors under his command, punching one of them in the face for not knowing his name. On 18 October 1 ...
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