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Manuil Ozerov
Manuil Vasilyevich Ozerov was a Russian Counter Admiral during the early 20th century. He was known for commanding the '' Sissoi Veliky'' during the Battle of Tsushima and was one of the few officers who managed to survive the battle. Military career Manuil was born on October 15, 1852, at the village of Belmovo at the Tula Governorate. His father was Vasily Andreevich Ozerov who was of nobility, a court councilor and the head of the village while his mother was Evpraksia Vasilievna Spolokhov. He proceeded to enter the Naval Cadet Corps and graduated as a Garde de la Marine at the 5th Naval Crew on April 17, 1871. He was promoted to michman on May 8, 1873, and seconded to the Naval College on October 4, 1874. Ozerov received his first command on the auditor ''Ne Tron' Menya'' from November 3, 1876, to March 27, 1880, while being promoted to lieutenant on January 1, 1877. His next command was the monitor ''Uragan'' on 1880 and was made commander of the economic company on October ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tula Governorate
Tula Governorate (russian: Тульская губерния) was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, located in the south of Moscow Governorate. The Governate existed from 1796 to 1929; its seat was in the city of Tula. It was divided into twelve districts. The main towns were Alexin, Bogoroditsk, Byelev, Chern, Epifan, Efremov, Kashira, Krapivna, Novosil, Odoyev, Tula, and Venev. Administrative division Ufa Governorate consisted of the following uyezds (administrative centres in parentheses): * Aleksinsky Uyezd (Aleksin) * Belyovsky Uyezd (Belyov) * Bogoroditsky Uyezd (Bogoroditsk) * Venyovsky Uyezd ( Venyov) * Yepifansky Uyezd (Yepifan) * Yefremovsky Uyezd (Yefremov) * Kashirsky Uyezd (Kashira) * Krapivensky Uyezd (Krapivna) * Novosilsky Uyezd (Novosil) * Odoyevsky Uyezd (Odoyev) * Tulsky Uyezd ( Tula) * Chernsky Uyezd (Chern) See also * Tula Oblast Tula Oblast (russian: Ту́льская о́бласть, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Cruiser General-Admiral
''General-Admiral'' was the lead ship of her class of armored cruisers built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the early 1870s. She is generally considered the first true armored cruiser.Beeler, p. 222 Design and description Originally classified as an armored corvette, ''General-Admiral'' was redesignated as a semi- armored frigate on 24 March 1875. She was laid out as a central battery ironclad with the armament concentrated amidships. The iron-hulled ship was not fitted with a ram and her crew numbered approximately 482 officers and men. ''General-Admiral'' was long overall. She had a beam of and a draft of . The ship was designed to displace , but displaced as built, an increase of over .Watts, p. 72 Propulsion The ship had a vertical compound steam engine driving a single two-bladed propeller. Steam was provided by five cylindrical boilers at a pressure of . The engine produced during sea trials which gave the ship a maximum speed around . ''General-Admiral'' carri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
