Avraamy Bogdanovich Aslanbegov or Aslanbekov (russian: Аврамий Богданович Асланбегов; 22 September .S. 10 September1822,

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– 20 December .S. 7 December1900,

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

) was a vice-admiral and military writer of Kabardian of the

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Career

A convert to

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, Aslanbegov graduated with honours from the Naval Cadet Corps in 1837. He started his military career by serving in the

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. After obtaining his officer rank he began serving in the

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. Aslanbegov participated in the

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of 1854–1856 and fought alongside

Pavel Nakhimov Pavel Stepanovich Nakhimov (russian: Павел Степанович Нахимов, ; – ) was a Russian Admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy known for his victory in the Battle of Sinop and his leadership in the Siege of Sevastopol (18 ...

during the Siege of Sevastopol. In the late 1850s and the 1860s he continued to serve in the Baltic and the Black Sea, and sailed across the

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. In the early 1870s he was member of the committee in charge of developing the sea-borne trade. In 1879 Aslanbegov was appointed Commander of the

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Squadron. In 1881 he circumnavigated the globe from the Baltic through

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and

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to the

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where he served until his retirement in 1882.Avraamy Bogdanovich Aslanbegov
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References

*ЦГА ВМФ, ф. 41, 26 ед. хр., 1841-1892. *РГВИА (РГАВМФ), ф. 171, 6 ед. хр., 1793-1855.

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by Alexander Massov {{DEFAULTSORT:Aslanbegov, Avraamy 1822 births 1900 deaths Military personnel from Baku Imperial Russian Navy admirals Russian military personnel of the Crimean War Azerbaijani emigrants to Russia Military writers from the Russian Empire Eastern Orthodox Christians from Azerbaijan Azerbaijani former Shia Muslims Converts to Eastern Orthodoxy from Shia Islam Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Russia) Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian) Russian nobility Naval Cadet Corps alumni