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Vladimir Baer
Vladimir Iosifovich Baer (; November 12, 1853 – May 27, 1905) was a Russian Captain 1st rank of the Russo-Japanese War. He commanded the ''Russian battleship Oslyabya, Oslyabya,'' the flagship of the Second Division, during the Battle of Tsushima before being killed in the battle. Biography On September 16, 1870, Baer was accepted as a student into the Naval Cadet Corps (Russia), Naval Cadet Corps and graduated on March 31, 1871 as a Garde de la Marine. By April 12, 1874 he was assigned to the 1st Naval Crew and promoted to midshipman on August 30, 1875. Baer received his first command when he was assigned to the ''Russian monitor Latnik, Latnik'' on January 30, 1876, before being transferred to the Siberian Flotilla on April 9, 1876. He arrived at Shanghai on August 1, 1876, to retrieve the gunboat ''Sable'' three days later, before being given command of the 3rd Company of Siberian Naval Crew from December 20, 1877 to January 11, 1878. He was then assigned to the ''Vostok' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Yelnya, Yelninsky District, Smolensk Oblast
Yelnya () is a town and the administrative center of Yelninsky District in Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Desna River, from Smolensk, the administrative center of the oblast. The population was Etymology Yelnya's name is likely related to the Russian word ""('yel''', lit. '' fir tree'') or "" (''yelan''', lit. ''land cleared from forest''). History It was first mentioned in the historical documents in 1150 when according to the order of knyaz Rostislav of Smolensk it was to pay a tax of four grivnas and a fox skin. The settlement shared the history of the Smolensk lands—it paid duty to the Golden Horde, then was captured by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was returned to Russia with the rest of the Smolensk Voivodeship at the close of the Russo-Polish War of 1654–1667. In 1776, it was granted town status and became the seat of an uyezd. In 1812, during the French invasion of Russia, Yelnya became an important ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
