Alexander Fedorovich Mozhaysky was an admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy, an aviation pioneer, and a researcher and designer of heavier-than-air craft.
Alexander Mozhayskiy
Mozhaysky, identified as the "Creator of world's first airplane", on a 1963 Soviet postal stamp.
Mozhaisky's aircraft patent
The Baltic Fleet is the fleet of the Russian Navy in the Baltic Sea.
A modern replica of the fleet's first vessel, the 24-gun three-masted frigate Shtandart
The Battle of Gangut.
Sailors of the Baltic Fleet ashore at Nossi Bé, December 1904.
The naval St. Nicholas Cathedral in St. Petersburg is the main church of the Russian Navy. Its outside is covered with plaques to Russian sailors/officers lost at sea.