Russian battleship Peresvet
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Peresvet was the lead ship of the three Peresvet-class battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy at the end of the nineteenth century. The ship was transferred to the Pacific Squadron upon compl
Peresvet at anchor, 1901
Peresvet after having been scuttled
Sagami (center, rear) at anchor in Yokohama harbor during the Great White Fleet's visit, September 1908
Imperial Russian Navy
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The Imperial Russian Navy operated as the navy of the Russian Tsardom and later the Russian Empire from 1696 to 1917. Formally established in 1696, it lasted until being dissolved in the wake of the F
Emblem of the Imperial Russian Navy
The original "Flag of the Tsar of Moscow" raised in 1693 by Peter the Great on his yacht Saint Peter
Goto Predestinatsia, flagship of the Azov flotilla until 1711
Russian fleet under the command of Admiral Fyodor Ushakov, sailing through the Bosphorus. By M. M. Ivanov