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Stepan Makarov
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Stepan Osipovich Makarov was a Russian vice-admiral, commander in the Imperial Russian Navy, oceanographer, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and author of several books. He was a pioneer of
Admiral Stepan Makarov, in the National Library of Norway
Admiral Stepan Makarov, in the National Library of Norway
Makarov's birthplace in Mykolaiv
Makarov's birthplace in Mykolaiv
The icebreaker Yermak
The icebreaker Yermak
SS Baikal in service on Lake Baikal
SS Baikal in service on Lake Baikal
Russian battleship Petropavlovsk (1894)
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Petropavlovsk was the lead ship of her class of three pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy during the last decade of the 19th century. The ship was sent to the Far East almo
Stepan Makarov
…Makarov led his flotilla to the aid of a destroyer that had been ambushed by the Japanese. Makarov was killed in the subsequent battle when his flagship Petropavlovsk struck a naval mine and the ship's magazine detonated. Japanese divers found Makarov's body after the war and gave him a burial at sea, and as a mark…
A Russian postcard of Petropavlovsk
A Russian postcard of Petropavlovsk
Petropavlovsk in Algiers, French North Africa, 1899
Petropavlovsk in Algiers, French North Africa, 1899
A Japanese depiction of the sinking of Petropavlovsk. The original caption reads: "Picture of the Eighth Attack on Port Arthur. The Flagship of Russia
A Japanese depiction of the sinking of Petropavlovsk. The original caption reads: "Picture of the Eighth Attack on Port Arthur. The Flagship of Russia Was Destroyed by the Torpedo of Our Navy and Admiral Makaroff Drowned."