Stepan Makarov

Stepan Osipovich Makarov (Russian: ??????? ????????? ????????) (January 8, 1848/1849 — March 31, 1904) was a famous Russian vice-admiral, a highly accomplished and decorated commander of the Russian Navy, and a distingushed oceanographer, awarded by the Russian Academy of Sciences, an author of several books.

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Russian - 1848 - 1849 - March 31 - 1904 - Russian - Vice-admiral - Russian Navy - Oceanographer - Russian Academy of Sciences

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Stepan Makarov was born in Nikolaev, now Mykolayiv, Ukraine in a family of a fleet ensign (fleet praporshik, ????????? ?????, praporshchik flota).

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Mykolayiv - Ukraine - Ensign

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He was highly decorated for his service as a captain of the Russian battleship Velikiy Knyaz Konstantin (named after the Grand Duke Konstantin of Russia) in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78. He was one of the first adopters of the idea of torpedo boats and on January 16, 1877 he was first in the world to launch torpedoes from a boat (which itself was launched from a battleship) against a Turkish battleship.

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Captain - Battleship - Velikiy Knyaz Konstantin - Grand Duke - Konstantin of Russia - Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78 - Torpedo boats - January 16 - 1877 - Torpedo - Turkish

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He directed two round-the-world oceanographic expeditions on the corvette Vityaz (1886-1889 and 1894-1896).

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Corvette - Vityaz

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He proposed the idea, oversaw the construction and commanded the world first icebreaker "Yermak" in two arctic expeditions in 1899 and 1901.

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Icebreaker - Yermak

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Made commander of the Russian Pacific Fleet, Admiral Makarov was killed in action during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 on the battleship Petropavlovsk destroyed by a mine.

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Russo-Japanese War - 1904 - 1905 - Petropavlovsk - Mine

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There are monuments to Makarov in his native Mykolayiv, Ukraine, and in Vladivostok, Russia. A number of ships were named Admiral Makarov.

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Vladivostok - Russia - Admiral Makarov

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