Stepan Makarov

Stepan Makarov

Stepan Osipovich Makarov ( _ru. Степа́н О́сипович Мака́ров; OldStyleDateDY|January 8|1849| 27 December|1848 — OldStyleDate|April 13|1904|March 31) was a famous Russian vice-admiral, a highly accomplished and decorated commander of the Imperial Russian Navy, and a distinguished oceanographer, awarded by the Russian Academy of Sciences, and author of several books.

Early life

Stepan Makarov was born in Nikolaev, now Mykolayiv, Ukraine in a family of a fleet praporshchik (прапорщик по Адмиралтейству, an auxiliary officer).

Russo-Turkish War

Makarov was highly decorated for his service as a captain of the Russian torpedo boat tender "Velikiy Knyaz Konstantin" in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78. He was one of the first adopters of the idea of torpedo boats and he himself went to action in torpedo boats. On January 16, 1877 he was first in the world to launch torpedoes from a boat (which itself was launched from a tender) against a Turkish armed ship "Intibah".

Round-the-world oceanographic expeditions

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

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

Russo-Japanese War

Promoted to Commander of the Russian Pacific Fleet, Admiral Makarov was killed in action during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 on the battleship "Petropavlovsk". The "Petropavlovsk" was destroyed by a mine.

Monuments

There are monuments to Makarov in his native Mykolayiv, Ukraine, and in Vladivostok, Russia. A number of ships were named "Admiral Makarov". An island in the Tsivolk group of the Nordenskiöld Archipelago was named after this Admiral of Russia.

External links

* [http://hronos.km.ru/biograf/makarov.html Admiral Makarov, in Russian]
* [http://www.peoples.ru/military/admiral/makarov/ Biography at peoples.ru, in Russian]


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