Two Admiral Chichagova: Nikolai Skitsky

In biographical essays, the life and activities of two admirals who played a large role in the development of the domestic fleet are considered. Vasily Yakovlevich Chichagov, an outstanding navy of the era of Catherine II, successfully spent several large sea battles, did not have a single defeat and became the only Russian sailor awarded the Order of St. George I degree. The flagship always sought to neutralize the enemy at the cost of minimum losses on our part. Of the ten sons, some of his sons became sailors. One of them, Pavel Vasilievich Chichagov, a combat sailor and flagship, is known as the Minister of the Marine Forces of the Russian Empire from Alexander I and the commander of the Danube Army in the defeat of Napoleon’s troops in 1812. Essays were based on little -known materials and allow you to look at the history of Russia and Europe in the second half of the XVIII of the XVIII in the 19th century. Like the whole series, the book is designed for a wide range of readers who are interested in military domestic history, as well as on …

Author
Skitsky Nikolai Vladimirovich
Editor
Blagovo V.A., Sapozhnikov S. A.
Publisher
Central Polygraph, 2012
Series
Gold collection. Russia is forgotten and unknown