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Matyushkin Fedor Fedorovich (10 (21) .07.1799 – 16 (28) .09.1872), Russian seaman, Admiral (1867).

One of the closest companions of Alexander Pushkin. He graduated Tsarskoselsky Lyceum (1817).

In 1817 – 1819, entering the fleet voluntarily participated in the circumnavigation VM Golovkin on the sloop "Kamchatka", in 1820 – 1824 – in the Arctic expedition Wrangell, in conjunction with it inspected and put the card on. Chetyrehstolbovoy, independently examined the large space of the tundra east of the Kolyma River, collected valuable ethnographic materials in 1825 – 1827 – a circumnavigation Wrangell on the sloop "mild".

In 1828 – 1829 participated in the Russian-Turkish War, commanding the various warships. In 1835, he served on the Black Sea Fleet, in 1850 – 1851 – the Baltic Fleet.

Since 1852 in senior positions in the Naval Office, since 1858 chairman of the Naval Scientific committee.

Since 1861, Senator.

Cit.: Journal circumnavigation on his ship "Kamchatka" under the command of Captain Golovkin, in the book.: Shur, LA, to the shores of the New World, M., 1971.

Lit.: Wrangel, FP, Journey to the northern shores of Siberia and the Arctic Sea 1820 – 24, Moscow, 1948; J. Groth, K., Pushkin, his comrades, Mr. Lyceum mentors, 2 ed. St. Petersburg, 1899; Total Marine List, Part 7, St. Petersburg, 1893.

Lyubomirsky Constantine Ksaverevich (11.07.1786 – 04.1870) – Prince, Major-General, from the nobility of Mogilev province, born November 7, 1786, he entered the service in 1806, cornet in the Grodno Hussars, and in the same year moved to the L .- Guards. Hussars, with the appointment of aide to Lieutenant General Uvarov, and as such took part in the campaigns against France and was under Gushtadtom, Akendorfom, Genlsbergom and Friedland (1807), for which he was granted the Order of St. George 4-th century., Golden sword for bravery and the Order of "pour le merite".

In 1808 he was promoted to lieutenant and the same year was in Finland during the occupation Tavastgusa.

In 1810, participating in a campaign in Moldavia, Lyubomirsky distinguished by noisy, the construction of the fort in the same, during the assault Ruschuka and in the Battle of Batin. The reward for this involvement he was promoted Lieutenant-Captain and the Order of St. Vladimir 4 th century. and St. Anne 2 nd kl.

Appointed in 1812, adjutant to the E. IV, Lyubomirsky next year, again participated in the French campaign, being in the battles at Lutzen, Bautzen, Leipzig (1813), Bar-sur-Aube, Arsis-sur-Aube, and Fershampenuaz (1814), and was promoted to the rank of colonel and awarded the Order of St. Vladimir third station.

In 1816 he was transferred to the Life Guards Transfiguration Regiment, in 1821, promoted to Major General, with the appointment was made by the army, and was awarded the Order of St. Anna 1 st century. for the highest show of his team, and in 1823 he was appointed commander of 1 Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division.

Buturlin Fedor Romanov (died 1520) – lord and governor, died in 1520 in Toropets. In 1506, he voivod right hand devastated neighborhood Mstislavl in 1512 reflects the Tatar attack, broke into the Russian territory under the command of the sons of the Crimean Khan Mengli-Giray, and pursued them from the river to Sturgeon Silent Pines, in 1513, he participated in the first hike Vasily III at Smolensk, and under the command of Prince Obolensky, IM, fought at Smolensk, the Lithuanian voivod Sologub. In the same year Buturlin granted to the boyars, and in 1514 again fought at Smolensk. In 1516 he was with the grand army to Voshane, in 1517, 1518 and 1519 years. located on the Oka, to reflect the Crimean Tatars, and in 1517 expelled the Tatars from the vicinity of Tula. In 1519 he was the first commander in Toropets, and then participated in a campaign against Lithuania at Polotsk.

Chichagov Vasily Yakovlevich (1726 – 1809) – Admiral. After completing his studies in England, Chichagov entered naval service in 1742, appointed in 1764 assistant to the chief commander of the port of Archangel, he twice (1765 and 1766) traveled with three ships from Coke in the "secret expedition" to find "the sea passage Northern Ocean in Kamchatka, but because of the ice could be achieved only 80e21 'North. wide. Subsequently, was the chief commander of the port of Arkhangelsk, Revel and Kronstadt. Upon the death of Admiral Greig, Catherine II requested Chichagovs main command of the fleet in the war with Sweden (1789 – 1790), and he scored three brilliant victory over a stronger enemy fleet – near the island Öland, in the raid, and Revel, near Vyborg, captured many ships, frigates and other vessels, more than 5000 soldiers and 200 officers, with Rear Admiral headed. This forced by Gustav III to an early conclusion of peace.

Batov Pavel Ivanovich (20.05 (01.06) .1897), Army General (1955), twice Hero of the Soviet Union (30 October 1943 and June 2, 1945). Member of the CPSU from 1929.

Born to a poor peasant. Since 1915 the army, party 1-st World War, junior non-commissioned officer.

Shchetinin Prince Peter Ivanovich – died childless. Voivod Galich (1636 – 1637), Tara (1643 – 1646) and Tula (1651 – 1652). In 1655 had been sent from Orsha to Smolensk boyars Fed. Boris. Dalmatovo-Karpov, a Russian and Dutch great outfit from the treasury of gunpowder and cannon all stocks on the 25 courts. Since there were few rowers, and boats were overweight, then S. afraid of being late in Smolensk and get into disfavour. In his official report such litter: "The Emperor said Unsubscribe: nevpervye you then do the work vdrugoryad to the sovereign can not keep up, you work for the custom. Barsukov, "List the police commanders in the Moscow State XVII century.", P. 59, 228. – "Acts of the Moscow State", Vol II, p. 434. V. Korsakov.

Krusenstern Johann Anton (Ivan) (06/11/1770 – 12/08/1846) – a famous admiral, was in the sea cadet corps, took part in the Swedish War of 1789-90 years.; In 1793 was sent to study naval science in England, with British fleet sailed to the northeast. shores of America, where he participated in battles with the French courts; visited Barbados, Suriname, Bermuda, sailed into the Bay of Bengal with a view to explore ostindskie water and open Russian trade route in Ostindiyu. Interested Russian fur trade with China which went by land from Okhotsk on Kyakhta, K. came to the conclusion that it was more profitable could go straight on, the sea: he also had in mind to establish direct relations with the Metropolitan Russian-American possessions.

In Petersburg, AK, introduced (1799) the authorities their views; in 1802, imp. Alexander I approved the project, K., for the execution of which decided to equip the first round the world expedition. This device is the voyage of more than contributed Admire. NP Mordvinov and the then Minister of Commerce, gr. NP Rumyantsev. Under the command of Karl expedition, consisting of the two ships ("Hope", and "Neva"), with an assistant, K., Lieutenant-Commander Lisyansky, astronomer Horner, naturalists Tilesius and Langsdorf, July 26, 1803 sailed from Kronstadt, which returned 19 August 1806

The expedition went across the Atlantic Ocean and rounded Cape Horn, from the Russian and neighboring lands in the north Pacific Ocean, she drew special attention to Kamchatka, the Kuril Islands and Sakhalin. In his notes on this trip (St. Petersburg 1809-13; a good day. France., It., A Swede., Gall., Eng. Of Denmark. And Italy.) KA says many interesting things about what he had seen them on the road, especially on life and habits of savages; for its time, replete with magnificent atlas AK maps, plans and drawings. Lisyanskii rules of the second expedition and the ship was sometimes separated from the first, in his book on the same trip (St. Petersburg 1812, there eng. Transl.) Lot, so new items of observation – the way a detailed description of the coast of Sitka (he had referred to. Sitka ) and on Kodiak Island.

In 1811 K. The inspector classes Marine Cadet Corps. Inscribing a detailed instruction of the second world expedition, under the command of Kotzebue (see), K. traveled in 1814 to England to order all the necessary tools for this expedition. On his return he received indefinite leave of absence, and he starts producing his "Atlas South Sea", with the application of hydrographic notes, under the title: "Collected Works employees, and parsing explanation of the Atlas South Sea" (St.-Petersburg, 1823 and 1826, and France. Translation: "Recueil des memoires hydrographiques .. ", St. Petersburg., 1824-1827; addition SPb., 1835-86; work is crowned with full Demidov Prize).

In 1827, Karl was appointed director of the Marine Cadet Corps and a member of the Admiralty Board.

Svechin Vladimir K. (1823 – 1878) – Lieutenant-General; noble province of Tula, was born in 1823 and the end of the course of study in the 2 cadet in 1841 and was promoted to the rank of ensign to the definition of the Life Guards regiment of Chasseurs. In 1843, a lieutenant, he attended the Imperial Military Academy (now the Nicholas General Staff Academy) and at the end of her course of study (in 1846) first class, was promoted to staff captain with the transfer to the Guards General Staff. After that, on behalf of the authorities, they were composed of military-statistical description of the Moscow province – a vast and valuable contribution to military literature of the time, for which he was awarded the Order of St. Anna 3 degrees. Produced in 1849, a captain, was appointed divisional quartermaster guards Kirasirsky division, and two years after it was appointed to the same position in the 2 Guards Infantry Division. In 1852 he was charged with lecturing senior officers on the tactics of the Guards Corps, for which he was honored to receive thanks to the heir to the Crown Prince (the then commander of the Guards Corps) and was awarded the Order of St.. Anna 2 degrees. In 1854, for distinguished service in the service, SA was promoted to colonel and appointed chief quartermaster Grenadier Corps, with translation of the General Staff and was later appointed staff officer management of the Quartermaster General of the army, and the following year was appointed the same position in the management of the Quartermaster General of the western army. Then, starting from 1856, for five years, he has consistently commanded Tarutino and the Bryansk infantry and Pernovskim Grenadier Regiment and during this time was rewarded with: St. Anna's 2 degrees with the imperial crown, and St. Vladimir 4 degrees.

Suvorov, Aleksandr Vasilyevich (24/11/1730 – 05/18/1800). His father, General-in-chief Vasily Suvorov, a godson of Peter I. Alexander's mother, Evdokia Fedosevna Manukova, died early, when Suvorov not yet turned, and 15 years. Care and education, Alexander has received at home, studying the necessary items and foreign languages. Alexander studied very diligently and dreamed of a military career. The father, in connection with health Alexander, decided to send his son to the civil service. However, that would be only a military and persistently develop the strength and endurance, all-weather riding involved. Father was forced to change its decision and record of Alexander Semenov regiment as a private. At the age of fifteen Suvorov entered the regiment as an ordinary soldier, and like everyone else, went to the guard, stood on guard.

Schreiner Sergei Aleksandrovich (04/01/1979 – 07/14/2000). Trainer-driver reconnaissance group of special purpose "Rus" MVD Russia, Sgt. Born April 1, 1979 in the village Veseloyarsk Rubtsovsk district of the Altai Territory. He graduated from Rubtsovsk OGPU-75 in "driver". On active military service was called April 26, 1997. He served in the brigade sofrinskoy internal forces. After the emergency was under contract. From April 2000 – in the company of special purpose "Rus". 14 July 2000 as part of reconnaissance joined the battle with militants along the route of Argun, Gudermes. During the battle, one of the militants threw a grenade.