Nikolai Skrydlov
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Nikolai Illarionovich Skrydlov (Russian: Николай Илларионович Скрыдлов), (1 April 1844 – 4 October 1918) was an admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy.
Biography
Skrydlov was born in
Skrydlov was captain of the cruiser
Promoted to rear admiral on 30 August 1893, Skrydlov was placed in charge of Russian torpedo warfare operations from 1894 to 1898,[1] and commanded detachments of ships in the Baltic in 1895 and 1896. He commanded the Russian squadron in the Mediterranean from 1898 to 1899, participating in the International Squadron in Crete, and was the official representative of the Russian government at the funeral of French president Félix Faure in 1899. He was promoted to vice admiral on 3 July 1900.
Skrydlov became commander of the Russian Pacific Squadron from 1900 to 1902, and then of the
In October 1918, Skrydlov either died from hunger, or arrested by the
Awards
Order of St. George, 4th class (1877)- Order of St. Anne, 1st degree
- Order of St Vladimir4th degree, 2nd degree.
- Order of St. Stanislaus1st degree
Order of the White Eagle
References
- Connaughton, R.M (1988). The War of the Rising Sun and the Tumbling Bear—A Military History of the Russo-Japanese War 1904–5, London, ISBN 0-415-00906-5.
- ISBN 0-8108-4927-5.
- Jukes, Geoffry. The Russo-Japanese War 1904–1905. Osprey Essential Histories. (2002). ISBN 978-1-84176-446-7.
- Warner, Denis & Peggy. The Tide at Sunrise, A History of the Russo-Japanese War 1904–1905. (1975). ISBN 0-7146-5256-3.
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