Naum Senyavin
Russian admiral
Naum Akimovich Senyavin or Sinyavin (Russian: Наум Акимович Сенявин; c. 1680 – June 4 [O.S. May 24] 1738) was Vice Admiral (1727) of the Imperial Russian Navy. He was Russia's first Vice Admiral. He was the father of Alexey Naumovich Senyavin.
Biography
In 1698, Naum Senyavin began his military career as a soldier of the Preobrazhensky regiment. He became a sailor under the Captain Peter Mikhailov and was then was promoted to the rank of non-commissioned officer. Naum Senyavin first distinguished himself during the Great Northern War.
In 1713, he was appointed commander of a battleship. In 1716, when António de Vieira was in the Danish capital, he witnessed the poor treatment given by Naum Senyavin to his sailors and informed the Russian court of what had happened.
In 1719, as a squadron commander, Senyavin fought Swedish forces during the Battle of Ösel and captured three ships.
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