Naum Senyavin

For people with the same last name, see Senyavin (disambiguation).

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.[1] 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.[2]

In 1719, as a squadron commander, Senyavin fought Swedish forces during the Battle of Ösel and captured three ships.[3][4][5] In 1721, he became a member of the Admiralty Board (Адмиралтейств-коллегия). In 1728–1732, Senyavin commanded a galley fleet. In September 1737, he was appointed commander of the Dnieper Flotilla during the Russo-Turkish War of 1735-1739. He build the shipyard below the Dniper rapids near Khortytsya island.[6]

Peter the Great gave some lands close to Saint Petersburg to Senyavin, and the estate became known as the selo of Sinyavino. Currently it is an urban-type settlement in Kirovsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia.[7]

In 1738, an epidemic of plague broke out and Senyavin died of this disease at the end of May 1738.

References

  1. ^ Letters and edicts of his Imperial Majesty the Emperor Peter the Great, written to Naum Akimovich Sinyavin, who continued his service in the Russian Navy Fleet, from the beginning of the mogul from the rank of matrozskiy to the rank of admiral, kept by th. Archived from the original on 2022-08-16. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  2. ^ Milhazes, José (2022-02-21). O Favorito Português de Pedro O Grande (in Brazilian Portuguese). Leya. ISBN 978-972-20-5692-2.
  3. ^ Grant, R. G. (2017-10-24). 1001 Battles That Changed the Course of History. Book Sales. ISBN 978-0-7858-3553-0.
  4. ^ Showalter, Professor Dennis (2013-09-16). Early Modern Wars 1500–1775. Amber Books Ltd. ISBN 978-1-78274-121-3.
  5. ^ Savoretti, Angelo (2023-09-01). Le grandi guerre sui mari giorno per giorno (in Italian). Newton Compton Editori. ISBN 978-88-227-6192-7.
  6. ^ "Zaporizhzhya Sights | Khortytsia Museum of Dniper Flotilla". ukraine-kiev-tour.com. Archived from the original on 2022-09-29. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  7. ^ Историческая справка и особенности муниципального образования (in Russian). Синявинское городское поселение. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2013.