Naum Akimovich Senyavin or Sinyavin (; 1680 – ) was

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(1727) of the

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. 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

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of the Preobrazhensky regiment. He became a

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under the Captain Peter Mikhailov and was then was promoted to the rank of

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. Naum Senyavin first distinguished himself during the

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. In 1713, he was appointed commander of a

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. 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. In 1721, he became a member of the

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(Адмиралтейств-коллегия). In 1728–1732, Senyavin commanded a

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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.

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gave some lands close to

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to Senyavin, and the estate became known as the selo of Sinyavino. Currently it is an urban-type settlement in Kirovsky District of

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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Senyavin, Naum Imperial Russian Navy admirals 1680s births 1738 deaths Russian military personnel of the Great Northern War