Peter von Sivers (, Pyotr Ivanovich Sivers; 1674 – 1740), more commonly known falsely as Peter von Sievers, was a

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of the

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Career

Sivers belonged to the Sivers family ( de), originated from Fehmarm. His family moved to Copenhagen, where his father entered the

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as a captain, shortly after his birth. in 1688 Sivers joined the Danish Navy too and by 1703 he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant. The following year he joined the

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with the rank of

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in order to assist in the building and modernization of the Russian fleet spearheaded by Emperor

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. He was made part of the Estonian nobility in 1716. Von Sivers became the vice-president of the Russian Admiralty Board in 1727 and its president, with the rank of admiral, between 1728 and 1732. In 1732 Sivers fell from grace as a result of a plot led by hostile parties. He was unfairly removed from office and exiled to his Ekekäll country estate near

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(), in the former

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—present-day Priozersky District, that had been granted to him for his services. After almost eight years in exile, he was allowed to come to St. Petersburg for treatment on 9 January 1740 where he died in December the same year.Dan, John. ''The history of the Russian Navy in the reign of Peter the Great'' / PA Krotov – SPb. : Historical illustration, 1999. – p. 161.

Ships under his command

All these ships belonged to the

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: *14-gun

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(1717–1718)

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* Transehe-Roseneck, Astaf von. ''Genealogical Handbook of the Livonian Knighthood , Vol. 1.''

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(1929)

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Biography (ru)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sievers, Peter von 1674 births 1740 deaths People from Stade Imperial Russian Navy admirals

Career

Ships under his command

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