Senyavin () (also commonly spelled as Sinyavin) is a Russian
noble family
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dvoryans
The Russian nobility or ''dvoryanstvo'' () arose in the Middle Ages. In 1914, it consisted of approximately 1,900,000 members, out of a total population of 138,200,000. Up until the February Revolution of 1917, the Russian noble estates staffed ...
''), famous for its Imperial Russian Navy officers.
People
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Aleksey Senyavin (1716–1797), Russian admiral
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Dmitry Senyavin
Dmitry Nikolayevich Senyavin or Seniavin (; – ) was a Russian admiral during the Russo-Turkish and Napoleonic wars. He was the successor of F. F. Ushakov: in the Battle of Athos, D. N. Senyavin developed the tactics used by Ushakov ...
, Russian admiral who ranks among the greatest seamen of the Napoleonic Wars
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Ivan Akimovich Senyavin
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(died 1726), Russian rear admiral, head of the port of
Astrakhan
Astrakhan (, ) is the largest city and administrative centre of Astrakhan Oblast in southern Russia. The city lies on two banks of the Volga, in the upper part of the Volga Delta, on eleven islands of the Caspian Depression, from the Caspian Se ...
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Ivan Grigoryevich Senyavin (1801–1851), Russian statesman and senator
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Lev Senyavin (1805–1861), Russian statesman and senator
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Naum Senyavin
Naum Akimovich Senyavin or Sinyavin (; 1680 – ) 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 milita ...
, Russian vice admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy
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Nikolai Senyavin, Russian vice admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy
Other uses
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Russian battleship ''Admiral Senyavin''
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Admiral Senyavin class
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of battleships
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Senyavin Islands
The Senyavin Islands belong to Pohnpei State in the Federated States of Micronesia. They consist of a larger volcanic Pohnpei Island (about 334 km2) and two small atolls Ant and Pakin.
History
On Pohnpei, pre-colonial history is divided ...
, a group of islands which belong to the Federated States of Micronesia
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Senyavin Strait, a strait in the
Bering Sea
The Bering Sea ( , ; rus, Бе́рингово мо́ре, r=Béringovo móre, p=ˈbʲerʲɪnɡəvə ˈmorʲe) is a marginal sea of the Northern Pacific Ocean. It forms, along with the Bering Strait, the divide between the two largest landmasse ...
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