Everything about Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev totally explained
Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev (
November 3,
1788 —
April 11,
1851) was a Russian
fleet commander and
explorer, and
Admiral (
1843).
Education and early career
Lazarev was a scion of the old Russian nobility from the
Vladimir province . In
1800, he enrolled in Russia's Naval College. Three years later he was sent to the
British fleet, where he'd stay for a continuous five-year
navigation. From
1808 to
1813, Lazarev served in the
Baltic Fleet. He took part in the
Russo-Swedish War of 1808-1809 and
Patriotic War of 1812.
Career as an explorer
Lazarev first
circumnavigated the
globe in
1813-
1816, aboard the vessel
Suvorov; the expedition began at
Kronstadt and reached
Alaska. During this voyage, Lazarev discovered the
Suvorov Atoll.
As a commander of the ship
Mirny and
Fabian von Bellingshausen's deputy on his
world cruise in
1819-
1821, Lazarev took part in the discovery of
Antarctica and numerous islands. On
January 28 1820 the expedition discovered the
Antarctic mainland, approaching the Antarctic coast at the coordinates and seeing ice-fields there.
In
1822-
1825, Lazarev circumnavigated the globe for the third time on his
frigate Kreyser, conducting broad research in the fields of
meteorology and
ethnography.
Wartime commands
In
1826, Lazarev became commander of the ship
Azov, which would sail to the
Mediterranean Sea as a part of a
squadron under command of
Admiral Login Petrovich Geiden and participated in the
Battle of Navarino in
1827. Lazarev received the
rank of
Rear Admiral for his excellence during the battle.
In
1828-
1829, he was in charge of the
Dardanelles blockade.
In
1830, Lazarev returned to Kronstadt and became a commander of naval units of the
Baltic Fleet. Two years later, he was made
Chief of Staff of the
Black Sea Fleet.
In February-June of
1833, Lazarev led a Russian squadron to the
Bosporus and signed the
Treaty of Hunkar-Iskelesi with
Turkey. In 1833, Lazarev was appointed Commander of the Black Sea Fleet, the Black Sea
ports, and also military governor of
Sevastopol and
Nikolayev.
Influence and legacy
Admiral Lazarev was influential both in technical matters and as a mentor to younger officers. He advocated the creation of a
steam-powered fleet, but Russia's technical and economical backwardness was a major hindrance to this. He also tutored a number of the Russian fleet commanders, including
Pavel Nakhimov,
Vladimir Kornilov,
Vladimir Istomin, and
Grigory Butakov.
An
atoll in the
Pacific Ocean,
capes in the
Amur estuary and on the
Unimak Island, an island in the
Aral Sea, a
bay and a port in the
Sea of Japan, a settlement near
Sochi and other locations bear Lazarev's name.
Several ships were named after the Admiral:
A
minor planet 3660 Lazarev, discovered by
Soviet astronomer
Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh in 1978 is named after him.
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