Pavel Stepanovich Nakhimov (
Russian: Павел Степанович Нахимов;
June 23,
1802 –
June 28,
1855) was one of the most famous
admirals in
Russian naval history, best remembered as the commander of naval and land forces during the
Siege of Sevastopol during the
Crimean War.Born in the Gorodok village of Vyazma district of
Smolensk region, the son of a retired Russian Army major, Nakhimov entered the Naval Academy for the Nobility (Morskoy Dvoryanskiy Korpus) in
St Petersburg in
1815. He made his first sea voyage in
1817, aboard the frigate Feniks ("Phoenix"), to the shores of
Sweden and
Denmark. Soon afterwards he was promoted to the rank of non-commissioned officer. In February
1818 he passed examinations to become a
midshipman and was immediately assigned to the second Fleet Crew (Flotskiy Ekipazh) of the Russian Imperial Navy's
Baltic Fleet.
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