Senyavin
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Senyavin (sometimes misspelled as Sinyavin) is a Russia
n noble family (dvoryans), famous for its Imperial Russian Navy
officers.
Named after them:
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n noble family (dvoryans), famous for its Imperial Russian Navy
Navy
A navy is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake- or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions...
officers.
- Aleksey Senyavin (1716-1797), a Russian admiral
- Dmitry SenyavinDmitry SenyavinDmitry Nikolayevich Senyavin or Seniavin was a Russian admiral who ranks among the greatest seamen of the Napoleonic Wars.- Service under Ushakov :...
, a Russian admiral who ranks among the greatest seamen of the Napoleonic Wars - Ivan Akimovich Senyavin (?-1726), a Russian rear admiral, head of the port of AstrakhanAstrakhanAstrakhan is a major city in southern European Russia and the administrative center of Astrakhan Oblast. The city lies on the left bank of the Volga River, close to where it discharges into the Caspian Sea at an altitude of below the sea level. Population:...
- Ivan Grigoryevich Senyavin (1801-1851), a Russian statesman and senator
- Lev Senyavin (1805-1861), a Russian statesman and senator
- Naum SenyavinNaum SenyavinNaum Akimovich Senyavin was a Vice Admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy.Naum Senyavin began his military career as a soldier of the Preobrazhensky regiment in 1698. Soon, he became a sailor, joined the Baltic Fleet, and was then promoted to the rank of non-commissioned officer...
, a Russian vice admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy - Nikolai Senyavin, a Russian vice admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy
Named after them:
- Admiral Senyavin (battleship) (Russian battleship Admiral Senyavin)
- Admiral Senyavin class of battleships
- Senyavin IslandsSenyavin IslandsThe Senyavin Islands belong to the Federated States of Micronesia. They consist of a larger volcanic Pohnpei Island and two small atolls Ant and Pakin. They were discovered by Russian navigator Fyodor Litke in 1828 and named after Russian admiral Dmitry Senyavin....
, a group of islands which belong to the Federated States of Micronesia - Senyavin Strait, a strait in the Bering SeaBering SeaThe Bering Sea is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean. It comprises a deep water basin, which then rises through a narrow slope into the shallower water above the continental shelves....