Ponomarev, Vladimir Fedorovich

• 1877 - Entered the active service.
• April 20, 1880 - Midshipman .
• September 21, 1881 - Michman (seniority 08.30.1881).
• April 5, 1887 - Lieutenant .
• December 6, 1897 - Capt. Lieutenant by qualification.
• July 4, 1898-1902 - Senior officer of the squadron battleship " Emperor Nicholas I ".
• December 6, 1901 - Captain of the 2nd rank .
• September 2, 1902-1904 - Commander of the Khabarovsk transport.
• April 23, 1904 - February 7, 1906 - Commander of the Anadyr transport. Member of the Tsushima battle ; Together with the tugboat Svir, he took off the command from the cruiser Ural , transmitted to Rear Admiral Nebogatov a message about the transfer of command, abandoning attempts to break into Vladivostok , returned to Madagascar , and from there to the Baltic .

The recommendation for this appointment (he was the commander until 1909) was, apparently, the successful command in the Tsushima battle, the Anadyr transport giant at that time (16,200 tons). He actively maneuvered in battle, cutting through the ranks of his cruisers in order to escape from the Japanese fire, together with the tug "Svir" he took off the command of the abandoned cruiser "Ural", managed to transmit a signal to NI Nebogatov about the transfer of command to him. In the bustle of battle, risking flying under the fire of the Japanese from the explosion in the holds of vast squadron stockpiles of shells, he rammed the towing ship “Rus” already abandoned by the team and even tried, according to the order of Z. P. Rozhestvensky, to go to Vladivostok. But common sense suggested a more correct decision. Avoiding the attacks of the Japanese destroyers, he left for SW. The commander refused to attempt to break through the Laperuzov or Sangarsky Straits, with extremely low-speed transport (10 knots), and, having extensive fuel supplies, came to Madagascar by direct flight.

The ship was the only survivor of the battle who managed to avoid internment. At the end of the war, in November 1905 he returned to his homeland, delivering to Libava 341 people rescued from the Ural cruiser, all of their cargo not suitable for the squadron of shells intended for Vladivostok spare parts for the vehicles of the battleship Borodino. Thus, the Anadyr transport (its fate in the future was especially remarkable - he participated in the Second World War) was among the happiest and most successfully operating ships of the squadron Z. P. Rozhestvensky. For the difference, the commander was promoted to captain of the 1st rank in 1906 and was appointed to the Admiral Makarov. But his happily, it would seem, continued career did not become a great asset of the fleet.

- PM Melnikov Armored cruisers of the Admiral Makarov type

• October 2, 1906 - The commander of the " cruiser Admiral Makarov " under construction.

Captain 1st Rank Ponomarev was a wonderful sailor. He controlled the ship perfectly, but was not military and was completely unsuitable for the commander of a warship. Ponomarev knew how to be loved by officers and team. He had connections at court, and he was tested by Admiral Nilov, but Admiral Essen evaluated him correctly.

- Count G.K. Imperial Baltic Fleet between the two wars. 1906–1914

• December 6, 1906 - Captain 1st rank "for distinction."
• December 28, 1908 - During the Messina earthquake, he organized and took a direct part in saving the inhabitants of the ruined city, maintaining public order. The cruiser was introduced by Ponomarev into the inner harbor, the wounded were brought from the coast and evacuated to Naples , from there the medicines and provisions were delivered.
• October 5, 1909 - Commander of the 1st Baltic Fleet Crew.
• December 6, 1911 - Rear Admiral "for the difference."

The late Admiral Vladimir Fedorovich Ponomarev, when he was his commander of the cruiser Admiral Makarov, was the first to come to the aid of the injured residents during the terrible earthquake in Messina. Saving the unfortunate, he contracted typhus and, at the command of the Sovereign, was sent on his cruiser to Piraeus, to the hospital organized there by the Queen of Greece Olga Konstantinovna.

For two months the husband was at death, withstanding the temperature of 40.10 all the time. In desperation, I cabled my mother, asking her to serve a prayer service for her husband to recover. She immediately (March 3) served a prayer service of the Kazan Mother of God and at the tomb of Fr. John of Kronstadt. On the night of March 3rd to 4th, the patient had a crisis, and a few days later I received a letter from my mother with an attachment of a piece of a wreath from Fr. John, and on a leaflet was affixed on March 3, 1909. This leaflet and now I have hanging wrapped in paper at the image. After 11/2 months, on April 14th, my husband and I moved from the hospital to St. Petersburg.

- I.K. Sursky "Father John of Kronstadt"

• May 7, 1911 - Head of the suburban courts and Peterhof military harbor.
• December 6, 1915 - Lieutenant General of the Navy.
• April 4, 1917 - in the reserve ranks of the Naval Ministry.
• April 25, 1917 - Dismissed from service.
• November 14, 1920 - left Russia through Sevastopol forever.

In exile, he lived in Turkey, Italy, Yugoslavia, presumably died in the city of Herceg Novi .
Known in Italy in an open letter to the inhabitants of Messina in 1921, written at the insistence of the military attache of Italy in Turkey. ^[one]

• Order of St. Anne III degree (1891)
• Medal "In memory of the reign of Emperor Alexander III" (1896)
• Medal "In memory of the coronation of Emperor Nicholas II" (1898)
• French Legion of Honor , Knight (1902)
• Tunisian Order of Nishan-Iftikar of the Commander's Cross (1903)
• Golden sign “In memory of service in maritime protection” (1903)
• Order of St. Vladimir IV degree with a bow (09/22/1903) for 20 campaigns
• Order of St. Stanislav II degree (12/06/1903)
• Golden saber with the inscription "for courage" (09/26/1905)
• Light bronze medal "In memory of the Russo-Japanese War" (1906)
• Medal "In memory of the campaign of the squadron of Admiral Rozhdestvensky to the Far East" (1907)
• Order of St. Anne, II degree (12/06/1908)
• Norwegian Order of St. Olav , commander (10/01/1908)
• French Legion of Honor , officer (10/13/1908)
• Mecklenburg-Schwerin Order of the Griffin , commander (02.23.1909)
• English Royal Victorian Order , commander (11/05/1909)
• Greek Order of the Savior , commander (11/05/1909)
• Italian Order of Saints of Mauritius and Lazarus , commander (01/04/1910)
• Order of St. Vladimir III degree (04/18/1910)
• Italian silver medal "In memory of the calamity that befell Messina and Calabria at the end of 1908" (07/11/1911)
• Italian medal "For helping victims of the earthquake in Sicily and Calabria in 1908" (04.10.1911)
• Order of St. Stanislav I degree (04/14/1913)
• Hereditary badge and medal “In memory of the 300th anniversary of the reign of the Romanov dynasty” (1913)
• French Legion of Honor , commander (07/14/1914)
• Medal "In memory of the 200th anniversary of the naval battle of Gangut" (1915)
• Order of St. Anne of I degree (12/06/1916)