Stozhevsky, Joseph Ivanovich

In 1786 he entered the Naval Cadet Corps , in 1789 he was promoted to midshipman , and in the same year, while on the Svyatoslav ship , he took part in the battle with the Swedes near the island of Bornholm , and the following year, being part of the ship’s crew Do not touch me, ”continued his participation in naval battles with the Swedes.

May 1, 1791 for distinction received the rank of midshipman , in 1795 - lieutenant . In 1798, as a member of the squadron of Admiral Ushakov , operating in the Archipelago , the Adriatic and the Mediterranean , he was in battle with the French at the island of Vido and the fortress of Corfu , during the blockade of the fortress of Ancona and the capture of the fortresses of Fan and Sidechalia.

In 1807, commanding the Aleksey brig , he cruised near the Danube coast to Odessa , then joined the fleet with the capture of Anapa . November 26, 1807 was awarded the Order of St. George 4th degree (No. 1892 according to the list of cavalier Grigorovich - Stepanov).

Produced in 1809 as lieutenant commander , the following year Stozhevsky was appointed commander of the Yagudiil ship and participated in the campaign on the Black Sea to search for the enemy fleet. In 1811 he was appointed a squadron major under the naval commander in Sevastopol and held this position for the next four years. In 1815 he commanded the ship " Paris ", and in 1817 he cruised with a practical squadron. In 1818-1822 he was the commander of the ship " Maxim the Confessor " and in 1823 he was promoted to captain of the 1st rank.

In 1828, Stozhevsky, commanding the Nord Adler ship, went with the fleet to the Turkish fortresses of Anapa , Varna , to the town of Novarne, and for his assistance against the fortress of Anapa he was awarded a gold saber with the inscription "For courage" (July 9, 1829), and in contrast to the capture of Varna, he was promoted to rear admiral . In the 1829 campaign, Stozhevsky cruised with the fleet off the Turkish coast of the Black Sea and the Bosphorus . In the same year he went to Sisopol to replace the detachment of Rear Admiral Skalovsky , being at the direct disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of the 2nd Army Count Dibich-Zabalkansky , and commanded a detachment of two ships, one frigate and one brig when taking Sisopol.

At the end of hostilities, Stozhevsky was appointed head of the 1st brigade of the 4th naval division of the Black Sea Fleet . Appointed the head of the 3rd detachment, Stozhevsky, commanding a detachment of three ships and two bombing ships, in 1833 went from Sevastopol to Odessa to take the landing troops, and from there to the Strait of Constantinople in the squadron of Adjutant Lazarev .

In 1834, he commanded a squadron of five ships, two frigates, one brig and one corvette, and the following year he was appointed commander of the Sevastopol port and remained in this position until his death, in 1836 he was promoted to vice admiral . He had a number of insignia, up to the Order of St. Annas of the 1st degree inclusive; Being in the squadron that was in Constantinople in 1833, he received a gold medal with diamonds from the Sultan. Throughout his service, Stozhevsky made thirty-six naval campaigns.

Stozhevsky died on November 13, 1837 in Sevastopol .

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