“Mikhail” is a two-masted sailing schooner of the Aral Flotilla of the Russian Empire . One of the first Russian ships on the Aral Sea .
| "Michael" | |
|---|---|
 “Schooners“ Konstantin “and“ Mikhail “” drawing by Taras Shevchenko . | |
| Service | |
 Russia | |
| Class and type of vessel | schooner |
| Organization | Aral flotilla |
| Launched | 1847 [1] |
| Main characteristics | |
| Mover | sail |
Service History
The schooner "Michael" was built in Orenburg in 1847 as a commercial vessel designed to organize company fishing in the Aral Sea . Together with the schooner, “ Nikolai ” was disassembled at the carts from Orenburg to Raim , where both ships were assembled and launched [1] .
She took part in the Aral expedition of 1848 - 1849 .
On July 24 ( August 5 ), returning from Perovsky Bay to the Syr Darya, the crew of the schooner picked up a group of Kyrgyz people in trouble on Kinderli Island and delivered them to Kosaral by July 27 ( August 8 ) [1] .
On the way from Cape Uzunkair on the Kulanda Peninsula at the mouth of the Syr Darya, on August 13 (25), she brought to Barsakelmes , where at that time the scholars " Konstantin " were members of the Aral expedition, clerk of the company of fishermen in the Aral Sea N. V. Zakhryapin [2] and the local the conductor of the Kosaral Kyrgyz Almobet, who knew the surroundings of the Aral Sea [1] .
Memory
- The ship is periodically found in the works of Taras Shevchenko .
- Appears in the story of Yu. V. Davydov "On the schooner" [3] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 A.I. Maksheev. Traveling along the Kyrgyz steppes and the Turkestan region // Memoirs of Taras Shevchenko / Comp. and note. V.S. Borodin and N.N. Pavlyuk. - Kiev: Dnipro, 1988. - S. 246-267, 520-522. - 608 p.
- ↑ Orenburg Shevchenko Encyclopedia . artlib.osu.ru. Date of treatment August 28, 2013. Archived on September 15, 2013.
- ↑ Yu. V. Davydov. On the schooner // Works . - M .: Terra, 1996 .-- ISBN 5300004839 .
Literature
- Shirokorad A. B. 200 years of the sailing fleet of Russia / Ed. A. B. Vasiliev. - 2nd ed. - M .: Veche, 2007. - 448 p. - ISBN 978-5-9533-1517-3 .
- Maksheyev A.I. and note. V.S. Borodin and N.N. Pavlyuk. - Kiev: Dnipro, 1988. - S. 246-267, 520-522. - 608 p.