Vladimir Ivanovich Butakov (1830–1894) - officer of the Russian Imperial Navy , one of the representatives of the noble family of the Butakovs , participant in the Crimean War and the defense of Sevastopol , rear admiral .
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| Date of Birth | 1830 | |||||||
| Date of death | September 29, 1894 | |||||||
| A place of death | Nikolaev , Kherson province , Russian Empire | |||||||
| Affiliation |  Russian empire | |||||||
| Type of army |  Russian Imperial Fleet | |||||||
| Rank | rear admiral | |||||||
| Battles / wars | Crimean war Defense of Sevastopol | |||||||
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 family
- 3 Awards
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Biography
Vladimir Ivanovich Butakov was born in 1830 into a large family of Vice Admiral Ivan Nikolaevich Butakov (1776-1865) and his wife Karolina Karlovna (née Beata Carolina won Christianson) (1792-1876). There were ten children in the Butakov family - five sons and five daughters. All sons became naval officers, four of them rose to the rank of admiral: Vladimir and Alexei (1816-1869) reached the rank of rear admiral; Ivan (1822-1882) - became vice admiral, Gregory (1820-1882) - rose to the rank of full admiral . The fifth son Dmitry (1827-1855) died during the defense of Sevastopol with the rank of lieutenant [1] .
Vladimir was the youngest son in the family. Following the example of his older brothers, he entered the Marine Corps . On August 25, 1846, he was promoted to midshipman , and on June 13, 1848, to midshipman and appointed to serve on the Black Sea Fleet . Until 1853, he served on the Dniester transport, the Nonark brig , the 84-gun battleship Svyatoslav , the bold scholars Bold and Zabiyaka , and the frigate Kovarna . In 1853 he was appointed to the 11-gun steamer frigate " Vladimir ", on which his brother, captain of the 2nd rank G. I. Butakov, was the commander [2] .
Member of the Crimean War and the defense of Sevastopol. In 1854 he served on the Danube and Dniester steamboat, on the Khersones steamship frigate was on the Sevastopol raid, participated in the battle and pursuit of two English and one French steamers. Then, on the Taman steamer, as a hunter, passing the blockade of Sevastopol, he participated in the burning of 3 commercial Turkish vessels off the coast of Anatolia [2] .
From September 13, 1853 to July 1, 1855 he was part of the garrison of Sevastopol, was on the 4th and 5th bastions. October 13, 1854 was wounded and shell-shocked in the head, received a face burn. In March 1855, he was again shell-shocked in the head with a fragment of a bomb, but remained on the bastion . He was awarded the Order of St. Anne of 3 degrees with swords and St. Vladimir of 4 degrees with swords. March 30, 1855 was promoted to distinction as lieutenant [2] .
After the end of the Crimean War he served on the ships Peter the Great and Prut, which went along the Black Sea and Danube ports, in 1857 he was appointed commander of the Prut. Since 1858 he commanded the schooner Souk-su, on which he walked off the Abkhaz coast, and in 180-1861 conducted magnetic observations on it. From 1862 to 1869 he commanded the schooner "Kelasura", sailed off the Caucasus coast, and then held a post at Ochakova. In 1864 he was awarded the Order of St. Stanislav of the 2nd degree for his labor in transporting landing troops at Cape Adler. January 1, 1866 was promoted to lieutenant commander [2] .
From 1869 to 1874 he commanded the corvette “ Lioness ” and the schooner “Kelasura”, sailed in the Black Sea. On January 1, 1874, he was promoted to captain of the 2nd rank, and on January 1, 1879, he was promoted to captain of the 1st rank. Twice, in 1875 and 1879, he was granted a gift by the rank of His Majesty’s Cabinet [2] .
From 1875 to 1879 he commanded the ships " Turk " and "Argonaut" in the Black Sea. July 22, 1885 he was promoted to rear admiral with dismissal from service [2] .
Vladimir Ivanovich Butakov died on September 29, 1894 in Nikolaev [2] .
Family
Vladimir Ivanovich Butakov was married to Sofya Alexandrovna Bankova, the widow of his senior comrade and commander, Lieutenant P. G. Bankov (1822-1855), who died during the defense of Sevastopol in the Crimean War. Sofya Alexandrovna had a son from her first marriage - Vladimir (born September 14, 1853), who was adopted by Butakov. Vladimir and Sophia Butakova had four daughters and two sons.
Rewards
Russian Empire:
- Order of St. Anne 3 degrees with swords (1855)
- Order of St. Vladimir 4 degrees with swords (1855)
- Order of St. Stanislav 2 degrees (1864)
- Order of St. Anne 2 degrees (1872)
- Order of St. Vladimir 3 degrees (1880)
Foreign:
- Medzhidiye order of 4 degrees (Turkey, 1861)
- Order of the Savior (Greece, 1874).
Notes
Links
- Rodovod
- Shigin V.V. Heroes of the Russian Armored Fleet Veche . M. , 2012. ISBN 978-5-4444-0059-3