Oskar Viktorovich Stark ( Swede. Oskar Ludvig Starck ; August 16 (29), 1846 , Helsingfors , Grand Duchy of Finland - November 13, 1928 , Helsinki , Finland ) - Russian admiral , commandant of Port Arthur , commander of the Pacific Fleet .
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Biography
The ancestors of Oscar Viktorovich at the beginning of the XVIII century. moved to Russia from Sweden , and to Sweden - from Scotland . They belonged to the septic Stark Highlanders (Gorsky) clan Robertson . In 1818, the ancestors of the admiral received the Russian nobility.
Oscar Stark was born on August 16 (29), 1846 in the Grand Duchy of Finland.
He graduated from the Naval Cadet Corps (1864), participated in many long voyages.
He commanded the schooner " Vostok " (1874-1877), gunboats " Ermine " (1878-1886) and " Sivuch " (1886-1889), the cruiser " Vladimir Monomakh " (1891-1892), the battleship of the coastal defense " Firstborn " (1893 —1896).
The junior flagship of the Pacific Squadron from April 11, 1898 to October 7, 1902, the commander of Port Arthur from May 1, 1898 to October 7, 1902, after which he was appointed Chief of the Pacific Squadron [1] . On February 7, 1904, by the order of E. I. Alekseev, he was appointed temporary acting commander of the Pacific Fleet, and on February 24 he passed command of Vice Admiral S. O. Makarov .
Vice Admiral (December 6, 1902). Awarded the Order of St. Vladimir 2nd degree (March 29, 1904).
Senior flagship of the Baltic Sea (from April 17, 1905).
In 1908, O. V. Stark was dismissed with the production of admirals.
Chairman of the Board of the Obukhov Plant and the Izhora Plant (January 14, 1908).
Oscar Stark reacted negatively to the October Revolution .
Died November 13, 1928 in Helsinki . He was buried at the Ilinsky Orthodox cemetery in the area [2] .
Memory
The memory of Oscar Stark is perpetuated in geographical names:
- Stark Stark in Vladivostok separating the Russian Island (Kondratenko Peninsula) from Popova Island.
Notes
- ↑ The highest order number 435 from 10/07/1902
- ↑ List of graves of the Russian cemetery in Helsinki
Links
- Connaughton, RM (1988). The War of the Rising Sun — The War of the Russo-Japanese War 1904-5, London, ISBN 0-415-00906-5 .
- Jukes, Geoffry. The Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905. Osprey Essential Histories. (2002). ISBN 978-1-84176-446-7 .
- Kowner, Rotem (2006). Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War. The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-4927-5 .
- Warner, Denis & Peggy. The Tide at Sunrise, 1904-1905, A History of the Russo-Japanese War. (1975). ISBN 0-7146-5256-3 .