The Navy of the Russian Empire

Издание на английском языке.
The Russian Navy will observe its tercentenary on October 20, 1996. The navy’s three-century history represents a chronicle of brilliant victories, great geographical discoveries, and outstanding scientific achievements. It is the history of such great admirals as Fiodor Ushakov and Pavel Nakhimov, such famous seafarers as Ivan Krusenstern and Vasily Golovin, and such world-class scientists as Alexander Popov and Alexei Krylov. It resounds with the cannonades of Chesme and Navarin, gleams with the flames of the bastions of Sevastopol and Port Arthur, aches with the pain of Tsushima, and shines with the gallantry demonstrated by Russia’s seamen in the Great Patriotic War of 1941 -45. The theme of the history of Russia’s navy seems truly inexhaustible, for although thousands of books have already been devoted to it, each new book adds to the store of knowledge. As will, too, the art book now in your hands. Reproducing so many little-known archival documents and pictures, it will undoubtedly comprise a fine treasury for those interested in Russian history, for those with pride in and love for Mother Russia, and for those who seek to preserve memories of her past, and who have faith in the promise of her future.

Contents
Foreword
Chapter 1: 1696-1725
“Grandfather of the Russian Navy”
The Second Azov Campaign
School of Mathematical and Navigational Sciences
Arkhangelsk, a Port on the White Sea
The Northern War. 1700-1721
Maritime Flags and Maritime Regulations
The Caspian Campaign
Chapter 2: 1725-1800
Russia’s Maritime Capital
The War against Sweden. 1741-1743
The Seven-Year War. 1756-1763
The Russo-Turkish War. 1768-1774
The Annexion of the Crimea
The War against Sweden. 1788-1790
Second Anti-French Coalition
The Second Kamchatka Expedition. 1733-1743
The Levashov-Krenitsyn Expedition. 1764-1771
The Billings-Sarychev Expedition. 1785-1795
Chapter 3: 1801-1855
The Third Anti-French Coalition
Naval Reforms
The Russo-Turkish War. 1806-1812
The Patriotic War of 1812
The Foreign Campaigns. 1813-1814
Maritime Lexicon by Admiral Alexander Shishkov
The Struggle for the Liberation of Greece 146 The Russo-Turkish War. 1828-1829
The Last Engagements under Sail
Chapter 4: 1853-1856
The Crimean (Eastern) War
Chapter 5: 1801-1855
Round-the-World Voyages and Scientific Expeditions
Chapter 6: 1855-1894
From Sail to Steam
The “American Expedition”
The Last of the Sailing Vessels
The Creation of the Armoured Navy
The Russo-Turkish War. 1877-1878
Research Ships
New Naval Tactics
“The Statute of Naval Qualifications”
From the History of Naval Uniforms
Cruising the High Seas
Dreadnoughts and Cruisers
Chapter 7: 1894-1917
Shipbuilding Programmes
The Conquest of the Arctic
The Bicentennial of the Naval Cadet Corps
The Russo-Japanese War. 1904-1905
The Imperial Yacht Standart
The Bicentennial of the Guard Company
Naval Officer Training
Personnel Training
Award Arms
The First World War. 1914-1918