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Nikolai Illarionovich Skrydlov ((ロシア語:Николай Илларионович Скрыдлов)), (1 April 1844 – 4 October 1918) was an admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy. == Biography == Skrydlov was born in Pskov to the family of a career naval officer in the Imperial Russian Navy, and graduated from the Sea Cadet Corps in 1862. He rose to prominence during the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78), where he commanded the small river minelayer ''Shutka'' on the Danube, which successful sank an Ottoman monitor on 8 June 1877. He was awarded the Order of St George, 4th class after he was wounded in combat.〔Kowner, '' Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War'', p. 356.〕 Skrydlov was captain of the cruiser from 1886-1889. In 1887 he took Dmitrii ''Donskoi'' on a voyage to the Far East, calling on Nagasaki in Japan on 19 May and remaining in Japanese waters for several months before reaching Vladivostok on 20 July. She overwintered in Japan and returned to the Baltic in January 1889. Skrydlov was reassigned to command the battleship from 1889-1893. Promoted to rear admiral on 30 August 1893, Skrydlov was placed in charge of Russian torpedo warfare operations from 1894-1898,〔 and commanded detachments of ships in the Baltic in 1895 and 1896. He commanded the Russian squadron in the Mediterranean from 1898-1899, and was the official representative of the Russian government at the funeral of French president Félix Faure in 1899. He was promoted to vice admiral on 3 July 1900. Skrydlov became commander of the Russian Pacific Fleet from 1900-1902, and then of the Black Sea Fleet from 1903-1904. After the death of Admiral Stepan Makarov in combat during the Russo-Japanese War, Skrydlov was reappointed commander of the Russian Pacific Fleet on 1 April 1904. However, due to the Japanese blockade of Port Arthur, he was unable to reach his command, and returned from Vladivostok to St Petersburg on 20 December 1904 to accept an appointment to the Admiralty Board. He again commanded the Black Sea Fleet from 1906-1907,〔 and retired from active service in August 1909 with the rank of admiral. In October 1918, Skrydlov was arrested by the Bolsheviks in the Red Terror and executed. His grave was at his family’s ancestral estate in what is now the Oleninsky district of Tver. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nikolai Skrydlov」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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