拍品 166
A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SILVER ICON OF CHRIST PANTOCRATOR
MARK OF FEODOR RÜCKERT, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1905
已結束2021年6月7日
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GBP 11,250
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Aleksei Birilev was an admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy and the Minister of the Navy. From 1900 to 1904, he commanded the Mediterranean squadron of the Russian Navy, becoming vice admiral in 1901.
In 1904 Birilev was appointed commander-in-chief of the Kronstadt port and military governor in Kronstadt, and later that year he was named commander in chief of the Baltic Fleet. He served as the Minister of the Navy from June 1905 to January 1907, and carried out several measures toward improving the fleet after its defeat in the Russo-Japanese War.
In 1904 Birilev was appointed commander-in-chief of the Kronstadt port and military governor in Kronstadt, and later that year he was named commander in chief of the Baltic Fleet. He served as the Minister of the Navy from June 1905 to January 1907, and carried out several measures toward improving the fleet after its defeat in the Russo-Japanese War.