José de Ribas

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José de Ribas (June 6, 1749 in Naples — December 14, 1800 [O.S. December 2] in Saint Petersburg) known in Russia as Osip (Iosif) Mikhailovich Deribas (Осип (Иосиф) Михайлович Дерибас) was a Russian admiral of Catalan Jewish converso origin. He entered Russian service in 1772 and took part in Russo-Turkish Wars of 1768-1774 and 1787-1792. As a son-in-law of Ivan Betskoy and a secretary to Prince Potemkin, he became one of the earliest administrators of New Russia. He was actively involved in the conspiracy to murder Emperor Paul but died several months before the assassination. The main, and the most famous, street in Odessa, Deribasovskaya is named after him.

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