Naum Senyavin

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Naum Akimovich Senyavin (Наум Акимович Сенявин in Russian) (c. 1680 - May 24(N.S. June 4), 1738) was a Vice Admiral (1727) of the Imperial Russian Navy.

Naum Senyavin began his military career as a soldier of the Preobrazhensky regiment in 1698. Soon, he became a sailor, joined the Baltic Fleet, and was then promoted to the rank of non-commissioned officer. Naum Senyavin has distinguished himself during the Great Northern War of 1700-1721. In 1713, he was appointed commander of a battleship. As a squadron commander, Senyavin forced three Swedish ships to surrender during the Battle of Ösel in 1719. In 1721, he became a member of the Admiralty Board (Адмиралтейств-коллегия). In 1728-1732, Senyavin commanded a galley fleet. In September of 1737, he was appointed commander of the Dnieper Flotilla during the Russo-Turkish War of 1735-1739.