Lev Kulchitsky

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Lev Yakovlevich Kulchitsky

Born	4 March [O.S. 20 February] 1813 Russian Empire
Died	7 December 1873(1873-12-07) (aged 60) Taganrog, Russian Empire
Occupation	admiral, statesman

Lev Yakovlevich Kulchitsky (Russian: Лев Яковлевич Кульчицкий, 4 March [O.S. 20 February] 1813 – 7 December [O.S. 25 November] 1873) was a Russian rear-admiral and the 13th governor of Taganrog, member of the Admiralty since 1856.

Graduated from Cadet Corps in 1831. Served in the Black Sea Fleet, promoted to captain-lieutenant in 1849, captain second rank since 1855, captain first rank since 1858, rear-admiral since 1866. During Crimean War Lev Kulchitskiy commanded the paddle frigate Gromonosets.

In 1860 he was appointed chairman of the military trial at Nikolaev port. In 1863 appointed chief of the Konstantinovskaya Navy Station in Tsemes Bay. Kulchitsky served as Governor of Taganrog from 1868 to 1873. After his death he was interred in the crypt of The All-Saints Church in Taganrog at the Taganrog Old Cemetery

Awards

Order of St. George of 4th degree

External links and references

History of Taganrog by Pavel Filevskiy, Moscow; 1898.
Taganrog Encyclopedia, Taganrog, 2002.

Government offices
Preceded by Ivan Shestakov	Governors of Taganrog 1868–1873	Succeeded by acting governor Achilles Alferaki

v t e Governors of Taganrog

Dashkov Campenhausen Papkov Naumov Dunaev Pfeilizer-Frank Lieven Adlerberg Tolstoy Lavrov Pereleshin Shestakov Kulchitsky Alferaki Furugelm Maksutov Zelenoy Vogak

Persondata
Name	Kulchitsky, Lev
Alternative names
Short description	Russian admiral
Date of birth	1813
Place of birth	Russian Empire
Date of death	1873
Place of death	Taganrog, Russian Empire

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