1. Rear Admiral Dmitry Nikolayevich Verderevsky was an Imperial Russian Navy officer who served as Minister of the Navy in the Russian Provisional Government in 1917.
10 Facts About Dmitry Verderevsky
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Dmitry Verderevsky had two brothers: Vasily, an army officer and Roman, a navy officer who fought in the siege of Port Arthur.
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Dmitry Verderevsky graduated from the Sea Cadet Corps in 1893 and from the naval artillery class in 1898.
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Dmitry Verderevsky moved to the naval reserve in 1900 and was involved in shipbuilding on the Aral Sea in Turkestan.
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Dmitry Verderevsky rejoined the active navy in 1904 on the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War and commanded a destroyer in the Black Sea Fleet.
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Dmitry Verderevsky was wounded during the mutiny on the cruiser Pamiat Azova in 1906.
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Dmitry Verderevsky took command of the destroyer Novik in 1911, and the cruiser Admiral Makarov in 1914.
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Dmitry Verderevsky was an advocate of Russia's withdrawal from the war.
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Dmitry Verderevsky provided technical guidance on operational fleet actions to defend the country.
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Dmitry Verderevsky was criticised for this by fellow exile Roman Gul.