Nikolai Ottovich von Essen
Nikolai Ottovich von Essen | |
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| Николай Оттович фон Эссен | |
Admiral Nikolai Ottovich von Essen. | |
| Commander of the Imperial Baltic Fleet | |
| In office 3 December [O.S. 21 November] 1909 – 7 May [O.S. 25 April] 1915 | |
| Monarch | Nicholas II |
| Prime Minister | Pyotr Stolypin Vladimir Kokovtsov Ivan Goremykin |
| Preceded by | position established |
| Succeeded by | Vasily Kanin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 December [O.S. 29 November] 1860 |
| Died | 7 May [O.S. 25 April] 1915 (aged 54) |
| Resting place | Novodevichy Cemetery |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Russian Empire |
| Branch/service | Imperial Russian Navy |
| Years of service | 1880–1915 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands | Cruiser Novik Battleship Sevastopol Cruiser Rurik Imperial Baltic Fleet |
| Battles/wars | Russo-Japanese War World War I |
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Nikolai Ottovich von Essen (Russian: Николай Оттович Эссен, tr. Nikolay Ottovich Essen; 23 December [O.S. 11] 1860 – 20 May [O.S. 7] 1915) was a Russian naval commander and admiral descended from the Baltic German noble Essen family. For more than a century, his ancestors had served in the Imperial Russian Navy, and seven had been awarded the Order of St. George, the highest military award of the Russian Empire. Essen was regarded as one of the most prominent admirals of the Russian naval force during World War I (1914–1918).