Robert Viren

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Nikolayevich and the family name is Viren.
Robert Nikolaevich Viren
Other nameRobert Reinhold von Wirén
Born6 January [O.S. 25 December 1856] 1857
Novgorod, Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire
Died14 March [O.S. 2] 1917 (aged 60)
Kronstadt, Petrograd Governorate, Russian Empire
Allegiance Russia
Branch Imperial Russian Navy
Service years1877–1917
RankAdmiral
Conflicts

Robert Nikolayevich Viren (Russian: Роберт Николаевич Вирен; 6 January 1857 – 14 March 1917), also known as Robert Reinhold von Wirén, was a Baltic German career naval officer in the Imperial Russian Navy, noted for his role in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905.

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