Zinovy Rozhestvensky
Russian admiral
Died when: 60 years 64 days (722 months)Star Sign: Scorpio
Zinovy Petrovich Rozhestvensky (Russian: Зиновий Петрович Рожественский, tr.
Zinoviy Petrovich Rozhestvenskiy;November 11 [O.S.October 30] 1848 – January 14, 1909) was an admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy.He was in command of the Second Pacific Squadron in the Battle of Tsushima, during the Russo-Japanese War.
Under Admiral Rozhestvensky's command, the Russian navy holds the record of steaming an all-steel, coal-powered battleship fleet over 18,000 miles (29,000 km) one way to engage an enemy in decisive battle (Battle of Tsushima), selecting Knyaz Suvorov, one of four brand-new battleships of the French-designed Borodino class, as his flagship for the voyage to the Pacific.
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