Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev Russian: Евге́ний Ива́нович Алексе́ев (May 13, 1843 – May 27, 1917) was an admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy, viceroy of the Russian Far East province, and commander of Russian forces at Port Arthur and in Manchuria during the first year of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05.
Alexeyev was an illegitimate son of Tsar Alexander II, raised by the family of Lieutenant Ivan Maximovich Alexeyev (1796–1849).
At the age of 1...
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Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev Russian: Евге́ний Ива́нович Алексе́ев (May 13, 1843 – May 27, 1917) was an admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy, viceroy of the Russian Far East province, and commander of Russian forces at Port Arthur and in Manchuria during the first year of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05.
Alexeyev was an illegitimate son of Tsar Alexander II, raised by the family of Lieutenant Ivan Maximovich Alexeyev (1796–1849).
At the age of 13, Alexeyev attended the Sea Cadet Corps and completed his training three years later. He was assigned as a midshipman for four years to the screw corvette Varyag, on a world tour. He was commissioned as an ensign in 1867. After serving on numerous ships in the Imperial Russian Navy, he was given his first command in 1878: the cruiser Afrika, which he commanded on a voyage around the world from 1880-1883.
From 1883-1888 he served as a naval attaché to France, and was promoted to the rank of captain in 1886. After his return to Russia in 1889,...
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