Mikhail Bakhirev
| Mikhail Koronatovitsch Bakhirev | |
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| Born |
July 17, 1868 Novocherkassk |
| Died | January 16, 1920 (aged 51) Petrograd |
| Allegiance |
 Russian Empire
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| Service/branch |
 Imperial Russian Navy
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| Years of service | 1888-1917 |
| Rank | Rear Admiral |
| Commands held | Battleship squadron of the Baltic Fleet |
| Battles/wars |
Russo-Japanese War World War I |
| Awards |
Order of St. George Order of Saint Stanislaus (Imperial House of Romanov) Order of St. Anna Order of St. Vladimir Légion d'honneur (France) Order of the Sacred Treasure (Japan) |
Mikhail Koronatovitsch Bakhirev (Russian: Михаил Коронатович Бахирев) (17 July 1868 in Novocherkassk – 16 January 1920 in Petrograd) was a Russian Naval officer and Admiral.
Bakhirev was born into a Don Cossack family near Novocherkassk. His father was a sotnik in the cossacks of the Imperial Russian Army.
He joined in 1888 as a cadet in the Navy and was on the gunboat Bobr the Far Eastern Fleet. In January 1898 he was transferred to the Baltic Fleet, but only a year later, he returned to the Far East. During the Boxer Rebellion he commanded the gunboat Gilyaks.
During the Russo-Japanese War In 1904/05 he commanded Port Arthur torpedo boat Silny. Bakhirev participated in the defense of Port Arthur. Despite many casualties in the most difficult situations, he managed to impose calm and discipline.
Between 1911 and 1914 he was commander of the armoured cruiser Rurik.
On December 24, 1914 Mikhail Koronatovitch Bahirev was promoted to Rear Admiral and commanded the Baltic Fleet's cruiser squadron. Between December 19, 1915 to May 23, 1917 he exercised command of the battleship squadron of the Baltic Fleet.
Two years later he was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral and the following year (August 21, 1917) he became chief of the naval forces in the Gulf of Riga (see Operation Albion and Battle of Moon Sound).
On January 12, 1918 Bakhirev was dismissed from service and denied the right to collect a pension.
After his dismissal from the Navy, Bakhirev exercised the profession of chief accountant in an industrial society. At the beginning of August 1918 he was arrested by Bolsheviks, but released again on March 13, 1919. The April 1, 1919, he started writing about the fighting in the Gulf of Riga between 1915 and 1917.
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