Mikhail Berens
| Mikhail Berens | |
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| Born |
January 16, 1879 Kutaisi |
| Died | January 20, 1943 (aged 64) Tunis |
| Allegiance |
 Russian Empire
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| Service/branch |
 Imperial Russian Navy
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| Years of service | 1895–1924 |
| Rank | Rear Admiral |
| Commands held | Wrangel's fleet |
| Battles/wars |
Boxer Rebellion Russo Japanese War World War I Russian Civil War |
| Awards |
 Order of St. Stanislav Order of St. George Legion of Honour Order of St. Anne
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Mikhail Andreyevich Berens (Russian: Михаил Андреевич Беренс) (January 16, 1879 – January 20, 1943) was an officer in the Imperial Russian Navy and the White Navy during the Russian Civil War.
Mikhail Berens was born in Kutaisi, Georgia, and graduated from the Naval Cadet Corps in 1898. He commanded the gunboat Gilyak in the Imperial Russian Navy where he distinguished himself during the suppression of Taku Forts during the Boxer Rebellion. He was promoted to captain in 1904 and stationed with the Russian Pacific Fleet at Port Arthur
During the Russo-Japanese War, as a junior officer he served as navigator on the battleship Sevastopol, and was captain of the destroyer Boyki after the Battle of the Yellow Sea. After the Russian defeat, Berens escaped with his ship to Tsingtao and was interned for the remainder of the war. In 1906 he joined the Baltic Fleet and was executive officer of the cruiser Diana and subsequently commanded the destroyer Novik during World War I. On August 18, 1915 he engaged two German destroyers in the Gulf of Riga, sinking one and inflicting heavy damage on the other. For this action, he was awarded the Order of St. George from Russia and the Legion of Honour from France.
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