Vsevolod Rudnev
| Vsevolod Fyodorovich Rudnev | |
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Vsevolod Fyodorovich Rudnev
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| Born |
August 31, 1855 Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire |
| Died | July 20, 1913 (aged 57) Tula Oblast, Russia |
| Allegiance |
 Russian Empire
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| Service/branch |
 Imperial Russian Navy
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| Years of service | 1873-1913 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Battles/wars | Russo-Japanese War |
Vsevolod Fyodorovich Rudnev (Russian: Все́волод Фёдорович Ру́днев; 31 August 1855 – 20 July 1913) was a career naval officer in the Imperial Russian Navy, noted for his heroic role in the Battle of Chemulpo Bay during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905.
Rudnev was born outside of what is now Riga, Governorate of Livonia in the Russian Empire (now part of Latvia), where his father was a naval officer and a hero of the Russo-Turkish War. His ancestors were local nobility from Tula, Russia, one of whom was also a naval officer who had been decorated by Tsar Peter the Great for valor at the Battle of Azov. After the death of his father, the family relocated to Lyuban, near St Petersburg.
Rudnev entered the Sea Cadets on September 15, 1872 on a government scholarship granted in recognition of his father’s heroism. He entered active duty as a midshipman on May 1, 1873, and participated in training voyages on the Baltic Sea in 1875. After graduating with honors in 1876, he was appointed to a training frigate Petropavlovsk, reaching the rank of warrant officer. Assigned to the cruiser Afrika on April 16, 1880, he circumnavigated the globe, returning to Russia in 1883. One of his shipmates on this voyage was future Admiral Vasili Fersen.
Rudnev was assigned to patrol vessels on the Baltic from 1885–1887, and was assigned to sail Russia's first steam military transport, "Peter the Great", from its shipyards in France to Kronstadt in 1888.
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