Pavel Maksutov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Russian admiral
Date of Birth: 15-Apr-1825
Place of Birth: Penza, Penza Oblast, Russia
Date of Death: 02-May-1882
Profession: military personnel
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Pavel Maksutov
- Pavel Petrovich Maksutov (Russian: ????????, ????? ???????? April 25, 1825 – May 2, 1882) was an Imperial Russian Navy rear-admiral, prince, hero of Crimean War, 15th governor of Taganrog. Pavel Maksutov was born in Penza into a Russian noble family of Pyotr Ivanovich Maksutov.
- His brothers and sisters were: Nikolay, Alexander (lieutenant, heavily wounded on August 24, 1854 during the siege of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, died on September 10 of the same year, Yekaterina, Dmitri (rear-admiral, the last governor of Alaska, Pyotr and Georgy.
- He entered the Naval Cadet Corps in Saint Petersburg on March 16, 1838, was promoted to the rank of reefer in January 1840.
- In 1840-1841 he sailed in the Baltic Sea on frigates Alexander Nevsky and Kastor.
- January 1, 1841 promoted to the rank of midshipman.
- In 1842-1846 served on various ships in the Baltic Sea, and in early 1847 was transferred into the Black Sea Fleet.
- In 1847-1848 he participated in landing operations near Abkhazia, April 11, 1848 was promoted to the rank of lieutenant for military actions against the mountaineers during Caucasian War.
- In 1849-1850 served on brig "Theseus", sailed from Odessa to Constantinople and further to Aegean Sea.
- After return to Black Sea, in 1851-1852 served on battleship Tri Sviatitelia and on brig "Andromache". During Crimean War, Maksutov served as flag-officer by rear-admiral Fyodor Mikhailovich Novosilsky and participated in the Battle of Sinop on board the battleship Paris.
- For 349 days of the siege of Sevastopol (1854) he was awarded with an Order of St.
- Vladimir of 4th degree with ribbon, he was also promoted to the rank of captain-lieutenant and after the end of war received two Orders of St.
- Anna of 2nd and 3rd degrees.
- 1863-1876, Pavel Maksutov served as governor of Berdyansk and commander of the Berdyansk seaport.
- In April 1878 promoted to the rank of mayor-general of the fleet (as of January 22, 1879 renamed "rear-admiral") and served as Governor of Taganrog in 1876–1882, where he became infamous after being implicated in the so-called Valliano Affair.
- This worsened his state of health and precipitated his death.
- He died on May 2, 1882 in Taganrog and was buried in Sevastopol.
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