Vasily Berkov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Vasily Berkov

Director Admiralty-Shipyard of Saint Petersburg, Russia, Counter-Admiral, shipbuilder, linguist

Date of Birth: 21-Aug-1794

Place of Birth: Vriezenveen, Overijssel, Netherlands

Date of Death: 05-Apr-1870

Profession: military personnel, engineer, linguist

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Vasily Ivanovich Berkov (Russian: ??????? ???????? ??????) (Dutch: Wicher Berkhoff) (21 August 1794 in Vriezenveen, Netherlands – 5 April 1870 in Saint Petersburg, Russia) was a Russian shipbuilder and from 1829-1870 Director of the Admiralty Shipyard of Saint Petersburg, possibly in the rank of Counter-Admiral.
Berkov deserves special credit for his translations of West-European literature on shipbuilding into Russian.
He was one of the so-called Rusluie, a Dutch community in 18th and 19th century Saint Petersburg, most of whose members originated from Vriezenveen, Berkov's native town.