Marko Voinovich

Russian Imperial admiral

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Count Marko Ivanovich Voinovich
Bust of Voinovich in Herceg Novi
Native name	Марко Ивановић Војновић / Ма́рко Ива́нович Во́йнович
Born	1750 Herceg Novi, Republic of Venice
Died	1807 (aged 56–57) Moscow, Moscow Governorate
Allegiance	Russian Empire
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Navy
Years of service	1770–1805
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	Black Sea Fleet
Battles/wars	Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774), Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)
Relations	Vojnović noble family

Count Marko Ivanovich Voinovich^[a]^[b] (Russian: Ма́рко Ива́нович Во́йнович, Serbian: Марко Ивановић Војновић/Marko Ivanović Vojnović; 1750–1807) was an Admiral of the Russian Imperial Navy, one of the founders of the Black Sea Fleet.^[1] The victor at Fidonisi.

Life

Vojnović was born in Herceg Novi, Republic of Venice (now Montenegro). He was a member of the Vojnović noble family, a Serb family recognized as nobility by Venice and Trieste in the Habsburg monarchy,^[2] and Imperial Russia.

In 1770 Vojnović was accepted into the Russian Navy as an ensign and saw distinguished service in the Mediterranean expedition of Russian Navy during the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774).^[1]

In 1780 Vojnović was appointed the Commander of the Caspian Flotilla^[1] He led an expedition to the Caspian Sea in 1781 and discovered offshore oil and gas deposits near Chilov Island.^[3]

In 1783 Vojnović was appointed the commander of the first battleship of the nascent Black Sea Fleet. In 1785 he became the commander of Sevastopol Squadron.^[1] He fought in the Black Sea against the Turkish Navy led by Hassan Pasha in 1788.^[4] From the end of 1789 to the beginning 1790 Vojnović was the Chief of the Black Sea Fleet. Although the Russian Navy won the Battle of Fidonisi under his command, his actions in the Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) were considered indecisive and he was dismissed from command of the Fleet in March 1790.^[1]

In 1797 Vojnović became a member of the Black Sea Admiralty Administration. He was appointed a full Admiral in 1801 and retired in 1805.^[1]

References

^ In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Ivanovich and the family name is Voinovich.
^ The surname is also romanized as Voynovich

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Voynovich, Mark Ivanovich article in Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian)
^ Martinović 2003.
^ Mir-Babayev, Mir Yusif (2002). "Azerbaijan's Oil History A Chronology Leading up to the Soviet Era". zer.com.
^ "Battles in the Black Sea". rusnavy.com.