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Vasily Berkov

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

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Vasily Ivanovich Berkov was a Russian shipbuilder and from 1829 to 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.

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Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class
Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class
Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class
Medal In memory of Crimean War

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Vasily Ivanovich Berkov was a Russian shipbuilder and from 1829 to 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.

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Lived 1794 to 1870 · aged 75
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