Grigoriy Pavlovich Chukhnin

Grigoriy Pavlovich Chukhnin (Russian: Григорий Павлович Чухнин; 1848 – 28 June 1906) was an officer of the Imperial Russian Navy during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In 1904, when he was director of the Kuznetsov Naval Academy, he was nearly offered command of the Second Pacific Squadron before the command was ultimately given to Admiral Rozhestvensky.[1] Rozhestvensky later requested his replacement by Chukhnin during the Pacific voyage, but was denied.[2] In late 1904, Chukhnin was appointed to command of the Black Sea Fleet.[3] He commanded the Black Sea Fleet in 1905 during the mutiny on the battleship Potemkin. In November 1905 he helped crush the Black Sea Fleet uprising.[4] He was assassinated in July 1906, after an earlier attempt in February 1906 failed.[5]

Grigoriy Pavlovich Chukhnin
Native name
Григорий Павлович Чухнин
Born1848
Nikolaev, Russian Empire
Died28 June 1906
Sevastopol, Russian Empire
Allegiance Russian Empire
Service/branch Imperial Russian Navy
Years of service1869–1906
RankVice-Admiral

Notes

Citations
  1. Pleshakov, Page 37
  2. Pleshakov , Page 187
  3. Melvin, Mungo (2017). Sevastopol's Wars: Crimea from Potemkin to Putin. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 322. ISBN 9781472822277.
  4. Melvin, Pages 328-330
  5. Melvin, Pages 334-335

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