Alexey Abaza

Aleksei Mikhailovich Abaza
Born 1853
Russia
Died 1915
Russia
Nationality Russian
Occupation Military Officer
Known for Royal Dignitary, Rear Admiral 1903[1]

Aleksei Mikhailovich Abaza was a Royal Dignitary of Russia and served as a Rear Admiral in 1903. He was one of the leading committee members which governed foreign affairs with an emphasis on Far Eastern issues.[2]

Abaza was part of the Bezobrazov group, along with his cousin Aleksandr Mikhailovich Bezobrazov,[3] Secretary of State, and Admiral Evegeni Alexseev, and their policies that contributed predominantly to the Russo-Japanese War,[4] after which the committee was abandoned and Abaza became a Royal Naval officer.

References

  1. ↑ http://persona.rin.ru/eng/view/f/0/22223/aleksey-abaza
  2. ↑ http://eng.sovr.ru/expo/japan-1904-1905/
  3. ↑ March, G. Patrick (1996). Eastern Destiny: Russia in Asia and the North Pacific. Greenwood Press. p. 181. ISBN 978-0275955663.
  4. ↑ Gollin, Alfred M. (1984). No Longer an Island: Britain and the Wright Brothers, 1902-1909. Stanford University Press. p. 261. ISBN 978-0804712651.
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