CIVINSKY G. Admiral, 50 years in imperatorskom fłot.

50 years in imperatorskom fłot.

Riga (1928). "Orient". 8 (large), pp. 371, [5], numerous illustrations on separate plates (including maps), contemporary pp. binding.
Traces of dampstain and stains. Good condition. Henryk Cywinski, Russian: Генрих Фаддеевич Цывинский, (born. 1855 in Vilna, died 1938 there) - Polish vice admiral of the Russian fleet, deck officer of surface ships. During his service, he commanded, among others, the cruisers "Giercog Edinburskiy" and "Gienierał-admiral", as well as the Baltic Fleet and the Black Sea Fleet. He ended his career as head of the Electro-Torpedo Section. After World War I, he settled in Poland.