Ivan Dikov

Ivan Dikov sometime between 1894–1905

Ivan Mikhailovich Dikov (Russian: Иван Михайлович Диков; Ivan Mikhaylovich Dikov) (17 July 1833 – October 1914)[1] was a Russian Admiral and hydrographer. He served as Minister of the Navy from 1907 to 1909.

Biography

Ivan Dikov was born in 1833 in Kherson province. In May 1854, Dikov and other cadets went to Sevastopol for naval practice aboard the ship 12 Apostles. In September 1854, after the Battle of Alma during the Crimean War, Dikov voluntarily remained in the besieged Sevastopol and fought in the Malakhov Kurgan and later the city's 3rd Bastion. During the siege, he was awarded the Georgievsky Cross for his bravery.[2]

In 1856, he received his first officer rank of midshipman and joined the 30th Naval Crew. In 1859 to 1860, he conducted magnetic and hydrographic surveys of the Black Sea, measuring magnetic declination and inclination at dozens of locations and discovering a magnetic anomaly.[2]

He published scientific works in Morskoi Sbornik in 1861, 1863 and 1876. From 1862 till 1864, he participated in the Caucasian War aboard the corvette Krechet and received several decorations, including the Orders of St. Stanislaus and St. Anna.[2]

In 1871, he was appointed assistant director of the Black Sea and Azov lighthouses. In 1873, he was awarded the Order of St. Stanislaus for his hydrographic work.[2]

During the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 he took part in the defense of Ochakov, Sevastopol, and Kerch. He oversaw the Danube Naval Fleet's special unit that assisted with the land troop assault of Sulin. He was awarded the Order of Saint George 4th Degree for the battle at Sulin on 27 September 1877 in which they used maneuvering mine fields to destroy a Turkish gunboat.[3]

From 1878 to 1879, he served as flag-captain to the commander-in-chief of the Russian army.[2]

He was promoted to Rear Admiral in 1886, Vice Admiral in 1895 and in 1905, he was promoted to Admiral after the Russo-Japanese War.[3][2]

References

  1. ↑ "ДИ́КОВ ИВАН МИХАЙЛОВИЧ". Great Russian Encyclopedia (in Russian). Retrieved 13 June 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "ЗАЩИТНИК СЕВАСТОПОЛЯ, МОРСКОЙ МИНИСТР РОССИИ АДМИРАЛ И.М.ДИКОВ" (in Russian). Admiral M.P. Lazarev Maritime Library. 13 September 2009. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
  3. 1 2 Sergei R. Grinevetsky; Igor S. Zonn; Sergei S. Zhiltsov; Aleksey N. Kosarev; Andrey G. Kostianoy (2014). The Black Sea Encyclopedia. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 233. ISBN 9783642552274.

Further reading

  • L. G. Beskrovny (1972). Русская армия и флот в XIX веке [Russian army and navy in the 19th century.]. Institute of History of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
  • S. V. Volkov (2004). Офицеры флота и морского ведомства: Опыт мартиролога [Officers of the Navy and Maritime Department: Experience of a martyrology.]. Moscow.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Гидрография Черноморского флота: Исторический очерк [Hydrography of the Black Sea Fleet: Historical sketch.]. Sevastopol. 1984.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • B. N. Zubov (1990). Развитие кораблестроения на юге России [Development of shipbuilding in the south of Russia.]. Kaliningrad.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • История гидрографической службы Российского флота [History of the hydrographic service of the Russian fleet.]. St Petersburg: GUNIO MORF. 1996.
  • Y. L. Korshunov (1998). Торпеды Российского флота [Torpedoes of the Russian fleet.]. St Petersburg.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Морское министерство России, 1906-1914 [Russian Maritime Ministry, 1906-1914.]. St Petersburg. 2010. p. 254. ISBN 9785904180126.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • K. F. Shatsillo (1968). Русский империализм и развитие флота накануне I мировой войны [Russian imperialism and the development of the fleet on the eve of World War I.]. Moscow.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • V. N. Khristenko (2025). Николаевские адмиралы [Nikolaev admirals.]. Moscow. ISBN 9785858875567.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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