The artist is Rokotov
Senyavin Alexei Naumovich (1716–1797) – Navy, Admiral (1775), one of the founders of the Black Sea Fleet. He began the service in 1734 with the Wolshman rank. He took part in the Russo-Turkish war 1735–1739, in the Russian-Swedish 1741–1743, in the seven-year war. In 1762 he retired with the rank of captain of the i-th rank. In 1766, he was again called up for service. During the war years 1768–1774 he created the Don flotilla, which under his command successfully acted against the Turks on the Sea of Azov and helped the ground forces to master Crimea, restored Taganrog. He headed the expedition to determine the place for the construction of a shipyard in the Black Mor, chose a place for the foundation of Kherson. Since 1794 member of the Admiralty College. Cavalier of the orders of St. Anna (1769), St. Alexander Nevsky (1771), St. Andrew the First -Called (1794), St. Vladimir 1st degree (1795).
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