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The information was received from the Latvian General Staff and considered to be reliable. In fact few was known dealing with the personnel of the Central Institutions except that the majority in authority were former naval officers already officers prior to the First World War. The descriptions of the officers were supplied by a former high officer of the Imperial Russian Navy which now stayed in Latvia. Former 1st class captain. “Former Commander of the Naval Forces of the Black Sea and commander of the Baltic Fleet in 1920; clever and able (has passed the Naval Academy; a fine man and officer; little strength of character; is easily influenced; commanded the [battleship] Poltava.”(1)
Note
1. Alexey Vladimirovich Dombrovsky (19 January 1882 Rylsk, government Kursk-22 April 1952 Leningrad, Russia), served between 1901-1929. Commanded the Poltava since June 1917. Poltava part of the Gangut- or Sevastopol-class preceded by Andrei Pervizvanny-class, succeeded by Imperatritsa Mariya-class, laid down by Admirlaty Shipyard, Saint Petersburg, Russia on 16 June 1909, launched on 23 July 1911, commissioned on 30 December 1914, in Boshewik hands since 1917, decommissioned in October 1918, used as barracks ship, conversion into an aircraft carrier considered in 1924, proposal to commission her as floating battery and reconstructing he rin time as battleship dated 31 January 1930, conversion into a floating battery cancelled on 9 July 1939, renamed Frunze on 7 January 1926, stricken on 1 December 1940 and broken up since 1949.
Sources
National Archive. Record Group 165: Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs Series: Security Classified Correspondence and Reports. File Unit. Russia: Navy - MID 2503-16 THRU 2503-265. Roll 1443.
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