THEDOR MATVYEEVICH See also:

• THEDOR MATVYEEVICH APRAKSIN (1671-1728)

APRAKSIN (1671-1728)  , See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian soldier, began See also:

• LIFE

life as one of the pages of See also:

• TSAR, or CZAR

Tsar See also:

• THEODORE
• THEODORE (602-690)
• THEODORE (Fedor) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1741–1796)
• THEODORE (Rus. Fedor, or Feodor)

Theodore III., after whose See also:

• DEATH

death he served the little tsar See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter in the same capacity . The playfellowship of the two lads resulted in a lifelong friendship . In his twenty-first See also:

• YEAR

year See also:

• APRAKSIN, THEDOR MATVYEEVICH (1671-1728)

Apraksin was appointed See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of See also:

• ARCHANGEL (ARCHANGELSK)
• ARCHANGEL (ARCHANGELSx)

Archangel, then the most important commercially of all the Russian provinces, and built See also:

• SHIPS

ships capable of weathering storms, to the See also:

• GREAT

great delight of the tsar . He won his colonelcy at the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of See also:

• AZOV
• AZOV, SEA OF

Azov (1696) . In 1700 he was appointed See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of the See also:

• ADMIRALTY, HIGH COURT OF

admiralty, in which See also:

• POST

post (from 1700 to 1706) his unusual technical ability was of great service . While Peter was combating See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles XII., Apraksin was constructing fleets, See also:

• BUILDING

building fortresses and havens (See also:

• TAGANROG

Taganrog) . In 1707 he was transferred to See also:

• MOSCOW (Russian Moskva)
• MOSCOW, (Russian Moskva)

Moscow . In 1708 he was appointed See also:

• COMMANDER

commander-in-chief in Ingria, to defend the new See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital against the Swedes, whom he utterly routed, besides capturing See also:

• VIBORG
• VIBORG (Finnish Viipuri)

Viborg in Carelia . He held the chief command in the See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea during the See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign of the Pruth (1711), and in 1713 materially assisted the See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest of See also:

• FINLAND (Finnish, Suomi or Suomenmaa)

Finland by his operations from the See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the sea . In 1719–1720 he personally conducted the descents upon See also:

• SWEDEN
• SWEDEN [Sverige]
• SWEDEN, NORWAY AND

Sweden, ravaging that See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country mercilessly, and thus extorting the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of Nystad, whereby she surrendered the best See also:

• PART

part of her Baltic provinces to See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia . For these great services he was made a senator and See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general of the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire . His last expedition was to See also:

• REVAL, or REVEL (Russ. Revel, formerly Kolyvan; Esthonian, Tallina and Tannilin)

Reval in 1726, to See also:

• COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover the See also:

• TOWN

town from an anticipated attack by the See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, with whom the relations of Russia at the beginning of the reign of Catharine I. were strained almost to breaking-point .

Though frequently threatened with terrible penalties by Peter the Great for his incurable See also:

• VICE

vice of peculation, Apraksin, nevertheless, contrived to See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save his See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head, though not his See also:

• POCKET

pocket, chiefly through the See also:

• MEDIATION (Lat. medius, middle)

mediation of the See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good-natured empress, Catharine, who remained his friend to the last, and whom he assisted to See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place on the See also:

• THRONE

throne on the death of Peter . Apraksin was the most genial and See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind-hearted of all Peter's pupils . He is said to have never made an enemy . He died on the loth of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1728 . See R . Nisbet See also:

• BAIN, ALEXANDER (1818-1903)
• BAIN, ANDREW GEDDES (1797-1864)

Bain, The Pupils of Peter the Great (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1897) . (R . N .