What is "peresvet"

Peresvet is a town in Sergiyevo-Posadsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Kunya River ( Dubna's tributary) northeast of Moscow and north of Sergiyev Posad, the administrative center of the district. Population:

At least two ships of the Imperial Russian Navy have been named Peresvet after Alexander Peresvet.

• - 51-gun steam frigate stricken in 1874.

• - Lead ship of the predreadnoughts that was scuttled during the Siege of Port Arthur in the Russo-Japanese War and sank after striking a mine in 1917.