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Senyavin

Senyavin (sometimes misspelled as Sinyavin) is a Russian noble family ( dvoryans), famous for its Imperial Russian Navy officers.

  • Aleksey Senyavin (1716–1797), a Russian admiral
  • Dmitry Senyavin, a Russian admiral who ranks among the greatest seamen of the Napoleonic Wars
  • Ivan Akimovich Senyavin (died 1726), a Russian rear admiral, head of the port of Astrakhan
  • Ivan Grigoryevich Senyavin (1801–1851), a Russian statesman and senator
  • Lev Senyavin (1805–1861), a Russian statesman and senator
  • Naum Senyavin, a Russian vice admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy
  • Nikolai Senyavin, a Russian vice admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy

Named after them:

  • Admiral Senyavin (battleship) ( Russian battleship Admiral Senyavin)
  • Admiral Senyavin class of battleships
  • Senyavin Islands, a group of islands which belong to the Federated States of Micronesia
  • Senyavin Strait, a strait in the Bering Sea