Apraksin, Feodor Matveyevich

Related Category: Russian, Soviet, and CIS History: Biographies

(fyô´dər mətvyā´əvĭch əpräk´syĭn), 1671–1728, Russian admiral. He helped Peter I (Peter the Great) create the Russian navy and won several naval battles in Peter's wars against Sweden. He was made a count in 1709.