About Stepan Makarov
Stepan Osipovich Makarov was a Russian vice-admiral, commander in the Imperial Russian Navy, oceanographer, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and author of several books. He was a pioneer of insubmersibility theory, and developer of a Cyrillic-based semaphore alphabet. A proponent of icebreaker use, he supervised the first polar icebreaker construction. Makarov also designed several ships.
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Awards & Honors
Gold Sword for Bravery
Order of St. George, 4th class
Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class
Lütke gold medal
Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class
Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class
Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class
