Articles by Patrick Laurentz

COURTESY NAVAL RECORDS AND LIBRARY, NAVY DEPARTMENT

Visit of Russian Squadrons in 1863

By Patrick Laurentz, Former Lieutenant in the Imperial Russian Army
May 1935
One late September day in 1863 the Russian frigate Osliabia under the command of Captain Bourtakoff steamed into New York Harbor. The city authorities gave it the customary cordial welcome ...