Admiral Cornelius Cruys

Cornelis Cruys (1655-1727) - was a Vice Admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy. Vice Admiral is a naval rank of three star level, equivalent to Lieutenant General in seniority. ... Russian Navy Jack Russian Navy Ensign The Imperial Russian Navy refers to the Navy of Imperial Russia, before the Soviet Union. ...

He was born as Niels Olsen (Olufsen) in the city of Stavanger in Norway in 1655 and was half Norwegian half Dutch. It is still uncertain when the Norwegian Niels Olsen (in Dutch `Cornelis Roelofsz') emigrated to the Dutch Republic and changed his name in Cornelis Cruys ([Kornelius Krøys] or [Cornelis Cruijs]). However, according to several municipal sources Cruys lived in Amsterdam for at least eighteen years before he joined the Russian Navy. The first time information about him was put on paper by the local administration of Amsterdam was probably in 1681. That year he married the nineteen year old Catharina Voogt. She was born in Amsterdam and the daughter of Claas Pieterszoon Voogt, a Dutch captain of a merchantman, and Jannetje Jans. In the civilian registration of his coming marriage, Cruys was called a sailor from Amsterdam, 24 years old, with no parents left. In December, about seven months after his marriage, Cruys was officially registrated as a citizen or `poorter' of Amsterdam. In 1680 he was captain of a Dutch merchantman. Until 1696 he sailed to Portugal, Spain and the Caribbean. In July 1696 he joined the Dutch Navy. He was appointed onder-equipagemeester at the naval dockyard of the Amsterdam Admiralty. In less than two years he would leave Holland and change the Dutch to the Russian Navy. County Rogaland Landscape Jæren Municipality NO-1103 Administrative centre Stavanger Mayor (2004) Leif Johan Sevland (H) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 406 71 km² 68 km² 0. ... Events New Sweden (Delaware) attacked and captured by Dutch forces. ... Amsterdam Location Country The Netherlands Province North Holland Population 739,295 (1 January 2005) Coordinates 4°54E - 52°22N Website www. ... Russian Navy Jack Russian Navy Ensign The Russian Navy (Russian: Военно Морской Флот (ВМФ) - Voyenno Morskoy Flot (VMF) or Military Maritime Fleet) is the naval arm of the Russian armed forces. ... Events March 4 - Charles II of England grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania. ... Amsterdam Location Country The Netherlands Province North Holland Population 739,295 (1 January 2005) Coordinates 4°54E - 52°22N Website www. ... Amsterdam Location Country The Netherlands Province North Holland Population 739,295 (1 January 2005) Coordinates 4°54E - 52°22N Website www. ... Events First Portuguese governor was appointed to Macau The Swedish city Karlskrona was founded as the Royal Swedish Navy relocated there. ... The year 1696 had the earliest equinoxes and solstices for 400 years in the Gregorian calendar, because this year is a leap year and the Gregorian calendar would have behaved like the Julian calendar since March 1500 had it have been in use that long. ... ... The year 1696 had the earliest equinoxes and solstices for 400 years in the Gregorian calendar, because this year is a leap year and the Gregorian calendar would have behaved like the Julian calendar since March 1500 had it have been in use that long. ... Royal Netherlands Navy Jack The Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy ) is the navy of the Netherlands. ... Holland is a region in the central-western part of the Netherlands. ... Russian Navy Jack Russian Navy Ensign The Russian Navy (Russian: Военно Морской Флот (ВМФ) - Voyenno Morskoy Flot (VMF) or Military Maritime Fleet) is the naval arm of the Russian armed forces. ...

In 1697, Russian Tsar Peter the Great traveled incognito with a large Russian delegation - the so-called Grand Embassy , he visited the Netherlands to study the latest inventions, especially in shipbuilding. Thanks to the mediation of Nicolaas Witsen, mayor of Amsterdam and expert on Russia par excellence, the tsar was given the opportunity to gain practical experience in the largest private shipyard in the world, belonging to the Dutch East India Company in Amsterdam, for a period of four months. The tsar helped with the construction of an Eastindiaman especially laid down for him: Peter and Paul. During his stay in the Netherlands the tsar engaged, with the help of Russian and Dutch assistants, many skilled workers such as builders of locks, fortresses, shipwrights and seamen. They had to help him with his `westernization' of Russia. The best-known sailor who made the journey from the Netherlands to Russia was Cornelis Cruys. Cruys accepted the tsar's generous offer to enter into his service as vice-admiral. He emigrated to Russia in 1698 and became the tsar's most important advisor in maritime affairs. Cruys performed so well that he can be regarded as the architect of the Russian Navy. After his return to Russia the tsar put his Azov Fleet under the command of admiral F.A. Golovin, a Russian nobleman who was the successor of the Swiss François Lefort. Golovin was assisted by vice-admiral Cornelis Cruys and rear-admiral Jan van Rees. Cornelius Cruys became the first "Russian" mayor of Taganrog in 1698 and he made the first maps of Azov Sea and Don River. Since 1705 - commander of the Russian Baltic Fleet, masterminded the construction of Kronstadt fortress, which was essential in the Great Northern War against Sweden and many years later against German Kriegsmarine during World War II. Cornelis Cruys worked for the tsar for more than 25 years. 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