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Rozhdestvenski, Zinovi Petrovich

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Rozhdestvenski, Zinovi Petrovich (zēnô`vē pētrô`vĭch rəzhdyĭstvyĕn`skē), 1848–1909, Russian admiral. Commander of the Baltic fleet at the time of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–5, he was ordered to take his fleet to East Asia. In the battle of Tsushima Tsushima , two Japanese islands in Korea Strait. The islands are rocky, and fishing is the main occupation. Nearby, in May, 1905, occurred the major naval battle of the Russo-Japanese War.
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 (1905), Rozhdestvenski's fleet was destroyed by Admiral Togo's fleet. The Russian defeat led to an armistice with Japan shortly afterward.


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