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V. I. (Vladimir Ivanovich) Semenov
1867–1910
A Russian naval officer who turned firsthand wartime experience into vivid prose, he is best remembered for his gripping books on the Russo-Japanese War and the Battle of Tsushima.
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The Battle of Tsu-shima between the Japanese and Russian fleets, fought on 27th May 1905
by V. I. (Vladimir Ivanovich) Semenov
About the author
Born in Saint Petersburg in 1867, Vladimir Ivanovich Semenov served in the Imperial Russian Navy and rose to the rank of captain. He took part in major events of the Russo-Japanese War, including the Battle of Tsushima, and his writing drew heavily on what he had seen for himself.
His best-known books include Rasplata (The Reckoning), The Battle of Tsu-Shima, and The Price of Blood. These works blend memoir, reporting, and reflection, giving readers a direct, dramatic view of war at sea from someone who lived through it.
Semenov died in 1910. Today, he remains of interest both as a military witness and as a prose writer whose accounts helped shape how later readers understood one of the most consequential naval conflicts of the early twentieth century.