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| Apraksin, Feodor Matveyevich |
(fyô´d r mtvy ´v ch präk´syn) (KEY) , 1671–1728, Russian admiral. He helped Peter I (Peter the Great) create the Russian navy and won several naval battles in Peter’s wars against Sweden. He was made a count in 1709. |
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