Nikolai Ottovich von Essen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Russian admiral
Date of Birth: 11-Dec-1860
Place of Birth: Saint Petersburg
Date of Death: 07-May-1915
Profession: military personnel
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Nikolai Ottovich von Essen
- Nikolai Ottovich Essen (Russian: ??????´? ?´?????? ?´????, tr.
- Nikoláy Óttovich Éssen; 23 December [O.S.
- 11] 1860 – 20 May [O.S.
- 7] 1915), better known as Nikolai Ottovich von Essen, was a Russian naval commander and admiral descended from the Baltic German noble Essen family.
- For more than two centuries, his ancestors had served in the Imperial Russian Navy, and seven had been awarded the Order of St.
- George, the highest military award of the Russian Empire.
- Essen was also regarded as the most prominent admiral of the Russian naval force during World War I.
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