Eugene S Politovsky

From Libau to Tsushima Eugene S Politovsky

Originally published in 1908, From Libau to Tsushima is a narrative of the voyage of Imperial Russian Navy's fleet to Eastern Seas, including a detailed account of the Dogger Bank Incident, the incident of mistaken identity that almost led to a war between Britain and Russia. EUGENE S. POLITOVSKY, Chief engineer of the 2nd Pacific Fleet, was born at Tashkent on November 12th, 1874. He received his education at the Emperor Nicholas I. Naval Engineering School, and left it in 1897. Up to the departure of the fleet for the East he served at the Admiralty at St. Petersburg. He went down in his ship, the battleship Kniaz (Prince) Suvaroff, in the fight of May 14th, 1905. This diary consists of extracts from his letters to his wife, which it must be understood were not intended for publication. The diary is written entirely from the personal point of view of the author. He shares with the human being dearest to him everything that occupies or interests him. He writes in fragments, with detached sentences, sometimes snatching a few spare minutes from his duties for his letters. His diary is a full one. Scarce a day is omitted from the departure from Libau up to May 11th.