Vasily Stepanovich Zavoyko (Russian: Василий Степанович Завойко; 5 July 1809 – 16 February 1898) was an admiral in the Russian navy. Born to a noble Ukrainian family of a naval medic hailed from Poltava Governorate, in 1827 he took part in the Battle of Navarino, and in 1835-1838 he twice circumnavigated the Earth.
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15 July 1809 Prokhorivka, Ukraine
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Died |
16 February 1898 (aged 88) Velyka Mechetnya, Ukraine
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Zodiac | Cancer |
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