Background
Fedor Matveevich Apraksin was born on 27th November 1661. He came from a noble background. He was the son of Matvey Vasilievich Apraksin, and had 2 brothers and 2 sisters.
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Fedor Matveevich Apraksin was born on 27th November 1661. He came from a noble background. He was the son of Matvey Vasilievich Apraksin, and had 2 brothers and 2 sisters.
Since 1682 Apraksin was a Stolnik of Peter the Great. In 1693-1696 he was a Dvinsk vaivod and governor of Arkhangelsk. Since 1698 he was a Lieutenant Colonel of the Semenovsky Regiment, since February 1700 - the head of the Admiralty order with the rank of admiralty. In 1700-1706, December 1708 - May 1709 he supervised the shipbuilding in Voronezh region. In 1701-1709 Apraksin headed Voronezh Admiralty District. In 1700-1706 he exercised military and civil authority in Voronezh. In December 1710 - May 1711 he was in the cities of Voronezh and Azov in order to organize the defense of the border in connection with the Russian-Turkish war. After the conclusion of the Prut Peace in 1711, he supervised the evacuation of property from Azov and the "ruin of Taganrog." fter 1712 he ran the province from St. Petersburg. In 1712-1719 Apraksin controlled naval and amphibious operations in the Baltic, including Gangut battle which took place in 1714. In 1717 he became the 1st president of the Admiralty College and simultaneously, since 1719, he was an Estland governor. He headed the Caspian Flotilla in the Persian campaign (1722-1723) and the Baltic Fleet (1723-1726).
In 1703 Apraksin founded the school for the training of junior naval officers. He also founded Lipsk iron plants and in 1705 he laid the city of Tavrov and the Taurian shipyard. In 1715, at the suggestion of Apraksin and with the approval of Peter I, the center of the Azov province was moved from the city of Tambov to the city of Voronezh.
In 1995 one of the streets in Voronezh was named after Fedor Apraksin.
In 1726 he was a member of supreme privy council.
