Name Ippolit Vogak | Died July 16, 1889 | |
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Ippolit Konstantinovich Vogak (sometimes spelled Wogack, Russian: Вогак, Ипполит Константинович, August 30, 1829 – July 16, 1889) was an Imperial Russian Navy admiral and the 17th and last governor of Taganrog .
Vogak graduated from Cadet Corps in 1847, served in the Baltic Fleet, and was a participant of the Crimean War. He was promoted to the rank of captain-lieutenant in 1862, captain second rank in 1870, and captain first rank in 1873. He was then promoted to the rank of rear-admiral in 1883.
Vogak commanded the battleships Novgorod, Petr Velikiy in 1874-1880 and imperial yacht of the House of Romanov Livadia. He was a junior flag-officer (младший флагман) of the Black Sea Fleet in 1884-1885 and junior flag-officer of the Baltic Fleet in 1887-1889.
From 1885 to 1887, he served as Governor of Taganrog.
Vogak died on July 16, 1889, in Saint Petersburg and was buried at the Smolenskoe Lutheran Cemetery.