Lieutenant Alexander Razvozov at the cruiser "Rurik-2"

Photo of Captain Alexander Vladimirovich Razvozov as part of the Commission for the inspection
of the armored cruiser Rurik-2, headed by Major General of the Corps of Naval Engineers P.E. Chernigovskiy aboard a cruiser at the Vickers shipyards during sea trials. 1907.

Great Britain, Barrow-in-Furness. Unknown photo studio. 1907.
Photo size: 15.7 x 20.8 cm. Passe-partout size: 25.5 x 30.3 cm.

The depicted are listed in Cyrillic in black ink on the reverse side.

Slight staining, creases on the passe-partout.

A list of the names of most of those depicted in Cyrillic in black ink on the reverse side. Slight staining, creases on the passe-partout. Second from the left is the captain of the fleet A.V. Razvozov, supervisor of works on mine and torpedo armament of the cruiser Rurik. Lieutenant Razvozov was appointed senior mine officer of the armored cruiser Rurik on March 5, 1907. Fourth from the right is 1st Rank Captain V.N. Fersen who commanded the cruiser "Emerald" in the Battle of Tsushima. Sitting from left to right: Colonel V.L. Golubtsov, supervisor of the artillery unit work on the Rurik cruiser; Major General of the Corps of Naval Engineers P.E. Chernigovsky, head of the selection committee of the cruiser "Rurik II"; senior ship doctor of the cruiser Retvizan E.L. Geoffriot; Vice Admiral E.N. Shchensnovich, commander of the cruiser Retvizan, first commander of the scuba diving squad; K. Crump, representative of the American firm "Crump and Sons", which built the cruiser Retvizan; senior artillery officer lieutenant colonel V.I. Petrov; the future Rear Admiral F.K. Ketlinsky, who in 1900 oversaw the construction of Retvizan and served on this ship until March 1904 as an artillery officer; then he served on the battleship "Tsarevich" that participated in the Tsushima battle. Everyone in the photo is dressed in civilian clothes;  English engineers, Russian officers and generals are equally dressed. The explanation for this can be found in the instructions of the Main Naval Staff: “In order to avoid sending a significant number of officers and crews to newly built ships ... upon completion of construction and inspection tests, send them to Russia not under a military flag and not with military ranks, but with a civilian crew." Apparently, the officers and generals assigned to the ship inspection commission were also on business trips as civilians.