CoL49 group reading ch 3: 33, 34 - Popov not fictional

[Michael Bailey]

On Sun, May 19, 2024 at 5:51 PM Joseph Tracy

“4 corvettes 2 clippers under rear ad. Popov (probably fictional)

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- not fictional -

From
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1935/may/visit-russian-squadrons-1863

“To quote the New York *Daily Tribune *of October 2, 1863, we hear that:

The "Joint Committee" went out to welcome the Russian visitors. The band of
the *North Carolina *performed the beautiful Russian National Air, "God
Save the Czar," as it passed the vessels, while the Russian seamen mounted
the riggings to acknowledge the compliment by loud and hearty cheers. The
band of the flagship *Alexander Nevsky *struck up "Yankee Doodle" in
return….”


…yada yada blah blah blah…


“Another surprise awaited the American people. A few days later the
telegraph flashed news from San Francisco that a squadron of Russian
cruisers had passed the Golden Gate and was riding at anchor in San
Francisco Bay. This unit was commanded by Rear Admiral Popoff and was made
up of the following ships: The corvets *Rynda, Kalevala, Bogatyr, *and
*Novyk, *and the clippers *Abrek *and *Gaydamak.*

All this happened, as stated before, in the year 1863. Northern shipping at
that time was being severely ravaged by the commerce raiders of the
Confederacy.”






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