In international phonetic system: z-i-n-o'-v-i-j p-e-t-r-o'-v-i-ch r-o-3-e'-s-t-v-e-n-s-k-i-j, where 3="g" like in "badge" ( not the same, but close );
j - short i ( ? - short ? ) - if You say: yo-ho-ho, it will be "y" sound - very short i.
(For me it seems, Darius posted the same, but who knows ...
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In Russian his family name looks like Cristmasman - newcomers often adding "lost" letter.
And experienced people sometimes makes a mistake, too.
Some of customer reviews for "The Tsar's Last Armada: The Epic Voyage to the Battle of Tsushima by Constantine Pleshakov":
http://www.amazon.com/Tsars-Last-Armada ... ewpoints=0
"My main problems with the book is that the author does know what the various ships were. For example, the U.S.S. Raleigh and the U.S.S. Cincinnati are listed as a battleships (pg 388/390), where they were only protected cruisers (sort of a light cruiser to our present way of thinking. Another example is "Admiral Seniavin" is listed as a cruiser (pg 390) when it was a coast defense battleship. Etc, etc. Also there are many instances where ships (example "Shinano Maru") are listed as cruisers when they were actually only armed merchant cruisers (Merchant ships with a few guns are mounted)."
"I was very sorely disappointed. The overall impression is that the author is unfamiliar with naval matters and has indeed little feel for them. Though full of anecdotes, little attention is paid to overall context and the technological elements of the story ...", "All of the Russian ships the author has listed as torpedo boats were classified at the time as destroyers."
"On occasions unfamiliarity with the relevant terminology means that the reader is confused by what is even meant (e.g. is a "tower" a "turret"?)."
"He knows nothing about ships, naval strategy/tactics, etc. There is not one picture or drawing of the battleships involved, no specs, no tables, no maps of the battle itself. All we can learn about the newest Russian battleships is that they are "enormous." For any ship/naval history buff this book would be a huge disappointment."
"Without doubt, the best book on this subject is...Frank Thiess (english translation "The Voyage of the Forgotten Men(Tsushima) ... it's included in the bibliography, so we have to conclude that Pleshakov either hasn't read it, or he's shameless enough to make a buck with a shoddy book that doesn't offer anything new, same for some spicy anecdotes."
"...he seems to be engrossed in the sex lives of many of the players of this drama. Do I really need to know which of Nicholas's ministers was a closet homosexual? Is the fact that several grand dukes were illegitimate an important piece of this puzzle? Clearly there are some things that don't ned to be in this book."
"� The anecdotal approach indeed dominates the book and one has a strong impression of stories that have been passes from hand to hand, growing in the telling, and repeated here with little attempt to screen them on the grounds of veracity or likelihood ... One gets an uneasy feeling that myths and legends surround this battle for political and ideological reasons and that the full story has still not emerged. If this is the case then it is to the detriment of the memory of many brave men, officers and seamen alike."
Mars - Russian term. English - Top. Size of 30" is overall height of top.
