Ippolit Vogak

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 and Petr Velikiy in 1874-1880, as well as 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 16 July 1889 in Saint Petersburg and was buried at the Smolenskoe Lutheran Cemetery.

• Vogak genealogy in Erik-Amburger-Datenbank

Government offices
Preceded by Pavel Zelenoy	Governors of Taganrog 1885–1887	Succeeded by Mayor Achilles Alferaki