The New Student's Reference Work/Alexiev, Admiral E. S.

Alexiev, Admiral E. S. Born in Russia in 1844, and educated for the navy. During the Chino-Japanese War in 1897, he was the chief of the eastern fleet; later he was the chief of the Black Sea fleet. In August, 1903, he was appointed viceroy of the Far East with supreme command of the land and naval forces. When the Russo-Japanese War broke out and the Russians met reverses, Alexiev was superseded in command both of the army and navy, and left in charge of the civil administration only. He has been severely censured for either being ignorant of the state of affairs in Japan prior to the war or for concealing his knowledge of the situation from the czar, Nicholas II. Alexiev belongs to the reactionary faction in the Russian government.