Russian Governor of Australia, Warrant Officer Vronskoy

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55

"Our proud" Varyag "does not surrender to the enemy

A dozen frigates, six submarines, minesweepers, landing ships, coast guard boats, and a host of small vessels make up the Australian Navy. Whatever one may say, but clearly not enough to protect the huge continent, which has free approaches, from all over the world.

Today is the second day of the "hunt" for Russian warships off the coast of Australia.

Two frigates and a naval reconnaissance aircraft were dispatched by the Australian Navy command to monitor the maneuvers of four Russian ships previously spotted near the country's northern borders. The word naval reconnaissance aircraft is used here not quite logically. This is most likely an observer, on a one-two-seater sports plane or something like that. Australia does not have its own naval reconnaissance aircraft.

As the Australian Ministry of Defense clarifies, the group of observers included frigates of the Anzac, Stuart and Parramatta types, as well as the P-3 Orion patrol aircraft. This is a bluff, Australia does not have such an aircraft, that is, if this old junk flies there, it is clearly an American.

According to the military department of the great Australian power: “The ships (of the Russian fleet) do not violate any agreements and make maneuvers within the limits allowed for warships in international waters. They are in international waters and have the right to do so."

But, as long as they are not far from us, we will continue to observe both from the sea and from the air,”continues the Commander-in-Chief of the Australian Army, Mark Binskin. At the same time, Binskin speaks ironically about the Russian connection: “Their self-confidence? One of their ships is a sea tug"

Well, what then? It was this irony that made me take up my pen and remind the Australian Admiral Bul-Bul Kangaroo (from the local dialect: “I did not understand how I drowned”), a story that happened in the 19th century near the same shores.

When New Guinea was divided between England and Germany in 1884, Miklouho-Maclay decided to act. To begin with, he sent Bismarck a telegram, in which it was reported that "the natives of the Maclay Coast reject the German annexation." Then he set about implementing a long-cherished plan. The project was partly utopian, but very curious. Miklouho-Maclay proposed introducing the formal dependence of the Maclay Coast and the Oceania Islands on Russia, designed, according to the author, to protect these territories from the encroachments of colonial powers, but at the same time there would be no police-state apparatus. In other words, this colony was supposed to enjoy wide autonomy and demonstrate to the whole world an example of an ideal human community. Here are some provisions from this document: "The colony is settled on the private funds of persons who have expressed a desire to resettle. The settlers, realizing their unity with Russia - their fatherland, submitting to the government established in it and preserving all the rights of Russian citizens, enjoy the following rights: self-government, self-taxation taxes, religious freedom, duty-free import and export of food, … the imposition of binding regulations and rules concerning the hostel and internal administration. The colony constitutes a community and is governed by a foreman, council or general meeting of settlers."

In 1886, Miklouho-Maclay went home and visited Emperor Alexander III in Livadia, where he presented to the sovereign the finished draft of the colony. At the same time, he published an advertisement in the newspapers in which he invited everyone to go to New Guinea. In a letter to the sovereign, he wrote: "There were more hunters than I expected, and although their number has reached 320 at the present time, written proposals to settle on the Maclay Coast continue to come from different parts of Russia." And here are the lines from another letter to the tsar: "Those wishing to move and form a colony … there are already more than 1400 people. It is necessary to immediately send warships to the Pacific Ocean to occupy the islands."

Fast forward 30 years ago, during the Crimean War of 1853-1856. Or rather, at the time of its completion and the signing of the Paris Treaty. News then went to Australia for a long time and therefore the captain of the Russian frigate "Pallada", cruising in those latitudes, knew absolutely nothing about the war on the Crimean peninsula. In I. Goncharov's novel "Frigate Pallas" the captain's name was Ivan Semenovich.

In 1852-1855, under the command of Captain I. S. Unkovsky, with the diplomatic mission of Vice Admiral E. V. Putyatin, he sailed from Kronstadt across the Atlantic, Indian, Pacific oceans to the shores of Japan. The writer I. A. Goncharov took part in this voyage., who wrote a series of travel notes.

After the end of negotiations in Nagasaki, the frigate headed for the Russian shores, where, out of fears of capture by the British in connection with the outbreak of the Crimean War and in connection with the real non-combat capability of the already old ship with a hull absolutely shaken by the ocean passage, caught in two typhoons (in the Indian Ocean and near Hong Kong), was flooded in the Postovaya Bay of the Imperial (now Soviet) harbor, where it is located to this day."

In 1855, the captain of "Pallada" received a message in the area of the New Guinea islands that in 1854, in the Far East, one Russian frigate "Diana" and two converted schooners under the command of Rear Admiral Zavoiko, utterly defeated the Anglo-French landing force, which had six ships and frigates, reinforced by the Trafalgar Regiment of the British Marines. The landed British fled in disgrace back to the ships. In pursuit of the aggressors, Zavoiko led his flotilla after them, and near Nikolayevsk-on-Amur inflicted a complete defeat on the four times strongest British squadron. The British and French lost 450 sailors, and the Russians only 96!

From such a shame, the English naval commander, Admiral Prince, shot himself, and the squadron, beaten by Kamchadals, Cossacks, sailors and a small soldier garrison of Vladivostok, retreated.

Bearing in mind the words "that the honor and dignity of a Russian man cannot tolerate an enemy in the sight of a standing person," the dilapidated and battered Pallas declared war on England, or rather on her English colony of Australia. Skillfully maneuvering, using artillery, the heroic ship rushed into battle at the English squadron, which at the first collision fled to the ports of Australia, pursued on the heels of "crazy John" and took refuge in Sydney.

The further actions of the Russians, who lost the English squadron in the night pursuit, caused amazement to the whole world: the captain landed a small assault force, which was advancing into Cleveland, inhabited by Russian settlers. As the historical information of that time says, in the city with a population of 5,000 people lived 2,881 ethnic Rus, that is, more than half of the city's population. Russian troops, having arrived in the city, annexed it and, with the full approval of their fellow countrymen, created a Russian militia, which, having captured Brisbane, moved to Sydney. In the first battle, the elite units of the British Expeditionary Force were overturned and they fled inland. The militia of the Russians was joined by other nations, which were the descendants of the convicts of the English queen, or even the convicts themselves. Without a fight, Newcastle was taken and the commander of the landing, Warrant Officer Vronskaya, (and also commander of the militia and ground forces of Russia in Australia), reported to his captain that the road to Sydney was free.

The Russian frigate decided to single-handedly attack the ships of England in the port of Sydney and anchored at the entrance to the bay. A messenger was sent to the shore with an order for the Expeditionary Russian Fleet on the appointment of midshipman Vronsky as governor-general of Australia, signed by the captain of the Russian frigate

Late in the evening, an envoy came on board from the shore, who offered the Russian ship a substantial amount of money if he left both Australia and the English squadron alone. The crew unanimously refused the bribe and decided to storm the city. They only waited for the approach of the ground militia.

Early in the morning, the ship's priest served a prayer service, and the Russian frigate prepared for an artillery duel. On the mast the signal "readiness for battle" soared, and through the telescope, the captain saw the Russian militia approaching the shore. Shnyava "Dvina" prepared for a fire-ship attack on British ships (she was so worn out that it was decided to use her as a fire-ship to set fire to the British fleet). A new Sinop was brewing !!!

Suddenly a boat rolled away from the port pier, and, desperately signaling a semaphore, rushed to the battled frigate with the St. Andrew's flag.

Seeing the Spanish flag on the boat (Spain was an ally of Russia at that time), the captain gave the order not to shoot.

Imagine the crew's surprise when a diplomat from the Spanish mission handed the captain a "fresh newspaper" from Madrid, which had been going by mail for about half a year to Australia, where it was written that peace had been concluded with England. The Russian navy and its marines, the Russian émigré militia, stood half a mile from an event that could change all of Australian history. The fact is that the English sailors, overwhelmed with horror, simply fled to the shore, abandoning their ships.

There was no limit to the disappointment of the Russians. Having given a salute to the nations, instead of a combat salvo, the Russian frigate, which had terrorized Australia for almost half a year, entered the port of Sydney and raised the signal "welcome to the nation" and gave anchors!

This episode of the Crimean War is practically unknown to a wide circle of readers, moreover, little is known to specialists. There is only one reason: Russia, having lost Sevastopol, was preparing for the conclusion of the Paris Treaty, which, decades later, would be destroyed by Chancellor Gorchakov, who returned the Black Sea Fleet to Russia without a single shot. Therefore, the exploits of our sailors in Vladivostok and off the coast of Australia are little known. But it seems to me otherwise: what unprecedented strength and pride were our ancestors who did not want to endure the presence of the enemy, not paying attention to his numbers and weapons? The glory of Russian weapons, which came to us from time immemorial from our glorious ancestors, is absorbed in a Russian person with mother's milk, and love for Russia is instilled from the moment Rus was conceived in the mother's womb. Russian people, you should always remember this and tell your children about it!

From the Neva cold rocks

Until the fiery Colchis, From the shocked Kremlin

To the walls of motionless China

Glittering with steel bristles, The Russian Land revolted.

… Miklouho-Maclay's project evoked a lively response in Russian society. In particular, an article titled "Russian Colonization of Australia" appeared in the St. Petersburg newspaper Novosti. An ad hoc committee was organized to deal with this issue. However, in December 1886 Miklouho-Maclay's plan was rejected. The Russian government did not want to aggravate relations with England. In a letter to his brother, Nikolai Nikolayevich wrote: "The Tsar, it seems, was not averse, but the ministers decided otherwise and, in the end, prevailed." I wonder how world history would have turned if the gentlemen ministers were not so faint-hearted …

… The Russian unit consists of the Varyag missile cruiser, the Marshal Shaposhnikov destroyer and two auxiliary vessels, the Australian Defense Ministry claims. Varyag - the pride of the Russian Pacific Fleet is continued by Commander Bul-Bul Kangaroo..

According to TASS, in addition to the Varyag and the large anti-submarine ship Marshal Shaposhnikov, the tanker Boris Butoma and the rescue ship Fotiy Krylov entered it.

“The tasks of this campaign include ensuring a naval presence and demonstrating the flag in the region,” Roman Martov, a spokesman for the Pacific Fleet, explained to the agency.

The maneuvers of Russian warships off the coast of Australia may be associated with the imminent visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the country. He is due to fly to the G20 summit, which will be held November 15-16 in the city of Brisbane. It's very close to Cleveland.

Although the appearance of the Russian Navy near Australia is very rare, the inhabitants of the country feared an attack by the Russian fleet back in the 19th century, Fort Denison, guarding the entrance to the Sydney harbor, was erected immediately, after the events I described, in order to protect the country's largest city from a possible attack by the Russian flotilla …

Today, the population of Cleveland consists of 67% of Russian emigrants, and in Brisbine, in general, they speak Russian. After the revolution, the Cossacks of the Trans-Baikal, Amur and Sakhalin Cossack troops went there.. In 1929, it was from there that the revolution began, which overthrew the socialists in power. The slogan "Russians are coming!" for Australia, it is not at all a funny chant, but a real fact of the history of this country, which miraculously did not become a Russian colony. By the way, the squadrons of Russia more than once there gave chatter to local warriors.

Mr. Admiral Bul-Bul Kangaroo! I appeal to you! The missile cruiser "Varyag" is not only the pride of the Russian fleet, but also a colossus that is capable of sinking the whole of Australia. In addition, you are undoubtedly taught to count, since you saw the Russian ferry "Sevryuga", but I want to remind you that there are not only surface ships. Of course, I'm not hinting at anything, especially since we sent you the President, and not the midshipman Vronsky (this would not stand on ceremony with you), but the recent events off the coast of Sweden and the search for a Russian submarine by all NATO, put many zealous adventurers in a hospital bed. Believe me, Admiral, but the command of the Russian Navy has a pretty good idea of how ship formations on cruising lines of communication should operate and what security measures need to be taken..

Therefore, welcome our Vova cordially, feed him from the heart and listen to what they will say, smart guys at the summit. Why do you need Russian midshipman marines in Cleveland, a city inhabited by the Russ? Putin is not Medvedev, he does not know how to use an iPhone, but the mail to Varyag from Spain may be late. Talk less Admiral, otherwise they WILL HEAR !!!

Guys let's be friends!

On the intro to the miniature: the Varyag missile cruiser of the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy on a cruise.