Ribas y Boyons José Pascual Domingo de (1749—1800)
José Pascual Domingo de Ribas y Boyons known in Russia as Osip (Iosif) Mikhailovich Deribas was a Russian admiral of Spanish-Irish origin. Son of the Spanish consul in Naples, he had been born in that city -then under Spanish rule- but he joined Russian Army as "member of the Spanish nobility" in 1772. He took part in Russo-Turkish Wars of... More...