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Zmajević Matija (in Russia Zmayevich (Змаевич) Matvei Khristoforovich)
(1680-1735)

Matija Zmajević was admiral of the Baltic Fleet and the shipbuilder of the famous Russian Tsar Peter I the Great, and for whom he built a fleet in Voronezh. He was born in a prominent Bokelj Catholic family from Perast (Bay of Kotor). His uncle Andrija Zmajević, a poet, was a renowned Roman Catholic bishop of Antivari (Bar). The family... More...

Montenegro, 2012, Matija Zmajević