In this handout photo released by Skyfirst Film Company, a member of the expedition "Flame of Chesma. The Greek Gambit" of the Russian Geographical Society dives underwater at the site of the shipwreck of Svyatoslav battleship of the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Empire, near the coast of the Lemnos Island, in the waters of the Aegean Sea, Greece. The expedition "Flame of Chesma. The Greek Gambit" of the Russian Geographical Society, following in the footsteps of the First Archipelago (Aegean) Expedition (1769-1774) of the Russian fleet to the Eastern Mediterranean, explores the islands of the Aegean Sea which were part of the Russian Archipelago province formed in 1770 after the defeat of the Ottoman Fleet in the Battle of Chesma, and the underwater area where ships of the Russian fleet were based, and subsequently destroyed. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.
- Package: Greece RGS Expedition
- Categories: Environmental Issues
- Location: Greece
- Event date: 19.10.2021
- Date published: 20.10.2021
- Author: Martins Saiters
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Skyfirst Film Company
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 6544x3680px, 4.5Mb
- Job-ID: 3203340797840491