German-loving Swede,....wow xD
And yes, I think I found a Montenegrin that had quite a nice participation in the war, Admiral Matija Kristovorofich Zmajevich of the Russian Imperial navy, in 1712 he joined the Russian navy, getting the rank of Capitan of Warship. In 1714 he becomes Capitan-Commodore, and at Gangut he scores highly by commanding a group of ships. In 1720 he's at Grengam, commanding a big group of ships, after the victory, promoted to Rear Admiral. After the peace in 1721 he's promoted to Vice-Admiral. In 1722 he commands the "Light fleet", in 1723 becomes the main person in leading the building of the VMF's river fleet.
In 1725, upon hearing of the Tsar's death, he rushes to Petersburg, where he's awarded the honor of carrying the Crown at the funeral. In 1727, he was promoted to full Admiral and given the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky 1st class, and also the position of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian navy.
During his role of commanding the VMF, the navy had 17 Ships of the Line, 145 galleys, 30 brigandines and around 400 more vessels of different kinds serving within it.
(By some historians>>) He was the builder of the Russian navy's codex of naval warfare and trade, of whom some parts are active even today.
Later on, when Anne came to the throne, he was court-martialed for stealing of properties, and at the last moment saved from execution by her personal order. He became the Governor-General of Astrakhan and held the rank of Vice-Admiral until his death.
By some historians, he was also decisive in the building and developing the Russian Black Sea fleet, which would go into big conquests with the Turks later on, and exists even today.
He died in 1735 and was buried in Moscow.
