Vasily Berkov

Russian shipbuilder

Vasily Ivanovich Berkov (Russian: ??????? ???????? ??????) (Dutch: Wicher Berkhoff) (21 August 1794 in Vriezenveen, Netherlands – 5 April 1870 in Saint Petersburg, Russia) was a Russian shipbuilder and from 1829-1870 Director of the Admiralty Shipyard of Saint Petersburg, possibly in the rank of Counter-Admiral.

Berkov deserves special credit for his translations of West-European literature on shipbuilding into Russian.He was one of the so-called Rusluie, a Dutch community in 18th and 19th century Saint Petersburg, most of whose members originated from Vriezenveen, Berkov's native town.