Upon return, he finished his first symphony, which he had started under the guidance of Mily Balakirev.  
He sailed on the Almaz in 1862, which visited New York City, Baltimore, and Washington D.C. at the height of the Civil War, after graduating from the Russian naval academy.  Upon return, he finished his first symphony, which he had started under the guidance of Mily Balakirev.  Aquatic scenes appear in many of the operas of, FTP, what most productive of "The Five" whose operatic works include Snow Maiden, The Tsar's Bride, and Tale of Tsar Saltan?
He sailed on the Almaz in 1862, which visited New York City, Baltimore, and Washington D.C. at the height of the Civil War, after graduating from the Russian naval academy.  
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov