Ivan Kapitanets
Ivan Matveyevich Kapitanets | |
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Born | North Caucasus Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | January 10, 1928
Died | September 25, 2018 Moscow, Russia | (aged 90)
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Years of service | 1941–1992 |
Rank | Fleet Admiral |
Commands | Baltic Fleet Soviet Northern Fleet |
Ivan Matveyevich Kapitanets (Russian: Ива́н Матве́евич Капита́нец; 10 January 1928 – 25 September 2018)[1] was a Russian Fleet Admiral who served in the Soviet Navy.
Kapitanets entered the Navy in 1946 and graduated from the Caspian Higher Naval School in 1950. After graduation he joined the Northern Fleet and served as torpedo officer on the destroyer Okrylenny. He completed the Higher Special Officer Classes in 1958 and commanded the destroyers Ostry and Otryvisty of the Northern Fleet.
After completing the Naval Academy in 1961 he commanded a destroyer squadron of the Northern Fleet. Kapitanets graduated from the General Staff Academy in 1970 and was deputy commander of the 5th Operational Squadron (the Soviet Mediterranean squadron) between 1970 and 1973.
In 1973 Kapitanets was assigned to the Pacific Fleet and commanded the Kamchatka Flotilla. He was promoted to vice admiral in 1975.
Kapitanets was deputy commander of the Baltic Fleet in 1978 and commanded this fleet in 1981-85 when he was promoted to commander of the Northern Fleet. Kapitanets was made first deputy commander of the Soviet Navy and Fleet Admiral in 1988. He retired in 1992.
In retirement Kapitanets consulted for the Russian Government on naval matters and was a member of the Academy of Military Sciences. He was also the author of several books on Russian naval history.
Honours and awards
- Order of Courage
- Order of Lenin
- Order of Nakhimov, 1st class
- Order of the Red Star
- Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, 3rd class
References
- ^ И.М. Капитанец Archived 2018-09-29 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- 1928 births
- 2018 deaths
- Candidates of the Central Committee of the 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- People from Rostov Oblast
- Russian military leaders
- Soviet admirals
- Soviet Navy personnel
- Recipients of the Order of Lenin
- Recipients of the Order of Nakhimov, 1st class
- N. G. Kuznetsov Naval Academy alumni
- Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union alumni
- Recipients of the Order of Courage (Russia)