Filipp Oktyabrsky
Appearance
Filipp Oktyabrskiy | |
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Born | Lukshino village, near Tver, Russia[1] | October 23, 1899
Died | July 8, 1969 Sevastopol, Soviet Union | (aged 69)
Allegiance | Soviet Union |
Service | Soviet Navy |
Years of service | 1917-1960 |
Rank | Admiral (1944) |
Commands | Amur Flotilla, Black Sea Fleet |
Battles / wars | Russian Civil War, World War II |
Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union
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Filipp Sergeyevich Oktyabrskiy (Russian: Филипп Серге́евич Октябрьский, real surname: Ivanov - Иванов; October 23, 1899 — July 8, 1969, Sevastopol) was a Soviet naval commander. He began service on the Baltic Fleet in November 1917.[citation needed] From 1925–27 he studied at the Naval Academy in Leningrad.[2] As vice admiral he was given command of the Black Sea Fleet in March 1939 and headed its actions during the Sieges of Sevastopol and Odessa. After the war he was a Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, commander of all naval test centres and from 1957 to 1960 head of the P.S. Nakhimov Higher Naval School in Sevastopol.
Honours and awards
- Hero of the Soviet Union (awarded on February 20, 1958)
- Three Orders of Lenin
- Order of the Red Banner, three times
- Order of Ushakov, 1st class, twice
- Order of Nakhimov, 1st class
- Order of Suvorov, 2nd class
- Order of the Red Star
- Medal "For the Defence of Odessa"
- Medal "For the Defence of Sevastopol"
- Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
- Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"
- Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"
- Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
- Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
- Commander of the Legion of Merit (USA)
A Kresta II class cruiser was named in honour of the Admiral.
References
- ^ ""War Heroes" (Russian language)". Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- ^ Robert Forczyk (20 September 2014). Where the Iron Crosses Grow: The Crimea 1941–44. Osprey Publishing. pp. 30–. ISBN 978-1-78200-976-4.
Categories:
- Soviet admirals
- Soviet military personnel of World War II
- Heroes of the Soviet Union
- Recipients of the Order of Lenin
- Recipients of the Order of Ushakov, 1st class
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner
- Recipients of the Order of Nakhimov, 1st class
- Recipients of the Order of Suvorov, 2nd class
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Star
- Commanders of the Legion of Merit
- People from Tver Oblast
- 1899 births
- 1969 deaths