Filipp Oktyabrsky Филипп Октябрьский | |
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Birth name | Filipp Sergeyevich Ivanov (Филипп Сергеевич Иванов) |
Born | 23 October [O.S. 11 October] 1899 Lukshino, Zubtsovsky Uyezd, Tver Governorate, Russian Empire |
Died | 8 July 1969 Sevastopol, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | (aged 69)
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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 |
Filipp Sergeyevich Ivanov (Russian: Филипп Сергеевич Иванов; 23 October [O.S. 11 October] 1899 – 8 July 1969), more popularly known as Filipp Sergeyevich Oktyabrsky (Russian: Филипп Сергеевич Октябрьский), was a Soviet naval commander. He began service in the Baltic Fleet in 1918.[1] 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 (1941-1942) and Odessa (1941). After the war he became a Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, commander of all naval test centres and from 1957 to 1960 head of the Black Sea Higher Naval Institute "Admiral Pavel Nakhimov" (Russian: Черноморское высшее военно-морское училище имени П. С. Нахимова) in Sevastopol.[3]
В 1918 года Ф.С.Октябрьский добровольно вступил в ряды Балтийского флота. [In 1918 F.S. Oktyabrysky voluntarily entered the ranks of the Baltic Fleet.]
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