Filipp Oktyabrsky

Filipp Oktyabrskiy
Born	(1899-10-23)October 23, 1899 Lukshino village, near Tver, Russia[1]
Died	July 8, 1969(1969-07-08) (aged 69) Sevastopol, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Service/branch	Soviet Navy
Years of service	1917–1960
Rank	Admiral (1944)
Commands held	Amur Flotilla, Black Sea Fleet
Battles/wars	Russian Civil War, World War II
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union Order of Lenin - three times Order of Ushakov - twice Order of the Red Banner - three times Order of Nakhimov Order of Suvorov Order of the Red Star - twice

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. 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.

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