Filipp_Oktyabrskiy

Filipp Oktyabrsky

Filipp Oktyabrsky

Soviet naval commander

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Sergeyevich and the family name is Oktyabrsky.

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]

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Awards and honors

A Kresta II class cruiser was named in honour of the Admiral.

References

  1. [1]
    "Октябрьский Филипп Сергеевич". Великая война [The Great War] (in Russian). Великая война. 11 March 2004. Archived from the original on 2004-05-31. Retrieved 12 July 2019. 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.]
  2. [2]
    Robert Forczyk (20 September 2014). Where the Iron Crosses Grow: The Crimea 1941–44. Osprey Publishing. pp. 30–. ISBN 978-1-78200-976-4.[permanent dead link]
  3. [3]
    "Октябрьский (Иванов) Филипп Сергеевич" (in Russian). Retrieved 7 July 2015.
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