Background
KOZHANOV, Ivan was born on May 24, 1897 in village Voznesenskaya, Kuban’ Oblast.
KOZHANOV, Ivan was born on May 24, 1897 in village Voznesenskaya, Kuban’ Oblast.
1917 graduate naval cadet classes in Petrograd. 1927 graduate Naval Academy.
From 1916 in Russian Navy. From 1918 in Soviet Navy. 1918-1920 fought in Civil War on Volga and in Ukraine.
Commanded seamen's detachment on the Volga, then landing units, naval expeditionary corps on the Caspian Sea, naval expeditionary div in the Azov area and in the Kuban’. 1921 helped crush Kronstadt Mutiny. 9 March-6 May 1921 head, Baltic Naval Forces.
1921-1922 member, Rcvol Military Council, Black Sea and Azov Sea Naval Forces. 1922-1923 head, Far Eastern Naval Forces. From 1927 naval attache in Japan.
Senior vice-commander, then commander, destroyer Uritskiy, chief of staff, Baltic Naval Forces. 27 June 1931-1931 January 1935 chief, Black Sea and Azov Sea Naval Forces. 1 1 January 1935-October 1937 commander, Black Sea Fleet.
From 22 November 1934 simultaneously member. Military Council, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics People's Commissariat of Defense. October 1937 arrested by People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs.