Background
Sladkov, Ivan was born on March 23, 1890 in the village of Molodenok, Tula Oblast’.
Sladkov, Ivan was born on March 23, 1890 in the village of Molodenok, Tula Oblast’.
Junior naval officer, 1910. Joined the Communist Party, 1917. Took part in the October Revolution 1917.
Bolshevik agitator on the ship Aleksandr II. Bolshevik agitator in the Baltic fleet. One of the organizers of the revolt on the Gangut battleship. Arrested, December 1915, and sentenced to 7 years hard labour.
Set free, February 1917. Member of Petrograd and then Kronstadt Soviets. During the October coup 1917, organized the take-over of the Petrograd military port.
Commissar of the same port. From June 1919, Commissar of the Krasnaia Gorka and Seraia Loshad’ forts. Commandant of many military districts, 1920.
From 1 April 1921, Commissar of the Naval Forces of the Soviet Republic.