Education
From 1925-1927 he studied at the Naval Academy in Leningrad.
naval commander Deputy Commander
From 1925-1927 he studied at the Naval Academy in Leningrad.
He began service on the Baltic Fleet in November 1917. 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.
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 "Foreign the Defence of Odessa" Medal "Foreign the Defence of Sevastopol" Medal "Foreign 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 Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics" Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics" Commander of the Legion of Merit (United States of America) A Kresta II class cruiser was named in honour of the Admiral.
