Background
Alexeyev was the son of Nikolai Alexeyev, a doctor and Bolshevik leader, who received the title Hero of Socialist Labor in 1963 for his contribution to the public health system in Siberia.
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Vladimir Alexeyev
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Education
In 1933 he joined the Red Navy, and graduated from the Maritime Academy in 1935 to become a submarine navigator.
Career
He became a sailor in the merchant navy when he was 15. Afterwards he served as the chief navigation officer of the 3rd flotilla in the Pacific Fleet. In August 1938 he was dismissed and arrested in the Great Purge but rehabilitated in 1939.
During 1940 he was appointed chief of staff to the armored flotilla in the Pacific Fleet, and joined the Communist Party in 1941.
World World War II In April 1944 he was assigned as operations officer of the Northern Fleet but insisted on joining a fighting unit Alexeyev was given command of the 3rd Torpedo Boats Squadron.
During the Petsamo-Kirkenes Operation, on October 21. His unit sank 17 enemy supply ships without suffering casualties.
He participated in the Victory Parade.
Post-war career After the war Alexeyev continued to serve in the navy, and was promoted to counter admiral at 27 January 1951. He graduated from the Voroshilov Academy in 1953, and became a vice admiral on the 26 April 1962. Alexeyev served as the representative of the Warsaw Pact forces staff in the Romanian Navy, and from 1965 as Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff for Organization.
From 1967 to 1975 he was the First Deputy, promoted to the rank of admiral on 11 June 1970.
He retired in 1986, after spending a decade as a senior consultant to the General Staff Academy.
Achievements
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Hero of the Soviet Union (1944) Order of Lenin (1944) Order of the October Revolution (1974) Order of the Red Banner, five times (3 in 1944, 1953) Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class, twice (incl 1945, 1985) Order of the Red Star (1948) Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics State Prize (1980) Large ribbon of the Order of the Republic (Egypt) Order of the National Flag, 1st class (North of Korea) Knight"s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
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Political Party
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Awards
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USSR State Prize; Order of Lenin; Order of the Red Banner; Order of the Red Star; Hero of the Soviet Union; Order of the October Revolution; Order of the Patriotic War 1st class; Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, 3rd class; Medal for Battle Merit; Medal "For Distinction in Guarding the State Border of the USSR"; Medal "For the Defence of the Soviet Transarctic"; Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms"; Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"; Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"; Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"; Medal of Zhukov Order of Lenin; Order of the Patriotic War; State Prize; Order of the Republic; Order of Polonia Restituta; Hero of the Soviet Union; Order of the Red Banner; Order of the October Revolution; Order of the Red StarUSSR State Prize; Order of Lenin; Order of the Red Banner; Order of the Red Star; Hero of the Soviet Union; Order of the October Revolution; Order of the Patriotic War 1st class; Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, 3rd class; Medal for Battle Merit; Medal "For Distinction in Guarding the State Border of the USSR"; Medal "For the Defence of the Soviet Transarctic"; Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms"; Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"; Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"; Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"; Medal of Zhukov Order of Lenin; Order of the Patriotic War; State Prize; Order of the Republic; Order of Polonia Restituta; Hero of the Soviet Union; Order of the Red Banner; Order of the October Revolution; Order of the Red Star