Allegiance Soviet Union Name Arseniy Golovko Books With the Fleet Battles/wars World War II Service/branch Soviet Navy | Rank Admiral Battles and wars World War II Years of service 1925-1962 Spouse Kira Golovko (m. ?–1962) | |
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Born June 10, 1906
Prokhladny, Terek Oblast, Russian Empire ( 1906-06-10 ) Commands held Northern Fleet, Baltic Fleet, Caspian Flotilla, Amur Military Flotilla Awards Order of Ushakov - twice
Order of Nakhimov
Order of the Red Banner - four times
Order of the Red Star - twice Died May 17, 1962, Moscow, Russia People also search for Kira Golovko, Hubert Schmundt, Mikhail Golovko, Natalia Golovko, Nikolai Ivanov | ||
Arseniy Grigoriyevich Golovko (Russian: Арсений Григорьевич Головко; June 10, 1906 – May 17, 1962) was a Soviet admiral, whose naval service extended from the 1920s through the early Cold War.
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Service
He entered the Soviet Navy in 1925 and graduated in 1928 from the M.V. Frunze Higher Naval School in Leningrad. After that he served in various Fleet assignments. In 1937 and 1938 he took part in the Spanish Civil War on the side of the Republicans. After his return to the USSR he attended the naval warfare school. From 1940 to 1946, during the second world war, he was Commander of the Red Banner Northern Fleet.
After the war he held various naval commands, among them Commander of the Baltic Fleet. In 1956 he was named First Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy. He died in 1962.
Honours and awards
For his services, Golovko received the Order of Lenin four times and the Order of the Red Banner four times (twice with the Order of Ushakov). He also was decorated numerous times with other domestic and foreign orders and medals.
Personal life
His wife was the distinguished Russian actress Kira Golovko. His daughter Natalia Golovko is also an actress.