Filipp Oktyabrsky

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Allegiance Soviet Union Rank Admiral (1944) Service/branch Soviet Navy		Name Filipp Oktyabrsky Years of service 1917-1960

Born October 23, 1899Lukshino village, near Tver, Russia ( 1899-10-23 ) Commands held Amur Flotilla, Black Sea Fleet Battles/wars Russian Civil War, World War II Awards Hero of the Soviet UnionOrder of Lenin - three timesOrder of Ushakov - twiceOrder of the Red Banner - three timesOrder of NakhimovOrder of SuvorovOrder of the Red Star - twice Died July 8, 1969, Sevastopol, Ukraine Battles and wars Russian Civil War, World War II Similar People Ivan Yefimovich Petrov, Erich von Manstein, Gheorghe Avramescu, Francesco Mimbelli, Joseph Stalin

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Filipp Sergeyevich Oktyabrskiy (Russian: Филипп Серге́евич Октябрьский, real surname: Ivanov - Иванов; October 23, 1899 – July 8, 1969, Sevastopol) was a Soviet naval commander. He began service on the Baltic Fleet in November 1917. From 1925–27 he studied at the Naval Academy in Leningrad. 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.