Nikolay Smirnov (admiral)
Nikolay Ivanovich Smirnov | |
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| Born | 5 October 1917 Robtsovo, Kostroma Governorate, Russian Republic |
| Died | 8 July 1992 (aged 74) Moscow, Russia |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union |
| Service | Soviet Navy |
| Years of service | 1937–1992 |
| Rank | Fleet Admiral |
| Commands | Soviet Pacific Fleet |
| Battles / wars | World War II |
Nikolay Ivanovich Smirnov (Russian: Николай Иванович Смирнов; 5 October 1917 – 8 July 1992) was a Soviet Navy Fleet Admiral and a Hero of the Soviet Union (1984).
Biography
[edit]Smirnov was born in a peasant family and graduated from an agricultural institute. He joined the Navy in 1937 and completed the M.V. Frunze Higher Naval School in Leningrad in 1939. He joined the Pacific Fleet and qualified as a navigator on submarines. In 1943–44 he commanded a Pacific Fleet submarine. In June 1944 he was transferred to the Black Sea Fleet where he commanded a submarine.
After the war Smirnov continued in the Black Sea Fleet serving as a staff officer and commander of a submarine squadron in 1956–57. Smirnov graduated from the General Staff Academy in 1959. In 1960 he became chief of staff of the Black Sea Fleet. From 1964 to 1969 he was head of the Operational Directorate and Deputy Chief of the Main Navy Staff.
Smirnov became Pacific Fleet Commander in 1969 and First Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy in 1974 having been promoted to Fleet Admiral in 1973.
Smirnov was part of the Inspectorate general of the Armed forces from March 1988. Smirnov died in 1992 and is buried in Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow.
Awards and honors
[edit]- Hero of the Soviet Union (17 February 1984)
- Two Orders of Lenin (1977, 1984)
- Order of the Red Banner (1958)
- Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class (1985)
- Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class (1945)
- Two Orders of the Red Star (1953, 1966)
- Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 3rd class (1975)
- Order "For Military Merit" (Mongolian People's Republic, 1971)
- Order of 9 September 1944, 1st class with Swords (People's Republic of Bulgaria, 1974)
References
[edit]- page in Russian from Warheroes.ru
- "Slovar' biograficheskiy morskoy", V.D. Dotsenko, "Logos" Publishing House, ISBN 5-87288-128-2.
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- 1917 births
- 1992 deaths
- People from Kostroma Governorate
- Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union alumni
- Eighth convocation members of the Soviet of the Union
- Ninth convocation members of the Soviet of the Union
- Tenth convocation members of the Soviet of the Union
- Eleventh convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities
- Candidates of the Central Committee of the 24th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Candidates of the Central Committee of the 25th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Candidates of the Central Committee of the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Candidates of the Central Committee of the 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Heroes of the Soviet Union
- Recipients of the Medal "For Battle Merit"
- Recipients of the Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"
- Recipients of the Medal "For Distinction in Guarding the State Border of the USSR"
- Recipients of the Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 3rd class
- Recipients of the Order of Lenin
- Recipients of the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
- Recipients of the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Star
- Soviet admirals
- Soviet submarine commanders
- Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery