Alexei Sorokin
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Alexei Ivanovich Sorokin (Russian Алексе́й Ива́нович Соро́кин) born 1922 is a retired Soviet Admiral of the Fleet
and former member of the Council of Peoples Deputies.
Sorokin was born one of five children. His father a veteran invalid of the Russian Civil War
died in 1933 and his brother Seraphim was killed in the battle for Moscow in 1941. Sorokin joined the Red Army in 1941 and served as a mortar operator. He was promoted to lieutenant, commanding a mortar battery and fought during the liberation of Belarussian and with the Baltic Front.
After the war Sorokin served as a political officer
and studied at the Lenin Political Military Academy between 1948 and 1952. After graduating Sorokin was posted to the Navy and served as a political officer on the Destroyers Redkiy and Vdumchevy of the Soviet Pacific Fleet. In 1954 he became political officer aboard the cruiser Kalinin. In 1956 he became political officer of the Pacific fleet destroyer squadron and in 1959 he became base political officer at Sovetskaya Gavan
Sorokin became chief political officer of the Northern Fleet in 1974 and was promoted to vice admiral n 1975. He became chief political officer of the Soviet Navy in 1980 and deputy chief political officer of the Soviet armed forces in 1981. He was promoted to Admiral of the Fleet in 1988 and retred in 1992
Sorokin served as a Peoples Deputy in the Soviet Parliament in 1989-91. In retirement he lives in Moscow and is president of the International Union of CIS War Veterans (Pensioners) Associations.
Admiral of the Fleet
An admiral of the fleet is a military naval officer of the highest rank. In many nations the rank is reserved for wartime or ceremonial appointments...
and former member of the Council of Peoples Deputies.
Sorokin was born one of five children. His father a veteran invalid of the Russian Civil War
Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War was a multi-party war that occurred within the former Russian Empire after the Russian provisional government collapsed to the Soviets, under the domination of the Bolshevik party. Soviet forces first assumed power in Petrograd The Russian Civil War (1917–1923) was a...
died in 1933 and his brother Seraphim was killed in the battle for Moscow in 1941. Sorokin joined the Red Army in 1941 and served as a mortar operator. He was promoted to lieutenant, commanding a mortar battery and fought during the liberation of Belarussian and with the Baltic Front.
After the war Sorokin served as a political officer
Political commissar
The political commissar is the supervisory political officer responsible for the political education and organisation, and loyalty to the government of the military...
and studied at the Lenin Political Military Academy between 1948 and 1952. After graduating Sorokin was posted to the Navy and served as a political officer on the Destroyers Redkiy and Vdumchevy of the Soviet Pacific Fleet. In 1954 he became political officer aboard the cruiser Kalinin. In 1956 he became political officer of the Pacific fleet destroyer squadron and in 1959 he became base political officer at Sovetskaya Gavan
Sovetskaya Gavan
Sovetskaya Gavan is a town in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, and a port on the Strait of Tartary which connects the Sea of Okhotsk on the north with the Sea of Japan on the south. Population: 29,100 ; The name of the town is often informally abbreviated to "Sovgavan".-History:The bay on which...
Sorokin became chief political officer of the Northern Fleet in 1974 and was promoted to vice admiral n 1975. He became chief political officer of the Soviet Navy in 1980 and deputy chief political officer of the Soviet armed forces in 1981. He was promoted to Admiral of the Fleet in 1988 and retred in 1992
Sorokin served as a Peoples Deputy in the Soviet Parliament in 1989-91. In retirement he lives in Moscow and is president of the International Union of CIS War Veterans (Pensioners) Associations.