Ivan Kapitanets
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Ivan Matveyevich Kapitanets (Russian Ива́н Матве́евич Капита́нец ) (born 1928) is a retired Soviet Navy
Admiral of the Fleet
Kapitanets entered the Navy in 1946 and graduated from the Caspian Higher Naval School in 1950. On gradation he joined the Northern Fleet and served as torpedo officer on the destroyer Okrylenny. He completed the Advanced Special Officers' Course in 1958 and commanded the destroyers Ostry and Otryvisty of the Northern Fleet.
After completing the Naval Academy in 1961 he commanded a destroyer squadron of the Northern Fleet. Kapitanets graduated from the General Staff Academy in 1970 and was deputy commander of the Soviet Mediterranean squadron between 1970 and 1973.
In 1973 Kapitanets was assigned to the Pacific Fleet and commanded the Kamchatka squadron. he was promoted to Vice Admiral in 1975.
Kapitanets was deputy commander of the Baltic Fleet in 1978 and commanded this fleet in 1981-85 when he was promoted to commander of the Northern Fleet. Kapitanets was made first deputy commander of the Soviet Navy and Admiral of the Fleet in 1988. He retired in 1992.
In retirement Kapitanets consults for the Russian Government on naval matters and is a member of the Academy of Military Sciences. He is also the author of several books on Russian naval history.
Soviet Navy
The Soviet Navy was the naval arm of the Soviet Armed Forces. Often referred to as the Red Fleet, the Soviet Navy would have played an instrumental role in a Warsaw Pact war with NATO, where it would have attempted to prevent naval convoys from bringing reinforcements across the Atlantic Ocean...
Admiral of the Fleet
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...
Kapitanets entered the Navy in 1946 and graduated from the Caspian Higher Naval School in 1950. On gradation he joined the Northern Fleet and served as torpedo officer on the destroyer Okrylenny. He completed the Advanced Special Officers' Course in 1958 and commanded the destroyers Ostry and Otryvisty of the Northern Fleet.
After completing the Naval Academy in 1961 he commanded a destroyer squadron of the Northern Fleet. Kapitanets graduated from the General Staff Academy in 1970 and was deputy commander of the Soviet Mediterranean squadron between 1970 and 1973.
In 1973 Kapitanets was assigned to the Pacific Fleet and commanded the Kamchatka squadron. he was promoted to Vice Admiral in 1975.
Kapitanets was deputy commander of the Baltic Fleet in 1978 and commanded this fleet in 1981-85 when he was promoted to commander of the Northern Fleet. Kapitanets was made first deputy commander of the Soviet Navy and Admiral of the Fleet in 1988. He retired in 1992.
In retirement Kapitanets consults for the Russian Government on naval matters and is a member of the Academy of Military Sciences. He is also the author of several books on Russian naval history.
Honours and awards
- Order of CourageOrder of CourageThe Order of Courage is a decoration presented by the government of the Russian Federation. Established in 1994, the order is presented for "acts of courage or self-sacrifice."- External links :* *...
- Order of LeninOrder of LeninThe Order of Lenin , named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was the highest decoration bestowed by the Soviet Union...
- Order of NakhimovOrder of NakhimovOrder of Nakhimov is one of the highest naval awards in former USSR and nominally in Russian Federation, along with the order of Ushakov. Established on March 3, 1944, it has two classes, both of them feature an anchor-shaped star...
, 1st class - Order of the Red StarOrder of the Red StarEstablished on 6 April 1930, the Order of the Red Star was an order of the Soviet Union, given to Red Army and Soviet Navy personnel for "exceptional service in the cause of the defense of the Soviet Union in both war and peace". It was established by Resolution of the Presidium of the CEC of the...
- Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed ForcesOrder for Service to the Homeland in the Armed ForcesThe Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR also known as Order of Service to Motherland was a USSR military order created on 28 October 1974, making it the first military order created after the end of World War II.According to its statute, the order was awarded for...
, 3rd class