Arseny Grigoryevich Golovko (; 10 June 1906 – 17 May 1962) was a Soviet

admiral Admiral is one of the highest ranks in some navies. In the Commonwealth nations and the United States, a "full" admiral is equivalent to a "full" general in the army or the air force, and is above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet ...

, whose naval service extended from the 1920s through the early Cold War.

Service

He entered the Soviet Navy in 1925 and graduated in 1928 from the M.V. Frunze Higher Naval School in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. After that he served in various Fleet assignments. In 1937 and 1938 he took part in the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlism, Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebeli ...

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 World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...

, he was Commander of the Soviet Northern Fleet. After the war he held various naval commands, among them Commander of the

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. 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 The Order of Lenin (russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration ...

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. * Four Orders of Lenin * Order of Red Banner, four times * Order of Ushakov, 1st class, twice * Order of Nakhimov, 1st class *

Order of the Red Star The Order of the Red Star (russian: Орден Красной Звезды, Orden Krasnoy Zvezdy) was a military decoration of the Soviet Union. It was established by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 6 April 193 ...

, twice * Medal "For the Defence of the Soviet Transarctic" *

Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" The Medal "For the Victory Over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (russian: Медаль «За победу над Германией в Великой Отечественной войне 1941—1945 гг.») was a military dec ...

* Jubilee Medal "20 Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army" * Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy" * Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" * Knight Grand Cross of the

Order of St. Olav The Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav ( no, Den Kongelige Norske Sankt Olavs Orden; or ''Sanct Olafs Orden'', the old Norwegian name) is a Norwegian order of chivalry instituted by King Oscar I on 21 August 1847. It is named after King Olav II ...

(1946)

Personal life

His wife was the distinguished Russian actress

Kira Golovko ) , birth_date = , birth_place = Yessentuki, Russian SFSR , death_date = , death_place = Moscow, Russia , restingplace = , restingplacecoordinates = , othername ...

. His daughter Natalia Golovko is also an actress.Школа-студия МХАТ: 1970—1979
Кира Головко
on the web-page peoples.ru

Commemoration

The Soviet cruiser ''Admiral Golovko'' took its name from Arseniy Golovko.

References

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