Ivan Matveyevich Kapitanets (Russian: Ива́н Матве́евич Капита́нец; 10 January 1928 – 25 September 2018)И.М. Капитанец
was a Russian Fleet Admiral who served in the Soviet Navy. Kapitanets entered the Navy in 1946 and graduated from the

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in 1950. After graduation he joined the

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and served as torpedo officer on the destroyer ''Okrylenny''. He completed the in 1958 and commanded the destroyers ''Ostry'' and ''Otryvisty'' of the Northern Fleet. After completing the

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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

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(the Soviet Mediterranean squadron) between 1970 and 1973. In 1973 Kapitanets was assigned to the Pacific Fleet and commanded the

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. 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 Fleet Admiral in 1988. He retired in 1992. In retirement Kapitanets consulted for the Russian Government on naval matters and was a member of the Academy of Military Sciences. He was also the author of several books on Russian naval history.

Honours and awards

* Order of Courage *

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, 1st class * Order of the Red Star *

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, 3rd class

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kapitanets, Ivan 1928 births 2018 deaths People from Rostov Oblast Russian military leaders Soviet admirals Soviet Navy personnel Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of Courage Recipients of the Order of Nakhimov, 1st class N. G. Kuznetsov Naval Academy alumni Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union alumni