Mikhail Viktorov
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Mikhail Vladimirovich Viktorov (; December 24, 1893 – August 1, 1938) was a Russian military leader and Commander-in-Chief of the
Soviet Naval Forces The Soviet Navy was the naval warfare uniform service branch of the Soviet Armed Forces. Often referred to as the Red Fleet, the Soviet Navy made up a large part of the Soviet Union's strategic planning in the event of a conflict with the opposi ...
from August 1937 to January 1938.


Career

Born at
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, Viktorov was the son of an officer and graduated from the Naval Academy with the gold medal as top cadet in 1913. During World War I he served with the
Baltic Fleet The Baltic Fleet () is the Naval fleet, fleet of the Russian Navy in the Baltic Sea. Established 18 May 1703, under Tsar Peter the Great as part of the Imperial Russian Navy, the Baltic Fleet is the oldest Russian fleet. In 1918, the fleet w ...
and was navigating officer of the battleship ''Tsesarevich'' and fought in the
Battle of Moon Sound The Battle of Moon Sound was a naval battle fought between the forces of the German Empire, and the then Russian Republic (and three British submarines) in the Baltic Sea during Operation Albion from 16 October 1917 until 3 November 1917 duri ...
. In the Civil War he joined the Bolsheviks and commanded the cruiser ''Oleg'' and subsequently the battleships ''Andrei Pervozvanny'' and ''Gangut''. In 1921 he contributed to the suppression of the ''Kronstadt'' rebellion. Between December 1924 and April 1926 he was named Chief of the Central Hydrographic Department of the USSR. From 1925 he commanded the Soviet Baltic Fleet and in 1932 was the founding commander of the
Soviet Pacific Fleet The Pacific Fleet () is the Russian Navy fleet in the Pacific Ocean. Established in 1731 as part of the Imperial Russian Navy, the fleet was known as the Okhotsk Military Flotilla (1731–1856) and Siberian Military Flotilla (1856–1918), f ...
.Order of the Revolutionary Military Council of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the personnel of the army No. 103. February 23, 1928. . - M .: Central Printing House of NKVM, 1928. - 1 p. - 400 copies He became commander of the Soviet navy following the arrest of his predecessor. Viktorov was himself arrested at the end of 1937 and was shot in 1938. He was posthumously rehabilitated in 1956.


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Russian Hydrographic Service The Russian Hydrographic Service, full current official name Department of Navigation and Oceanography of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, is Russia's hydrographic office, with responsibility to facilitate navigation, performing ...


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1893 births 1938 deaths People from Yaroslavl Imperial Russian Navy officers Russian military personnel of World War I Soviet military personnel of the Russian Civil War Soviet Navy officers Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov) Soviet rehabilitations Great Purge victims from Russia {{Russia-mil-bio-stub