Oleg Aleksandrovich Yerofeyev (; 10 July 1940 – 24 December 2022) was an officer of the

Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

and Russian Navies, who reached the rank of

admiral Admiral is one of the highest ranks in many 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. Admiral is ranked above vice admiral and below admiral of ...

, and commanded the

Northern Fleet The Northern Fleet (, ''Severnyy flot'') is the Naval fleet, fleet of the Russian Navy in the Arctic. According to the Russian ministry of defence: "The Northern Fleet dates its history back to a squadron created in 1733 to protect the terri ...

from 1992 to 1999.

Honours and awards

Order of Lenin The Order of Lenin (, ) was an award named after Vladimir Lenin, the leader of the October Revolution. It was established by the Central Executive Committee on 6 April 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration bestowed by the Soviet ...

Order of the October Revolution The Order of the October Revolution (, ''Orden Oktyabr'skoy Revolyutsii'') was instituted on 31 October 1967, in time for the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution. It was conferred upon individuals or groups for services furthering communis ...

* Order of Military Merit

References

1940 births 2022 deaths Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union alumni Burials in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of Military Merit (Russia) Soviet Navy personnel People from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Russian admirals N. G. Kuznetsov Naval Academy alumni Higher Special Officer Classes of the Navy alumni Kirov Caspian Higher Naval School alumni {{Russia-mil-stub