Filipp Oktyabrsky

Filipp Sergeyevich Ivanov (Филипп Сергеевич Иванов; 23 October 1899 – 8 July 1969), more popularly known as Filipp Sergeyevich Oktyabrsky (Филипп Сергеевич Октябрьский), was a Soviet naval commander. He began service in the Baltic Fleet in 1918. From 1925–27 he studied at the Naval Academy in Leningrad. As vice-admiral he was given command of the Black Sea Fleet in March 1939 and headed its actions during the Sieges of Sevastopol (1941-1942) and  Odessa (1941). After the war he became a Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, commander of all naval test centres and from 1957 to 1960 head of the Black Sea Higher Naval Institute "Admiral Pavel Nakhimov" (Черноморское высшее военно-морское училище имени П. С. Нахимова) in Sevastopol.

Awards and honors

 * Hero of the Soviet Union
 * Three Orders of Lenin
 * Three Order of the Red Banner
 * Two Order of Ushakov 1st class
 * Order of Nakhimov 1st class
 * Order of Suvorov 2nd class
 * Order of the Red Star
 * Medal "For the Defence of Odessa"
 * Medal "For the Defence of Sevastopol"
 * Commander of the Legion of Merit (USA)

A Kresta II class cruiser was named in honour of the Admiral.