Lev Vladimirsky

In this name that followsEastern Slavic naming customs,thepatronymicisAnatolevichand thefamily nameisVladimirsky.

Lev Vladimirsky
Native name	Лев Анатольевич Владимирский
Born	27 September 1903 Guryev,Guryevsky Uyezd,Ural Oblast,Russian Empire
Died	7 September 1973(1973-09-07)(aged 69) Moscow,Soviet Union
Buried	Novodevichy Cemetery
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Service/branch	Soviet Navy
Years of service	1921–1970
Rank	Admiral
Commands	Black Sea Fleet
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Order of Lenin(2) Order of the Red Banner(3) Order of Suvorov2nd class Order of Ushakov2nd class

Lev Anatolevich Vladimirsky(Russian:Лев Анатольевич Владимирский; 27 September 1903 – 7 September 1973), was a Soviet naval officer and an Admiral (1954).

He joined the Red Army as a volunteer during theRussian Civil Warand fought against Islamic insurgents inTurkestan,later volunteering for service in the navy from 1921.

Vladimirsky graduated from theNaval Command School(1925) and studied at the special courses for commanding officers (1927), and theMilitary Academy of General Staff(1952).

Vladimirsky served aboard the Black and Azov seas ships as a navigator, watch chief, artilleryman, and senior deputy commander of adestroyer.From 1932, he commanded adestroyer escort,destroyer, destroyer leader, and from 1937, serving as chief of staff of the brigade ofcruisers,and operations officer of a cruiser brigade. Early in 1938, he served on the French transportBonifacioto supply arms and ammunition to the Spanish communists in the last stages of theSpanish Civil War,and later in 1938 Vladimirsky headed a detachment ofhydrographic vessels,which accomplished a passage from theBaltic Seato thePacific Ocean.

After being the officer accepting delivery of the firstTashkent class destroyer,from June 1939, Vladimirsky was commanding a squadron of the Black Sea Fleet, which from the beginning of theSecond World Warparticipated in the fighting during the defense ofOdesaandSevastopol.In September 1941, he led anamphibious landingin the Grigorevki region. From May 1943, Vladimirsky commanded the Black Sea Fleet, leading naval forces in the Novorossiysk (1943) and Kerch-Eltigen (1943) landing operations. In May 1944, Vladimirsky was appointedsquadron commanderin the Baltic Fleet. He assumed command during participation inthe Vyborg operationof 1944.

In 1947, Vladimirsky was appointed Admiral-Inspector of the Main Inspection of Armed Forces and later served as the Chief for the administration for naval educational institutions, Deputy Chief Inspector of Armed Forces for Military Naval Forces (VMF). From 1952, he was Chief for the Chief Directorate of Navy Military Training, and from April 1953, Chief for the administration of combat training VMF, becoming the Deputy Glavkom VMF on shipbuilding in March 1955. Between 1956 and 1959, Vladimirsky is the Chairman of the naval scientific and technical committee.

From 1959, Vladimirsky predominantly worked in scientific and pedagogical roles, notably as Deputy Chief of the Naval Academy (1962–67), and the professor-consultant of the academy (1967–70). Starting on 15 October 1968, he headed several complex Soviet oceanographic expeditions; in 1968 - round-the-world expedition on the oceanographic vesselPolus(Pole).

Vladimirsky retired in 1970.

Honours and awards

• TwoOrders of Lenin
• Order of Red Banner,three times
• Order of Suvorov,2nd class
• Order of Ushakov,2nd class
• Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"
• Medal "For the Defence of Odessa"
• Medal "For the Defence of Sevastopol"
• Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
• Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
• Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"
• Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
• Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
• Medal of Sino-Soviet Friendship

References

• Zonin, Sergey Aleksandrovich, Faithful to the ocean: About L.A., Vladimirsky, Politizdat, Moscow, 1986 (Зонин, Сергей Александрович, Верность океану: О Л. А. Владимирском, Политиздат, 1986.)[1]