Ivan Kapitanets
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Ivan Matveyevich Kapitanets (Russian: Ива́н Матве́евич Капита́нец; 10 January 1928 – 25 September 2018)Fleet Admiral who served in the Soviet Navy.
Kapitanets entered the Navy in 1946 and graduated from the Caspian Higher Naval School in 1950. After graduation he joined the Northern Fleet and served as torpedo officer on the destroyer Okrylenny. He completed the Higher Special Officer Classes in 1958 and commanded the destroyers Ostry and Otryvisty of the Northern Fleet.
After completing the
Naval Academy 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 5th Operational Squadron
(the Soviet Mediterranean squadron) between 1970 and 1973.
In 1973 Kapitanets was assigned to the Pacific Fleet and commanded the Kamchatka Flotilla. He was promoted to vice admiral in 1975.
Kapitanets was deputy commander of the
Fleet Admiral
in 1988. He retired in 1992.
In retirement Kapitanets consulted for the
Academy of Military Sciences
. He was also the author of several books on Russian naval history.
Honours and awards
- Order of Courage
- Order of Lenin
- Order of Nakhimov, 1st class
- Order of the Red Star
- Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, 3rd class
References
- ^ И.М. Капитанец Archived 2018-09-29 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
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