Vladimir Tributs

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Vladimir Tributs
Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Buried
Allegiance Soviet Russia (1918-1922)
 Soviet Union (1922-1961)
Service/branch Soviet Navy
Years of service1918-1961
RankAdmiral
Commands heldBaltic Fleet
Battles/warsRussian Civil War, World War II
AwardsOrder of Lenin - twice
Order of the October Revolution
Order of Ushakov - twice
Order of the Red Banner - four times
Order of Nakhimov
Order of the Red Star

Vladimir Filippovich Tributs (

Soviet
naval commander and admiral from 1943.

Life and career

Born in 1900 in

Yakov Sverdlov
. From February 1938 to April 1939 Tributs served as the Chief of Staff of the Baltic Fleet and from April 1939 to 1947 he commanded it.

As war approached, Tributs observed the growing evidence of hostile German activity with apprehension; in the summer of 1940, he "advanced Baltic Fleet headquarters from its historic seat at the Kronstadt fortress in Leningrad to the port of Tallinn, two hundred miles to the west" despite his worries about security problems and the difficulty of constructing a new base.[1] On June 19 he put the Baltic Fleet up to "Readiness No. 2" state, which meant fueling the ships and putting their crews on alert, and late on the evening of June 21 (the eve of the German invasion) he moved to "Readiness No. 1" state, which was fully operational.[2] On August 17, the defense of Leningrad was placed in his hands.[3]

A leading navy commander during the

Nazis
.

From March 1946 until May 1947 he commanded the 8th Fleet (Baltic Fleet). On May 28, 1947 he was made Deputy Chief of the troops of the Far East for the Navy. In June 1948, was recalled to Moscow. In September 1948 - January 1949 - The head of the military and naval schools and senior naval officer in Leningrad. In March, 1949 - December 1951 - Head of the Hydrographic Department of the Navy of the USSR. In June and September 1948 and January–March 1949 remained at the disposal of the Commander in Chief.

Tributs retired in February 1961 and, turning to military history after his retirement, he produced over 50 works including military histories of the Baltic Fleet and its operations during the Second World War.

The Udaloy-class destroyer Admiral Tributs is named after him.

Honours and awards

References

  1. ), p. 16.
  2. ), pp. 96, 107.
  3. ^ Salisbury, The 900 Days, p. 224.

Sources

  • Словарь Биографический Морской, St. Petersburg, LOGOS, 2001, .

Works

  • Балтийцы наступают (The Sailors of the Baltic Fleet are Advancing). Kaliningrad, 1968.
  • Балтийцы вступают в бой (The Sailors of the Baltic Fleet Join the Battle). Kaliningrad, 1972.
  • Балтийцы сражаются (The Sailors of the Baltic Fleet Fight). Kaliningrad, 1975.

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