Ivan Isakov Military person

Ivan Stepanovich Isakov (Armenian: Հովհաննես Իսակով, Russian: Иван Степанович Исаков; (22 August [O.S. 10 August] 1894 – 11 October 1967), born Hovhannes Ter-Isahakyan, was a Soviet Armenian military commander, Chief of Staff of the Soviet Navy, Deputy USSR Navy Minister, and held the rank of Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union. He played a crucial role in shaping the Soviet Navy, particularly the Baltic and Black Sea flotillas during the Second World War. Aside from his military career, Isakov became a member and writer of the oceanographic committee of the Soviet Union Academy of Sciences in 1958 and in 1967, became an honorary member of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic's Academy of Sciences.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)Հովհաննես Ստեփանի Իսակով (Armenian); Иван Степанович Исаков (Russian)
Birth dateAugust 22, 1894
Birth place
Russian Empire , Kars Oblast
Date of deathOctober 11, 1967
Place of death
Moscow , Soviet Union
Resting place
Novodevichy Cemetery

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Military person

award
Order of the Red Banner
Order of Ushakov
Ivan Isakov
Order of the Patriotic War
Order of the Red Star
military operations
Winter War
World War II
World War I
military commandBaltic Fleet
service start1917
service end1967

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  1. http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=1466