Valery Sablin Military person

Captain 3rd Rank Valery Mikhailovich Sablin (Russian: Валерий Михайлович Саблин, Valerij Michajlovič Sablin) (1 January 1939 – 3 August 1976) was a Soviet Navy officer and a member of the Communist Party. In November 1975, he led a mutiny on the Soviet warship Storozhevoy (Russian: Сторожевой, Storoževoj, meaning "Vigilant") in the hope of starting a Leninist political revolution in the Soviet Union. His mutiny failed and he was executed for treason nine months later.

Personal facts

Birth date	January 01, 1939
Birth place	Soviet Union , Saint Petersburg
Date of death	August 03, 1976
Place of death	Moscow , Soviet Union

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award	Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR
military operations	Cold War
military branch	Soviet Navy
service start	1956
service end	1975