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Ivan Isakov

Soviet military commander (1894-1967) · Russia · On the map · Politicians · Died at 73

Ivan Stepanovich Isakov, 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.

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1967Died11 October 19671965Hero of the Soviet UnionAwardOrder of LeninAward1951State Stalin Prize, 1st degreeAward1950Stalin PrizeAward1946Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 1st classAwardOrder of the People's LiberationAward1945Order of Ushakov, 1st classAward1944Order of Ushakov, 1st classAward1943Order of the Patriotic War, 1st classAward1940Order of the Red BannerAward1938Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"AwardOrder of LeninAward1934Order of the Red StarAward1894Born22 August 1894

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Awards

Order of Lenin1965
Hero of the Soviet Union1965
State Stalin Prize, 1st degree1951
Stalin Prize1950
Order of the People's Liberation1946
Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 1st class1946
Order of Ushakov, 1st class1945
Order of Ushakov, 1st class1944
Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class1943
Order of the Red Banner1940
Order of Lenin1938
Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"1938
Order of the Red Star1934
Medal "For the Victory over Japan"
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"
Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"
Medal "For the Defence of Sevastopol"
Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus"
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"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
Jubilee Medal Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad"
Order of the Partisan Star
Wound stripe
Order of Ushakov
Order of the Cross of Grunwald

About this person

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.

Country
Russia
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1894 to 1967 · aged 73

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