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Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov
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Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov

Soviet admiral
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Born:
Feb. 13 [Feb. 26, New Style], 1910, Kamenets-Podolsky, Ukraine, Russian Empire [now Kam’yanets-Podilskyy, Ukraine]
Died:
May 13, 1988, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R. (aged 78)
Political Affiliation:
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Awards And Honors:
Order of Lenin
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Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov (born Feb. 13 [Feb. 26, New Style], 1910, Kamenets-Podolsky, Ukraine, Russian Empire [now Kam’yanets-Podilskyy, Ukraine]—died May 13, 1988, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.) was a Soviet admiral, commander in chief of the Soviet navy (1956–85), who transformed the small coastal fleet into a world sea power. Gorshkov joined the Soviet navy at the age of 17, graduated from Frunze Naval College (1931), and spent most of his early career commanding ships in the Black Sea. He was commander of the Azov and Danube flotillas during World War II, and after the war he served the Black Sea Fleet as ...(100 of 211 words)

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