Biography Gorshkov with g

Born 13 on February 13 in the city of Kamenetz-Podolsky Podolsk province now Khmelnitsky region, Ukraine. From the year he lived in the city of Kolomna now the Moscow region. In the year he graduated from 9th grades of the school in Kolomna, in the year-1 course of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Leningrad University. In the Navy since October.

In November, he graduated from the M. Naval School on the Black Sea Fleet with a watchman November-December and the navigator December-March of the destroyer Frunze. Then he served in the Pacific Fleet: the navigator of the destroyer Tomsk March, January, the flag-gear flag of the bargain and trawling January-November, the commander of the Burun patrol ship November-December in March, graduated from the courses of destroyers commanders.

He continued the service in the Pacific Fleet: the commander of the destroyer “dividing” March - October, the chief of staff of October - May and the commander of May - February of the brigade of destroyers. A participant in hostilities in the area of ​​Lake Hassan in August in the position of commander of the 7th Marine Brigade of the Pacific Fleet. Since June - commander of the team of cruisers of the Black Sea Fleet.

In April, he gradually graduated from improving the highest commanding staff at the Naval Academy. Member of the Great Patriotic War: in June - October - commander of the team of cruisers of the Black Sea Fleet. Participated in the defense of Odessa. In October - September - commander of the Azov military flotilla. During the Kerch-Feodosia landing operation, he led the landing forces to the northern coast of the Kerch Peninsula.

In the summer of the year, the flotilla under his command supported the troops of the Southern and North Caucasus fronts. In August, after the departure of the Soviet troops to Novorossiysk, warships and ships under the command of S. Gorshkov, a successful breakthrough from Azov to the Black Sea was carried out. In September - February - deputy commander of the Novorossiysk defensive area for the marine unit, took part in the leadership of the defense of the city.

In November, the Black Sea group of the troops of the Transcaucasian Front, who participated in the defense of Novorossiysk, acted in the army. In February - April - commander of the Azov military flotilla. During the Kerch-Eltigen landing operation, he personally managed the preparation and landing of sea landings in the main direction. He participated in the liberation of southern Ukraine, Taman and Crimea.

In April - December - commander of the Danube military flotilla. During the Yasko-Chisinau operation, the flotilla successfully contributed to the troops of the 3rd Ukrainian Front in the forcing of the Dniester estuary. During the Belgrade and Budapest operations, the flotilla assisted the troops of the 2nd Ukrainian and 3rd Ukrainian Fronts. In December - November - the commander of the squadron of the Black Sea Fleet.

Since November - the chief of staff of the fleet, and in August - July - the commander of the Black Sea Fleet, the city of Sevastopol, Crimea. Since July-1st Deputy Commander-in-Chief, and in January-December-Commander-in-Chief of the Navy-Deputy Minister of Defense of the USSR. For the skillful leadership of the troops and personal courage, manifested in the fight against the German-fascist invaders, and to commemorate the flight of the victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War, a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the USSR dated May 7, the admiral of the fleet, Sergei Georgievich, was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Golden Hell.

Star ". By heading the Soviet Navy, made a great contribution to its post-war development and construction, to equip with modern ships and military equipment. Under his leadership, the Navy became missile, replenished with ships and ships of new types, including atomic underwater and surface missile carriers, aircraft of marine rocket lamps, helicopters for various purposes, and came close to the creation of large aircraft carriers.

S. Gorshkov’s merit is also the release of the Soviet fleet into the world ocean with the organization of the long military service of the Navy ships in the promptly important regions of the World Ocean and the formation of operational squadrons operating in the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans.

Made a significant contribution to the development of the theory of naval art. He lived in Moscow. He died on May 13. He was buried in the Novodevichy cemetery in Moscow. The laureate of the Lenin Prize was awarded to 7 Orders of Lenin's Honorary Citizen of the cities of Vladivostok Bronze Bust S. Gorshkova is installed in the city of Kolomna of the Moscow Region, the bust was also installed in the city of Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Territory.

Streets in the cities of Vladivostok, Zheleznodorozhny, Moscow Region and Izmail of the Odessa Region Ukraine, as well as the microdistrict in Novorossiysk are named after him. In the years, the Navy included a heavy aircraft -carcass cruiser, Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov, was called Baku up to a year, was currently sold to India and was renamed Vikramatia.

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