Filipp Oktyabrsky award received Medal "For the Defence of Sevastopol"
Filipp Sergeyevich Oktyabrsky (Russian: Филипп Серге́евич Октябрьский, real surname: Ivanov - Иванов; 23 October [O.S. 11 October] 1899 – 8 July 1969, Sevastopol) was a Soviet naval commander. He began service in the Baltic Fleet in 1918.
From 1925–27 he studied at the Naval Academy in  Leningrad. As vice-admiral he was given command of the Black Sea Fleet in March 1939 and headed its actions during the Sieges of  Sevastopol (1941-1942) and  Odessa (1941). After the war he became a Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, commander of all naval test centres and from 1957 to 1960 head of the  Black Sea Higher Naval Institute "Admiral Pavel Nakhimov" (Russian: Черноморское высшее военно-морское училище имени П. С. Нахимова) in Sevastopol.Awards and honors
Hero of the Soviet Union
Three Orders of Lenin
Three Order of the Red Banner
Two Order of Ushakov 1st class
Order of Nakhimov 1st class
Order of Suvorov 2nd class
Order of the Red Star
Medal "For the Defence of Odessa"
Medal "For the Defence of Sevastopol"
Commander of the Legion of Merit (USA)A Kresta II class cruiser was named in honour of the Admiral.
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