serviceyears branch commands death_place death_date birth_place awards battles birth_date rank article_title name
1932-1977 soviet navy northern fleet ? 12 june 1977 smolnikovo , russia order revolution order of the red banner - twice order of of the red star - twice lenin - twice order of the october world war ii 15 february 1913 admiral of the fleet semyon lobov
 semyon lobov
semyon lobov

semyon mikhailovich lobov -lrb- russian Семён Михайлович Лобов -rrb- born 15 february 1913 died 12 june 1977 was an admiral of the fleet in the soviet navy .
lobov was born in smolnikovo , volokolamsky district , moscow oblast and joined the soviet navy in 1932 .
in 1937 lobov completed the frunze military academy and served in the soviet pacific fleet .
between 1938 and 1946 he commanded an escort ship and a destroyer .
in 1945 he took part in the soviet war against japan .
in 1946 lobov transferred to the black sea fleet where he commanded the kirov class cruiser `` voroshilov '' .
in 1951 he commanded the battleship `` sevastopol '' .
in 1954 lobov transferred to the soviet northern fleet where he became a squadron commander and in 1964 he became commander of the northern fleet .
in 1972 lobov was deputy chief of staff of the soviet navy and became a candidate member of the central committee of the communist party .
he was also a deputy in the supreme soviet .
lobov is buried in the novodevichy cemetery in moscow the fourth , incomplete and uncommissioned , slava class cruiser `` admiral lobov '' was named after him .
