Nikolai Sergeyev (admiral)

Nikolai Dmitriyevich Sergeyev (Ukrainian: Микола Дмитрович Серге́ев; Russian: Никола́й Дми́триевич Серге́ев, September 22, 1909 – February 11, 1999) was a Fleet Admiral and Chief of staff of the Soviet Navy.

Nikolay Sergeyev Никола́й Дми́триевич Серге́ев
Admirals of the fleet Smirnov (left) and Sergeyev (right)
Born	September 22, 1909 Petrovtsy Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	February 11, 1999(1999-02-11) (aged 89) Moscow, Russia
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Service / branch	Soviet Navy, Russian Navy
Years of service	1928–1992
Rank	Fleet Admiral
Commands	Chief of staff of the Soviet Navy
Battles / wars	World War II
Awards	Order of Lenin (twice)

Biography

Sergeyev joined the Navy in 1928 and completed the M.V. Frunze Higher Naval School in 1931. In 1932 he joined the Amur Military Flotilla in the Far East and served on and commanded river monitors. He completed the Naval Academy in 1941.

During World War II Sergeyev first served on the Main Navy Staff planning amphibious operations and then commanded monitors with the Volga Flotilla before returning to the Main Navy Staff in 1943.

After the war Sergeyev continued to serve on the Main Navy Staff and took part in the Soviet nuclear testing programme near Novaya Zemlya. He became head of the Main Operations Directorate in 1953 and Chief of Naval Staff in 1964, serving for 13 years (longer than anyone else) in that post. He was promoted to Fleet Admiral in 1970 and was Inspector General in the Ministry of Defence.

Sergeyev retired in 1992 and died in Moscow in 1999. He is buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery.

Honours and awards

• Two Orders of Lenin
• Order of the October Revolution
• Order of the Red Banner, three times
• Order of Nakhimov, 2nd class
• Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class, twice
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour
• Order of the Red Star, three times
• Order of Zhukov (Russian Federation, 1995)
• USSR State Prize
• Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"

References

In Russian language:

• Советская военная энциклопедия в 8-ми томах. М,:Военное издательство, 1976-1981. - Том 7. - С.329-330.
• В.Д. Доценко. Морской биографический словарь. СПб,:«LOGOS», 1995. - С.371.