Valery Mikhailovich Sablin
Valery Mikhailovich Sablin ( Russian Валерий Михайлович Саблин ; born January 1, 1939 in Leningrad , † August 3, 1976 in Moscow ) was a Soviet political officer with the rank of corvette captain .
In 1975, Sablin led a mutiny on the frigate Storoschewoi . The ship was placed in the Riga Bay by other Soviet warships and aircraft . Sablin was executed by shooting for high treason .
The Mutiny on the Soviet frigate Storozhevoy inspired the author Tom Clancy in the constitution of his novel The Hunt for Red October , the 1990 Sean Connery in the lead role filmed was.
Web links
- A Leninist Hero of our Times. In Memory of Valery Sablin: The true story of Red October. Online article by Alan Woods .. (Originally no longer available, retrieved from web.archive.org on April 22, 2020)
Individual evidence
- ^ Norman Polmar: The Naval Institute guide to the Soviet Navy. United States Naval Institute, 1991. page 75
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| SURNAME | Sablin, Valery Mikhailovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Саблин, Валерий Михайлович |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet corvette captain |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 1, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leningrad |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd August 1976 |
| Place of death | Moscow |