Vladimir Mitrofanowitsch Orlov

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Vladimir Mitrofanovich Orlov ( Russian Владимир Митрофанович Орлов ; born July 3 jul. / 15. July  1895 greg. In Kherson ; † 28. July 1938 ) was a Soviet military , commander in chief of the Soviet Seekriegsflotte (1931-1937) and Deputy People's Commissar of Defense the USSR. He last held the rank of flagman 1st rank, which corresponded to a vice admiral in other fleets.

Life

Orlov, the son of a high school director, began to study law at the University of St. Petersburg after graduating from high school , which he could not complete. In 1916 he was drafted into guards training courses , in 1917 assigned to a Mitschman school and, after graduating, he was employed in the Baltic Fleet as an officer on watch and artillery commander on the protected cruiser Bogatyr . In addition to his work on the ship's committee, he was active as the head of the Petrograd Communist Student Club. Towards the end of the First World War , in February 1918, he took part in the rescue of the Baltic fleet from the advancing German troops from Reval to Helsingfors . After the landing of the German Baltic Sea Division on April 3 at Hangö , he took part in the ice march of the Baltic Fleet , which enabled the return of the entire fleet to Kronstadt .

In September 1918 he became a member of the KPR (B) . From February 1919 to February 1920 he was chief of the political department of the Baltic Fleet and briefly editor-in-chief of the newspaper Rote Baltic Fleet . On September 1, 1920 Orlov was employed as the head of the political department of the naval and river forces of the Southwest Front, which later became part of the Black Sea Fleet and the Sea of ​​Azov Fleet . Together with NF Izmailov, the commander of this operational naval formation, he led the naval forces against the White Army under General Wrangel during the Russian Civil War and supported the conquest of Crimea . He fought against the troops of General Yudenich and took part in the suppression of the uprising in Fort Krasnaya Gorka ( Russian Красная Горка ). From 1920 to 1921 he worked as deputy head of the political leadership of the People's Commissariat for Maritime Transport of the RSFSR .

In December 1921, Orlow returned to the fleet by decision of the Central Committee of the KPR (B) and worked as an assistant to the chief of political leadership of the Red Army area Navy. He wrote newspaper articles on the role of the political organs in building up the naval forces, the specifics of the introduction of party political work on the ships and in parts of the fleet, and the importance of cadre training . From March 1923 to autumn 1925 he was chief and commissioner of the naval teaching institutions. In 1926 he completed higher academic courses at the Naval War Academy and was then commander of the Black Sea Fleet in October of that year. From June 1931 to July 1937 he was chief of the Soviet naval fleet and from January 1937 deputy people's commissar for defense of the USSR. He was also a member of the Revolutionary Military Council of the USSR and a member of the Supreme Soviet of the People's Commissariat for Defense of the USSR.

Orlov fell victim to the Great Purge . He was arrested on July 10, 1937. The Military College of the Supreme Court of the USSR found him guilty on July 28, 1938 of belonging to a counterrevolutionary organization. It sentenced him to death by shooting with immediate effect .

On June 23, 1956, Orlov was posthumously rehabilitated by the Supreme Court of the USSR .

Awards

literature

  • Н.С. Черушев: Расстрелянная элита РККА (командармы 1-го и 2-го рангов, комкоры, комдивы и им равные). 1937-1941. Биографический словарь . Moscow 2012, p. 19-20 .
  • Н. Кузнецов: Флагман флота 1-го ранга В. М. Орлов . In: Военный-исторический журнал . No. 6 , 1965.
  • Гребельский: 3. Выдающийся организатор строительства Советского флота . In: Морской сборник . No. 6 , 1963.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Сергей Сергеевич Близниченко: Расстрельный список «Москва-центр» не оставлял никаких надежд. In: Военно-исторический журнал. Retrieved June 20, 2013 (Russian).
  2. ↑ Н.С. Черушев, Ю.Н. Черушев: Расстрелянная элита РККА.
personal data
SURNAME Orlov, Vladimir Mitrofanovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Орлов, Владимир Митрофанович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Commander-in-chief of the Soviet naval fleet
DATE OF BIRTH July 15, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Kherson
DATE OF DEATH July 28, 1938