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Alexandr Nikolaevich Bakhtin

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Alexandr Nikolaevich Bakhtin

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15 Jun 1931 (aged 37)
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Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russia Add to Map
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Russian submarine hero, commander of submarine "Panther." He received the highest award of the Russian Federation - the Order of the Red Banner for the sinking of the British destroyer "Vittoria". He was born in the small village of Maloarkhangelsk County (now - Glazunov area) Orel province . He was then sent to the military school Orlovsky where he served for 10 years (the founder of the school was the great-grandfather AN Bakhtin). He was then education at the St Petersburg in 1914, where he graduated from the Naval Academy , and in 1916 - submarine class.
During World War I he served in the Baltic Fleet - submarine "Cayman" and "Wolf" . For military campaigns received awards:
Order "Stanislaus» III degree,
Order of "St. Anna» III degree,
Order of "St. Anna» IV degree with the inscription "For Bravery".
After the revolution, he made a choice in favor of Soviet power and continued to serve in the ranks of the workers 'and Peasants' Red Fleet . In August 31, 1919 the Submarine "Panther" commanded by Bakhtin, sank the British destroyer "Vittoria" in Koporskaya Bay Gulf . This was the first major success of the Soviet submarine fleet, for this feat, he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner (the first submarine).In later years he worked in the field of active submarine: he served the battalion commander of submarines in the Baltic, the Black Sea, has also taught at the Naval Academy, in special courses, commanding the naval forces of the Red Army at the same time he published in newspapers and magazines, participated in revival of the Red Navy. In 1926 he graduated from the Naval Academy. After graduation, he was transferred to the reserve. After a while, he was arrested, and convicted under Article 58 for a period of 5 years and stripped of the Order of the Red Banner. The punishment was serving in the camp on the Solovetsky Islands , in 1927, the camp was replaced with the link. In 1929 he was released early, but from exile, he returned to Leningrad already ill.
Russian submarine hero, commander of submarine "Panther." He received the highest award of the Russian Federation - the Order of the Red Banner for the sinking of the British destroyer "Vittoria". He was born in the small village of Maloarkhangelsk County (now - Glazunov area) Orel province . He was then sent to the military school Orlovsky where he served for 10 years (the founder of the school was the great-grandfather AN Bakhtin). He was then education at the St Petersburg in 1914, where he graduated from the Naval Academy , and in 1916 - submarine class.
During World War I he served in the Baltic Fleet - submarine "Cayman" and "Wolf" . For military campaigns received awards:
Order "Stanislaus» III degree,
Order of "St. Anna» III degree,
Order of "St. Anna» IV degree with the inscription "For Bravery".
After the revolution, he made a choice in favor of Soviet power and continued to serve in the ranks of the workers 'and Peasants' Red Fleet . In August 31, 1919 the Submarine "Panther" commanded by Bakhtin, sank the British destroyer "Vittoria" in Koporskaya Bay Gulf . This was the first major success of the Soviet submarine fleet, for this feat, he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner (the first submarine).In later years he worked in the field of active submarine: he served the battalion commander of submarines in the Baltic, the Black Sea, has also taught at the Naval Academy, in special courses, commanding the naval forces of the Red Army at the same time he published in newspapers and magazines, participated in revival of the Red Navy. In 1926 he graduated from the Naval Academy. After graduation, he was transferred to the reserve. After a while, he was arrested, and convicted under Article 58 for a period of 5 years and stripped of the Order of the Red Banner. The punishment was serving in the camp on the Solovetsky Islands , in 1927, the camp was replaced with the link. In 1929 he was released early, but from exile, he returned to Leningrad already ill.

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