Alexey Schastny

Alexey Mikhaylovich Schastny
Alexey Schastny
Born(1881-10-16)October 16, 1881
Zhytomyr, Ukraine, Russian Empire
DiedJuly 22, 1918(1918-07-22) (aged 36)
Moscow, Soviet Russia
Allegiance Russian Empire
Soviet Russia
Service / branch Imperial Russian Navy
Naval ensign of Russia (1920–1923) Red Fleet
Years of service1901–1918
RankCaptain 1st Rank
CommandsBaltic Fleet
Battles / warsRusso-Japanese War
World War I
Russian Civil War Executed
AwardsOrder of St. Anna
Order of Saint Stanislaus

Alexey Mikhailovich Schastny (Russian: Алексе́й Миха́йлович Ща́стный) (1881–1918) was a Russian and Soviet naval commander. He commanded the Baltic Fleet during the Ice Cruise. He was executed on the order of the Soviet judge M. Karklin in June 1918 on the charges of organizing a dictatorship of the Baltic Fleet in separation from the Soviet Union.[1]

  1. ^ Carr, Barnes (15 October 2020). The Lenin Plot: The Untold Story of America's Midnight War Against Russia. Amberley Publishing. pp. 1–352. ISBN 978-1-3981-0451-8.