Ivan Isakov

Ivan Isakov
Հովհաննես Իսակով
Isakov in 1945
Chief of the Naval Staff
In office
23 October 1940 – 21 April 1945
Preceded byLev Haller
Succeeded byVladimir Alafuzov
Personal details
Born(1894-08-22)22 August 1894
Hadjikend, Kars Oblast, Russian Empire
Died11 October 1967(1967-10-11) (aged 73)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Resting placeNovodevichy Cemetery
CitizenshipSoviet
NationalityArmenian
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union
see below
Military service
Allegiance Soviet Union
Branch/service Soviet Navy
Years of service1917–1967
RankAdmiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union
CommandsChief of the Naval Staff
Baltic Fleet
Naval Academy
Battles/wars

Ivan Stepanovich Isakov (Armenian: Հովհաննես Իսակով, Russian: Иван Степанович Исаков; 22 August [O.S. 10 August] 1894 – 11 October 1967), born Hovhannes Ter-Isahakyan, was a Soviet Armenian military commander, Chief of Staff of the Soviet Navy, Deputy USSR Navy Minister, and held the rank of Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union. He played a crucial role in shaping the Soviet Navy, particularly the Baltic and Black Sea flotillas during the Second World War. Aside from his military career, Isakov became a member and writer of the oceanographic committee of the Soviet Union Academy of Sciences in 1958 and, in 1967, became an honorary member of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic's Academy of Sciences.[1]

  1. ^ (in Armenian) Baghdasaryan A. and Ashot H. Harutyunyan. «Իսակով, Հովհաննես Սթեփանի» (Isakov, Hovhanness Stepani). Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia. vol. iv. Yerevan: Armenian Academy of Sciences, 1978, pp. 389–390.