Oleg Anikanov | |
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| Native name | Олег Карпович Аниканов |
| Born | 19 July 1933 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 24 April 2021 (aged 87) Moscow, Russian Federation |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union Russia |
| Service | Soviet Navy |
| Years of service | 1956–1993 |
| Rank | General Polkovnik |
| Awards | Order of Lenin Order of the Red Banner of Labour Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" Third Class Medal "For Impeccable Service" First, Second and Third Classes USSR State Prize State Prize of the Russian Federation |
Oleg Karpovich Anikanov (Russian: Олег Карпович Аниканов; 19 July 1933 – 24 April 2021) was an officer of the Soviet and later Russian navies. Over his career he reached the rank of general-polkovnik, equivalent to colonel general, and served as head of the navy's Main Engineering Directorate, and as deputy commander-in-chief of the Navy for construction, engineering support and maintenance.
Entering the Soviet Armed Forces after graduating with a speciality in engineering and construction in 1956, Anikanov spent his career in the navy, working on construction projects in and around the navy's many bases. His early service was with the Northern Fleet, where he worked on the new facilities required by the early generations of nuclear submarines then entering service. For his successes in this field, which included the first dry dock complexes in the USSR for nuclear submarines, he was awarded the Order of Lenin. He was later chief engineer of the military component of the General Staff of the USSR, deputy chief of Severovoenmorstroy, and had responsibility for construction with the Baltic and Northern Fleets. He reached his highest positions in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with responsibility for supervising the construction of naval bases in Cam Ranh in Vietnam, and Tartus, in Syria. He retired in 1993, but remained active in construction and engineering projects, as well as naval alumni associations, before his death in 2021.