Ivan Isakov

Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Ivan Isakov
Հովհաննես Իսակով
Isakov in 1945
Chief of the Naval Staff
In office 23 October 1940 – 21 April 1945
Preceded by	Lev Haller
Succeeded by	Vladimir Alafuzov
Personal details
Born	(1894-08-22)22 August 1894 Hadjikend, Kars Oblast, Russian Empire
Died	11 October 1967(1967-10-11) (aged 73) Moscow, Soviet Union
Resting place	Novodevichy Cemetery
Citizenship	Soviet
Nationality	Armenian
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union see below
Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Branch/service	Soviet Navy
Years of service	1917–1967
Rank	Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union
Commands	Chief of the Naval Staff Baltic Fleet Naval Academy
Battles/wars	World War I Russian Civil War World War II Winter War North Caucasus Front Kerch–Eltigen operation

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]