Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov

Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov (born Feb. 13 [Feb. 26, New Style], 1910, Kamenets-Podolsky, Ukraine, Russian Empire [now Kam’yanets-Podilskyy, Ukraine]—died May 13, 1988, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.) was a Soviet admiral, commander in chief of the Soviet navy (1956–85), who transformed the small coastal fleet into a world sea power. Gorshkov joined the Soviet navy at the age of 17, graduated from Frunze Naval College (1931), and spent most of his early career commanding ships in the Black...