Alexander Berzin (scholar), Alexander Berzin
Alexander Berzin may refer to: * Aleksandr Berzin (born 1946), Soviet and Russian sailor, Hero of the Russian Federation * Alexander Berzin (scholar) Alexander Berzin (born 1944) is a scholar, translator, and teacher of Tibetan Buddhism. Early years Berzin was born in Paterson, New Jersey, United States. He received his B.A. degree in 1965 from the Department of Oriental Studies, Rutgers Univ ...

Aleksandr Berzin
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Berzin (russian: Александр Александрович Берзин; born 18 March 1946) is a retired officer of the Soviet and Russian navies. He reached the rank of rear admiral and received the title of Hero of the Russian Federation during his career. Biography Berzin was born on 18 March 1946 in Moscow, in what was then the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, in the Soviet Union. Orphaned at an early age, he was raised by relatives in Baku in the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, attending the Nakhimov Naval School in Leningrad and graduating with a silver medal in 1965. He went on to study at the Frunze Higher Naval School, graduating in 1970 and joining the Northern Fleet for service on submarines. He served aboard the ''K-418'' between July 1970 and November 1975, and completed the in 1976. His next post was as senior assistant commander of the ''K-487'' between July 1976, and January 1980, before he took over his first c ...
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