Arseny Grigoryevich Golovko (; 10 June 1906 – 17 May 1962) was a Soviet
admiral
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, whose naval service extended from the 1920s through the early Cold War.
Service
He entered the
Soviet Navy in 1925 and graduated in 1928 from the
M.V. Frunze Higher Naval School in
Leningrad
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
. After that he served in various Fleet assignments. In 1937 and 1938 he took part in the
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, lin ...
on the side of the
Republicans. After his return to the USSR he attended the naval warfare school. From 1940 to 1946, during the
Second World War
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, he was Commander of the
Soviet Northern Fleet
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.
After the war he held various naval commands, among them Commander of the
Baltic Fleet
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. In 1956 he was named First Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy. He died in 1962.
Honours and awards
For his services, Golovko received the
Order of Lenin
The Order of Lenin (russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration b ...
four times and the Order of the Red Banner four times (twice with the Order of Ushakov). He also was decorated numerous times with other domestic and foreign orders and medals.
* Four
Orders of Lenin
The Order of Lenin (russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration b ...
*
Order of Red Banner
The Order of the Red Banner (russian: Орден Красного Знамени, Orden Krasnogo Znameni) was the first Soviet military decoration. The Order was established on 16 September 1918, during the Russian Civil War by decree of th ...
, four times
*
Order of Ushakov
The Order of Ushakov (russian: орден Ушакова) is a military decoration of the Russian Federation named in honour of admiral Fyodor Ushakov (1744–1817) who never lost a battle and was proclaimed patron saint of the Russian Navy. ...
, 1st class, twice
*
Order of Nakhimov
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, 1st class
*
Order of the Red Star
The Order of the Red Star (russian: Орден Красной Звезды, Orden Krasnoy Zvezdy) was a military decoration of the Soviet Union. It was established by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 6 April 193 ...
, twice
*
Medal "For the Defence of the Soviet Transarctic"
The Medal "For the Defence of the Soviet Transarctic" (russian: Медаль «За оборону Советского Заполярья») was a World War II campaign medal of the Soviet Union.
Medal History
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Jubilee Medal "20 Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"
*
Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"
The Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy" (russian: Юбилейная медаль «30 лет Советской Армии и Флота») was a state military commemorative medal of the Soviet Union established on February 22 ...
*
* Knight Grand Cross of the
Order of St. Olav (1946)
Personal life
His wife was the distinguished Russian actress
Kira Golovko
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. His daughter Natalia Golovko is also an actress.
Школа-студия МХАТ: 1970—1979
[Кира Головко]
on the web-page peoples.ru
Commemoration
The Soviet cruiser ''Admiral Golovko'' took its name from Arseniy Golovko.
References
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1906 births
1962 deaths
Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery
Soviet admirals
Recipients of the Order of Lenin
Recipients of the Order of Ushakov, 1st class
Recipients of the Order of Nakhimov, 1st class
Recipients of the Order of the Red Star
Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner
Russian people of the Spanish Civil War
Soviet military personnel of World War II
Soviet people of the Spanish Civil War
Baltic Fleet