Yevgeny Andreyevich Berens (, occasionally transliterated as Behrens; – 7 April 1928) was a Russian military leader, Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Naval Forces from April 1919 to February 1920. Born in Tiflis in 1876, Berens graduated from the Naval Cadet Corps in 1895. He was navigating officer of the Russian cruiser ''Varyag'' and fought in the Battle of Chemulpo Bay when his ship was sunk. After being repatriated he served in the

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as executive officer of the Russian battleship Tsesarevich. From 1910 to 1917 he served as naval attache to the Netherlands, Germany, and Italy (1915–1917). After the

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, Berens returned to Russia and served on the Naval General Staff. After the October Revolution he joined the Red side and was head of the Naval Staff from 1917 to 1919. In 1919, he was appointed commander of the Soviet Navy on the death of

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. In 1920, he was transferred to the diplomatic service and was head of the Soviet delegation at major conferences. He was military attache to Great Britain and France from 1924. He died in Moscow in 1928 and was buried in

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. Berens' brother, Mikhail Berens, was also a naval officer but joined the

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in the Russian Civil War and commanded Wrangel's fleet

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* ''This article is translated from Russian Wikipedia'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Berens, Yevgeny 1876 births 1928 deaths Military personnel from Tbilisi People from Tiflis Governorate Imperial Russian Navy admirals Russian military leaders Russian military personnel of the Russo-Japanese War Russian military personnel of World War I Soviet admirals Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian) Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery Soviet military attachés Naval Cadet Corps alumni