Panteleev Y.А. (1901-1983), Admiral

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PANTELEEV Yury Alexandrovich (1901, St. Petersburg; 1983, Leningrad), Admiral (1953), Professor (1962). Completed Classes in Navigation for Commanders of the Naval Forces of the Red Army Revolutionary Committee (1925), and the Naval Department of Voroshilov Naval Academy (1933). During the Civil War fought in the Baltics. In 1918-19 - crew commander with the Supreme Naval Collegium, in 1919-20 commander of a detachment of patrol ships for the Neva River defence, afterwards, navigator of the Marat battleship. In 1925-30 and 1935-38, Panteleev served in the Black Sea Fleet, and in 1933-35 in the Northern Military Flotilla. In 1939 he was appointed Chief of Staff of the Baltic Fleet, and took part in the Soviet-Finnish War of 1939-40. During the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45 Panteleev was in charge of the Defence of Leningrad (1941), and as Commander of the Leningrad Naval Base (1941-42), organised the transfer of several divisions of the 8th Army from the Oranienbaum bridgehead to Leningrad, and participated in development of city defence plans. In 1942-44 (intermittently), served as assistant to the Chief of the General Staff of the Navy. In 1944-45, Panteleev was Commander of the Belomorsk Flotilla. In 1946-47, he was in service in the Navy General Staff. In 1948-51 and 1960-67, served as CCO of Voroshilov Naval Academy. In 1951 held high-ranking command posts. In 1956-60, headed Krylov Naval Academy of Ship-Building and Armament. Retired in 1968. Author of the memoirs Half a Century in the Fleet (Moscow, 1974). Buried in the Serafimovskoe Cemetery.

Reference: Корсунский М. А. Ровесник века: Повесть об адм. Ю. А. Пантелееве. Таллин, 1983.

A. N. Lukirsky. Krylov Alexander Nikolaevich
Panteleev Yury Alexandrovich
Voroshilov Kliment Efremovich
Корсунский М. А. Ровесник века: Повесть об адм. Ю. А. Пантелееве. Таллин, 1983 Baltic Fleet
Oranienbaum Bridgehead