Ivan Travkin
Ivan Vasilyevich Travkin (Russian: Иван Васильевич Травкин; September 11 [O.S. August 30] 1908, Naro-Fominsk, Russia – June 14, 1985, Moscow) was a Soviet submarine commander, Captain 1st Rank, Hero of the Soviet Union (April 20, 1945).[1]
He was commander of the submarines ShCh-303 (Щ-303) and K-52. After his discharge from the Navy, in 1956, he lived and worked in Moscow.[1]
Ivan Vasilyevich Travkin is buried in the Kuntsevo Cemetery, Moscow.[1]
Awards
- Hero of the Soviet Union (awarded with the Gold Star medal; April 20, 1945, medal #5089)[1]
- Three Orders of Lenin[1]
- Two Orders of the Red Banner[1]
- Order of Ushakov, 2nd class
- Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
- Order of the Red Star
- Medal for Combat Service
- Navy Cross (United States)[1]
- Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary since the Birth of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin"
- Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"
- Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
- Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
- Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
- Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"
- Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
- Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
- Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
- Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad"
References
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