Vladimir Tributs

Vladimir Tributs
Born (1900-07-28)July 28, 1900
St. Petersburg, Russia
Died August 30, 1977(1977-08-30) (aged 77)
Moscow
Allegiance  Russian SFSR
 Soviet Union
Service/branch  Soviet Navy
Years of service 1918-1961
Rank Admiral
Commands held Baltic Fleet
Battles/wars Russian Civil War, World War II
Awards Order of Lenin - twice
Order of the October Revolution
Order of Ushakov - twice
Order of the Red Banner - four times
Order of Nakhimov
Order of the Red Star

Vladimir Filippovich Tributs (Russian: Влади́мир Фили́ппович Три́буц) (July 28 [O.S. July 15] 1900 – August 30, 1977) was a Soviet naval commander and admiral from 1943.

Life and career

Born in 1900 in Saint Petersburg, Tributs joined the Navy in 1918 and during the Russian Civil War participated in combat actions on the Volga and in the Caspian. Graduated and received his commission from M.V. Frunze Higher Naval School in 1926 and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1932. From 1932 to 1936 he served on ships of the Baltic Fleet (the Parizhskaya Kommuna and the Battleship Marat) and commanded the destroyer Yakov Sverdlov. From February 1938 to April 1939 Tributs served as the Chief of Staff of the Baltic Fleet and from April 1939 to 1947 he commanded it.

As war approached, Tributs observed the growing evidence of hostile German activity with apprehension; in the summer of 1940, he "advanced Baltic Fleet headquarters from its historic seat at the Kronstadt fortress in Leningrad to the port of Tallinn, two hundred miles to the west" despite his worries about security problems and the difficulty of constructing a new base.[1] On June 19 he put the Baltic Fleet up to "Readiness No. 2" state, which meant fueling the ships and putting their crews on alert, and late on the evening of June 21 (the eve of the German invasion) he moved to "Readiness No. 1" state, which was fully operational.[2] On August 17, the defense of Leningrad was placed in his hands.[3]

A leading navy commander during the Siege of Leningrad, Tributs led the Soviet evacuation of Tallinn, organized military operations in defense of the ports of Kronstadt and Oranienbaum during 1941-1943, and arranged counterattacks by naval aircraft of the Baltic Fleet defending Leningrad from aerial bombing attacks. His active involvement in the defense of Leningrad helped to save the city from still more destruction, but failed to save the suburban palaces of the Tsars, such as the Peterhof Palace, from destruction by the Nazis.

From March 1946 until May 1947 he commanded the 8th Fleet (Baltic Fleet). On May 28, 1947 he was made Deputy Chief of the troops of the Far East for the Navy. In June 1948, was recalled to Moscow. In September 1948 - January 1949 - The head of the military and naval schools and senior naval officer in Leningrad. In March, 1949 - December 1951 - Head of the Hydrographic Department of the Navy of the USSR. In June and September 1948 and January–March 1949 remained at the disposal of the Commander in Chief.

Tributs retired in February 1961 and, turning to military history after his retirement, he produced over 50 works including military histories of the Baltic Fleet and its operations during the Second World War.

The Udaloy class destroyer Admiral Tributs is named after him.

Honours and awards

References

  1. ↑ Harrison E. Salisbury, The 900 Days: The Siege Of Leningrad (Da Capo Press, 2003: ISBN 0-306-81298-3), p. 16.
  2. ↑ John Erickson, The Road to Stalingrad: Stalin's War with Germany, Vol. 1 (Yale University Press, 1999: ISBN 0-300-07812-9), pp. 96, 107.
  3. ↑ Salisbury, The 900 Days, p. 224.

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Works

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