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Basisty, Nikolai Yefremovich

    Date of birth:
    May 21st, 1898 (Yuryevka/Odessa Oblast, Ukraine)
    Date of death:
    October 20th, 1971 (Moscow, Soviet Union)
    Nationality:
    Soviet

    Biography

    Promoted Rear-Admiral on 3 January 1942, promoted Vice-Admiral on 23 April 1943.

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    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Kontr-admiral (Rear-Admiral)
    Awarded on:
    1942
    Orden Lenina
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Vitse-admiral (Vice-Admiral)
    Unit:
    Chernomorsky Flot (Black Sea Fleet)
    Awarded on:
    1943
    Navy Cross
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Vitse-admiral (Vice-Admiral)
    Awarded on:
    June 22nd, 1944
    Orden Ushakova 2
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Vitse-admiral (Vice-Admiral)
    Awarded on:
    1944
    Orden Krasnogo Znameni
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Vitse-admiral (Vice-Admiral)
    Awarded on:
    1945
    Orden Lenina
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Vitse-admiral (Vice-Admiral)
    Awarded on:
    1945
    Orden Krasnogo Znameni
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Vitse-admiral (Vice-Admiral)
    Awarded on:
    1945
    Orden Kutuzova 2

    Sources

    • Photo: Public Domain
    • - Lurye, V.M., Admiraly i generaly Voyenno-Morskogo flota SSSR, Saint-Petersburg, 2001
      - Sterner C.D., Recipients of The Navy Cross, 1916 - Present,
      - forum.faleristika.info

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