Vice Admiral AI Nepenin: biography, fate. Military ranks

According to duties on the sailing fleet, the vice-admiral commanded a reserve, which was located behind the main forces. Deputy senior on a post. Peter I introduced a single scale of military ranks, which is called "Table of Ranks of 1722". In times when epaulettes were not worn, military ranks were denoted on the sleeves with patches and monograms. Vice Admiral - naval rank. Similar to the rank of lieutenant general. On epaulets - two large stars with anchors.

Famous Vice Admirals of Russia

Pavel Nakhimov - naval commander, 1802-1855 gg., Participant in numerous battles. Researcher, strategist, in 1852 - Vice Admiral. The officer commanded the Black Sea squadron during the Crimean War. Here the talent of the commander was manifested. The blockade of the main forces of the Turkish fleet in Sinop Bay ended in battle, the enemy's armada was destroyed. Nakhimova was awarded with the highest awards. Admiral stood at the head of the defense of Sevastopol with the transition of hostilities to land in the Crimea, died in 1855.

Fedor Fedorovich Ushakov is a heroic Russian strategist. The years of life are 1745-1817. The Admiral brought glory to the Black Sea Fleet. The officer went headlong into creative activity, took part in the fortification works of the base in Sevastopol, built ships in Kherson. Commander of the ship "Saint Paul". The Russian-Turkish battle raised Ushakov to the top of glory far beyond his homeland.

Stepan Osipovich Makarov, 1849-1904 Warlord, scientist, innovator. He introduced advanced views in the naval science. Admiral helped talented officers in the formation and promotion. He was honest and incorruptible, disliked officials and careerists. With the outbreak of the war in Port Arthur, he achieved direction there. The request was granted, and Makarov became the head of the Pacific Fleet. The Vice-Admiral arrived at the place of service, and life in the carriages resumed. Makarov died in battle, the ship ran into a mine, detonated its own ammunition. There were no chances.

The difference is only in the destination

Military ranks of the Navy and the army differ in sound, but there is only one sense: the rank-and-file, sergeant, senior officers, junior officers, senior and senior commanders. Elements of clothing, insignia - not to be confused. The army unites the types of armed forces of one country, and there is nothing to divide. The goal is clear - to protect the Fatherland from encroachments from outside. In the annals of our Fatherland there are many heroes who have laid down their heads in battles. And the titles of the Russian Navy do not play a big role here - ordinary soldiers and high ranks died. Patriots whose fate is not to be envied. A military sailor, vice-admiral, who during his lifetime showed an example of serving the Fatherland, courage in the fight against enemies; At the last moment did not flinch, did not break the oath and perished.

Brilliant start

Adrian Ivanovich Nepenin was born in 1871. The young man graduated from a profile educational institution in 1892. The Russian Navy Midshipman took the direction to the Black Sea to the coastal military unit to replenish the ship commands, then to the Baltic. In 1897 he received an appointment even further - in the Siberian Navy crew on the gunboat Manchzhur, suppressed the Boxer uprising in China, stormed the fortress. For courage and heroism awarded three orders and medals. In 1903, on the gunboat "Manchzhur" stayed in a voyage, which stretched for five months, guarded the fisheries of the northern seas.

The ship was anchored in the Chinese harbor of Shanghai, with the start of the Russo-Japanese War, the ship was disarmed by the Japanese. Together with several like-minded officers, the officer reached Port Arthur, did not hesitate and plunged into the whirlpool of battles against the fleet of the divine Mikado. During the torpedo attack, the Japanese were shielded by the ship, which was being flown, the flagship battleship Sevastopol with the commander of the squadron.

Flotovods

For feats awarded awards, which honor the officers: the orders of Saints Vladimir and George of the fourth degree. The war was lost, he did not sign the obligation of continued non-participation in the war against Japan, spent one year in captivity.

The officer returned to the Baltic in 1906, continued to fulfill his military duty, held managerial positions in crews and disposed of ships. Commander of the division of the Russian Navy torpedo boats.

Head of communications of the fleet, ahead of schedule became captain of the first rank. On this field has made a decisive contribution to the formation of communication and tracking at sea, special equipment of ships and coastal units by radio intelligence equipment, is at the source of the formation of naval aviation. Adrian Ivanovich in 1916 was noted for his decisive contribution to defense, and was given the title of Vice Admiral. Nepenin AI - Commander of the Baltic Fleet - led the operational association, the formation and control of combat training.

The genius of encryption

As we see, Nepenin had various titles of the Russian Navy. And, of course, they got to him with great difficulty. The Vice-Admiral built an intelligence network with a simple name - "Communications and Surveillance Service." The structure included an air connection, a prototype of the future naval aviation. For intelligence, this is the star time at the beginning of the war. The German cruiser ran aground, the crew was taken prisoner. Nobody expected that it was so easy to capture secret cryptographic books of a strategic nature. To decrypt the codes created a special team, which was hidden. Observed the situation of super-secrecy. It was possible to unravel the thoughts of others and the plans of the enemy. This is the victory of Russian counterintelligence.

The beginning of the seventeenth year was marked by serious unrest in the sailor's milieu. Bolshevik agitators led anti-government propaganda among the masses. The command, instead of harshly suppressing this lawlessness, continued to vilify the tsar, who renounced. Inaction led to disaster. March 4, 1917, with the next spontaneous action of the lower ranks, which the Bolsheviks planned in Helsingfors, the commander of the Baltic Fleet AI Nepenin was arrested. Drunken sailors killed the vice-admiral for disagreeing to surrender matters without the order of the Provisional Government.

The officers were killed in Sveaborg and Helsingfors, and there were reasons for that. Vice Admiral, when they reported the situation that the two battleships disobedience, did not take any measures. At that time there was a chance to crush the riots. The naval commander declared that he would not shed Russian blood. And he himself became a victim of the rebels.