Honorary Citizen of Sevastopol

The theme of pre-revolutionary honorary citizenship in the city of Sevastopol is little studied. In the course of several years of research work on the installation of the names of honorary citizens according to the documents of the State Archives of Sevastopol, the State Archives of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the Russian State Archives of the Navy in St. Petersburg, the names of eight honorary citizens of pre-revolutionary Sevastopol were established and documented.

The title of honorary citizen of the city was awarded by decision of the city duma, but did not immediately enter into force. The document was required "to cast a high glance at His Imperial Majesty." Only after the approval of the emperor could declare submitted on the honor rendered to him. The title was given in vivo.

The real expression of the city award was a chocolate-colored shagreen leather folder with a saffian-colored leather on a moire pad of 9x12 inches (40x53 cm) in size. In the upper left corner there was a chased silver monogram of the name of the person being awarded, the full name in the middle was made of silver lettering, the enamel coat of arms of the city was located at the bottom. Such a thing was ordered, as a rule, from Petersburg masters and it was rather expensive for that time (late XIX - early XX centuries) - 110-150 rubles. A welcome address was attached to this cover, which was handed over to the solemn honorary citizen at a meeting of the city duma. Portraits of honorary citizens decorated the boardroom of the city duma.

Some of the honorary citizens were not residents of Sevastopol, but each of them made a personal and specific contribution to the development of the city. These are outstanding people of their era, who, as they wrote in archival documents of the time, were given the title “for labors for the good of the Fatherland”.

The coup of 1917 abolished the institute of honorary citizenship. ^[1] .

Russian Empire

• Kotzebue, Pavel Yevstafyevich (1801-1884) - General of Infantry , Adjutant General , member of the defense of Sevastopol 1854-1855.
• Totleben, Edward Ivanovich (1818-1884) - an honorary citizen of the city of Sevastopol since 1886. Military engineer, participant of the defense of Sevastopol in 1854-1855.
• Kislinsky, Peter Ivanovich (1806-1880) - Acting Military Governor in Sevastopol (1858-1865), participant in the defense of Sevastopol in 1854-1855.
• Pereleshin, Pavel Alexandrovich (1821–1901) - the first mayor of Sevastopol (1872–1873).
• Kazi, Mikhail Ilich (1839-1896) - the mayor of Sevastopol (1874-1876).
• Richter, Otton Borisovich (1830-1908) - General of Infantry .
• Maximov, Alexey Andreevich (1853-1908) - the mayor of Sevastopol (1901-1908) ^[2] .
• Bogdanovich, Yevgeny Vasilyevich (1829-1914) - General of Infantry , a writer .
• Tolstoy, Lev Nikolayevich (1828–1910) - the title “Honorary Citizen of the City of Sevastopol” was awarded to the Sevastopol City Council in 1908, but rejected by Emperor Nicholas II ^[3] . Writer. Member of the defense of Sevastopol in 1854
• Grigorovich, Ivan Konstantinovich (1853–1930) - Russian naval and statesman, adjutant general , admiral , last maritime minister of the Russian Empire.

USSR

• Borisov, Boris Alekseevich (1903–1981) - an honorary citizen since 1967. During the defense of Sevastopol 1941-1942. - First Secretary of the Sevastopol State Committee of the VKP (b), Chairman of the Municipal Committee of Defense.
• Gagarin, Yuri Alekseevich (1934-1968) - an honorary citizen since 1967. Colonel, Hero of the Soviet Union, cosmonaut of the USSR, the first man to fly into space (April 12, 1961).
• Gelovani, Archil Viktorovich (1915-1978) - an honorary citizen since 1976. Marshal engineering troops. During the Great Patriotic War, he was chief engineer and head of the construction of the Black Sea Fleet, a member of the defense of Sevastopol. He made a great contribution to the restoration, construction and improvement of Sevastopol. Winner of the Lenin and State Prizes. Honored Builder of the RSFSR.
• Gorshkov, Sergey Georgievich (1910-1988) - an honorary citizen since 1974. Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union, twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Participant in the defense of Sevastopol (1941–1942).
• Tabachny, Gennady Matveevich (1912-1971) - an honorary citizen since 1967. Hero of Socialist Labor. From 1932 until the end of his life he worked at the Sevmorzavod, for many years he led the brigade. During the war, together with the plant was evacuated to the Caucasian fleet bases.
• Titov, German Stepanovich (1935-2000) - an honorary citizen since 1961. Pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR, Hero of the Soviet Union. Made on August 6-7, 1961, the second in the history of mankind orbital flight into space on the Vostok-2 spacecraft. In September 1961, he visited the city of Sevastopol together with Yu. A. Gagarin.
• Chursin, Serafim Evgenievich (1906-1985) - an honorary citizen since 1973. Admiral, Commander of the Black Sea Fleet (1962—1969). Commander of the submarine brigade of the Black Sea Fleet (1944-1948). Since 1955 - Chief of Staff and First Deputy Commander of the Black Sea Fleet, since 1962 - Commander of the Black Sea Fleet, since 1968 - Professor and Consultant of the Naval Academy.
• Asadov, Edward Arkadyevich (1923-2004) - an honorary citizen since 1989. Poet, member of the Union of Writers of the USSR. Participant in the battles for the liberation of Sevastopol in 1944. In the battle he was seriously wounded, as a result of which he lost his sight. The author of "The Duma of Sevastopol."
• Baida, Maria Karpovna (1922–2002) - an honorary citizen since 1976. Hero of the Soviet Union (1942). Participant in the defense of the city of Sevastopol (1941—1942). Saninstruktor, a prisoner of a fascist concentration camp, after the war, worked as head of the registry office of the Sevastopol City Executive Committee.
• Bagrintsev, Nikolay Vasilyevich (1937–2014) - an honorary citizen since 1987. Hero of Socialist Labor. Member of the Board of the Soviet Peace Foundation, awarded the gold medal of the Soviet Peace Foundation.
• Koshevoy, Peter Kirillovich (1904—1976) - an honorary citizen since 1974. Marshal of the Soviet Union, twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Member of the civil war. The commander of the 63rd Infantry Corps of the 51st Army of the 4th Ukrainian Front, distinguished himself in battles in the Crimea on the outskirts of Sevastopol - Sapun-Gora (May 7, 1944).
• October, Philip S. (1899-1969) - an honorary citizen since 1967. Admiral. Hero of the Soviet Union. Member of the civil war. Since 1939 - Commander of the Black Sea Fleet. During the Great Patriotic War was one of the leaders of the defense of Odessa and Sevastopol. Commander of the Sevastopol Defense Region (1941–1942). From March 1944 - Commander of the Black Sea Fleet.
• Pirogov, Roman Antonovich (1898–1991) - an honorary citizen since 1974. Participant of the First World War (1914). Commander of the battalion of the national militia during the period of defense (1941-1942) and the liberation of Sevastopol (1944).
• Provalov, Konstantin Ivanovich (1906—1981) - an honorary citizen since 1974. Colonel-General, Hero of the Soviet Union.
• Rebrov, Evgeny Andreevich (1928-2002) - an honorary citizen since 1974. Hero of Socialist Labor. Honored Builder of the Ukrainian SSR.
• Papanin, Ivan Dmitrievich (1894–1986) - an honorary citizen since 1979. Twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Doctor of Geography. Member of the civil war. Until 1919, he was in command positions in the detachments of the revolutionary sailors of the Crimea. He served in the bodies of the Crimea and the navy and the Black Fleet (1920-1925 gg.). In Sevastopol, in the homeland of the hero, a bust is installed. His street is named after him.
• Savitsky, Yevgeny Yakovlevich (1910-1990) - an honorary citizen since 1974. Air Marshal. Twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Honored Military Pilot of the USSR. In the battles for the liberation of Sevastopol (1942) - Major General Aviation. For 216 sorties made during the war, he personally shot down 22 and in group battles - 2 enemy aircraft. Participant of the liberation of Sevastopol (1944).
• Sarina, Antonina Alekseevna (1903-1997) - an honorary citizen since 1973. In Sevastopol, since 1932: Secretary of the Party Committee of the Main Military Port, Deputy Chief for General Affairs of the Hydrometeorological Department, Second Secretary of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolshevik) Party Committee, Chairman of the Ship District Council. During the defense of Sevastopol (1941–1942), he was secretary of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolshevik) Party Committee for Industry.

Ukraine

• Gradov, Petr Mikhailovich (1925-2003) - an honorary citizen since 2000. Poet, playwright. Member of the Great Patriotic War. More than 250 songs are written on his poems, including “The Legendary Sevastopol” , which is the anthem of the city of Sevastopol (composer V.I. Muradeli).
• Kuchma, Leonid Danilovich (b. 1938) - an honorary citizen since 2002. Former President of Ukraine.
• Lavrinenkov, Vladimir Dmitrievich (1919-1988) - an honorary citizen since 1974. Colonel-General of Aviation, twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Member of the liberation of Sevastopol in 1944
• Rogachev, Pyotr Mikhailovich (1920-2006) - an honorary citizen since 2006. Member of the heroic defense of Sevastopol 1941-42gg. He commanded the 18th Separate Marine Corps Battalion. 1965-1982 director of the museum "Heroic defense and liberation of Sevastopol." At the beginning of the 90s he headed the editorial board of the Book of Memory.
• Selivanova, Nina Fedorovna (1926–2005) - an honorary citizen since 2001. Head the department of propaganda and agitation of the Balaklava district committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine (1953-1957). Secretary of the Balaklava RK KPU (1957—1962). Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Balaklava District Council of Deputies (1962—1984). Member of the Council of Elders of the Sevastopol City and Balaklava District State Administrations. Secretary of the Balaklava District Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine, member of the presidium of the district veteran organization.
• Kolyadin, Viktor Ivanovich (1922–2008) - an honorary citizen since 2004. Major General Aviation. Hero of the Soviet Union (1945). He personally shot down 16 enemy aircraft. He fought in Korea (1951-1952) commander of the regiment, shot down 6 US aircraft. Honored Pilot of the USSR.
• Zaika, Ivan Ivanovich (1918-2009) - an honorary citizen since 2004. Commander of the 54th coastal defense battery of the Black Sea Fleet, which first launched the defense of the city in 1941. Commander of a partisan detachment No. 2 of the second brigade of the Eastern Union of the Crimean partisans (1943-1944).
• Generalov, Yevgeny Vasilyevich (b. 1931) - an honorary citizen since 2009. from 1971 to 1980 he headed the Parus plant, from 1980 to 1990 he was the chairman of the city executive committee. He made a significant contribution to solving the issues of economic, social and cultural development of the city.
• Chizh, Stanislav Aleksandrovich (1935–2008) - an honorary citizen since 2007. The national artist of Ukraine , the sculptor , the author of many monuments in Sevastopol.
• Bulakh, Sergey Romanovich (1925—2014) - Honored Forester of Ukraine .
• Filippov, Anatoly Matveyevich (b. 1938) - winemaker, honored worker of the industry of Ukraine .
• Toll, Vladimir Mikhailovich (1935–2014) - Honored Doctor of Ukraine .
• Shkaplerov, Anton Nikolaevich (born 1972) - cosmonaut.

Russia

• Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich (born 1952) - President of Russia ^[3] .

• Honorary citizens of Sevastopol (Neopr.) . Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol. The appeal date is November 10, 2014.
• Honorary citizens of the hero-city of Sevastopol (Neopr.) . Sevastopol newspaper (July 12, 2011). The appeal date is November 10, 2014.