Mikhail Alexandrovich Vorontsov ( 1900 , Gnilitsy , Russian Empire - 1986 , Moscow , USSR ) - Soviet intelligence officer, vice admiral . Father Yu. M. Vorontsov .
| Mikhail Alexandrovich Vorontsov | ||||||||||||||
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 Vice Admiral M.A. Vorontsov | ||||||||||||||
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| Place of Birth | Gnilitsy village , Nizhny Novgorod province , Russian Empire | |||||||||||||
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| Affiliation |  Russian empire RSFSR  the USSR | |||||||||||||
| Type of army | RIA , RKKF , GRU | |||||||||||||
| Years of service | 1915 - 1964 | |||||||||||||
| Rank |  vice admiral | |||||||||||||
| Battles / wars | Civil war in Russia The Great Patriotic War | |||||||||||||
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| Retired | from April 1964 | |||||||||||||
Content
- 1 Biography
- 1.1 Ranks
- 1.2 Awards
- 2 Literature
- 3 notes
- 4 References
Biography
Born in a Russian family. In 1915 he entered and in 1918 he graduated from the military paramedic school. In the RKKF since 1918, a participant in the Civil War. In November 1918 - March 1919 - the orderly of the Nizhny Novgorod Naval Port, in March 1919 - December 1920 - the lecturer (assistant doctor ) of the Ural floating workshop, in December 1920 - June 1921 - the clerk of the sanitary unit of the Central Nizhny Novgorod crew of the Volga Military flotillas , in June - October 1921 - by lekp of the Main Directorate of Dry Lift of the Northern Port , in October - November 1921 - of the Central Fleet Crew in Petrograd .
In October 1923 he graduated from the preparatory school of the school of the commanding staff of the fleet, in November 1926 - the Military Hydrographic School . Member of the RCP (b) since 1924. After graduating from college in November 1926 - April 1929 - foreman , in April 1929 - March 1930 - senior foreman of the hydrographic unit of the Northern hydrographic expedition of Leningrad . In March 1930 - November 1931 - the commander of the hydrographic ship " Azimut " and the head of the ship's hydrographic party.
In March 1934 he graduated from the Hydrographic Department of the K.E. Voroshilov Naval Academy . Directed to the Far East . In March 1934 - May 1938, he was the head of the hydrotechnical department of the Office for the Safety of Navigation in the Far East, in May 1938 - February 1939 - the assistant to the chief of the hydrographic department of the fleet, and in February - September 1939 - the acting deputy chief of staff of the Pacific Fleet .
In September 1939 - August 1941 (according to documents, in fact, until June 1941) - a naval attache with the Soviet ambassador to the Third Reich . [1] In August - September 1941 - deputy chief, in September 1941 - April 1945 - head of the 1st (Intelligence) Directorate of the NK Navy of the USSR - the Main Naval Headquarters of the Navy .
In April 1945 - April 1946 - head of the Baku Naval Preparatory School . In April 1946 - June 1947 - head of the 3rd Directorate of the GRU of the General Staff of the Armed Forces , in June 1947 - March 1949 - Deputy Head of the 1st Directorate of the Information Committee under the Council of Ministers of the USSR , in March 1949 - March 1950 - Head of the 2nd GRU General Staff. In February - April 1950, he served as deputy chief of the Naval General Staff and chief of the 2nd Main Directorate (Reconnaissance) of the Navy Naval General Staff, in April 1950 - April 1952, he was the head of the 2nd Main Directorate and Deputy Chief of the Naval General Staff.
In April - May 1952 - at the disposal of the Navy Personnel Office. In May 1952 - November 1953 and in September 1956 - March 1957 - Senior Lecturer, Department of Strategy and Operational Art, Deputy Head of the Department of Strategy, Higher Military Academy named after K. E. Voroshilov. In March 1957 - September 1959 - Deputy Head for Science and Academic Affairs of the Military Diplomatic Academy of the Soviet Army . In September 1959 - February 1960 was at the disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy of the USSR, in December 1959 - April 1964 of the 2nd Division of the General Staff of the Navy. Since April 1964 in stock. He was buried in Moscow at the Kuntsevsky cemetery .
Ranks
- 1st rank captain (September 1939);
- Rear Admiral (February 22, 1944);
- Vice Admiral (January 25, 1951);
Rewards
He was awarded the Orders of Lenin (1945), 2 Red Banner (1944, 1949), 2 World War II degrees (1943, 1985), Red Star (1938), medals, a foreign order ( Order of Brotherhood and Unity, II degree).
Literature
- Sudoplatov P.A. Intelligence and the Kremlin. Notes of an unwanted witness. - M .: Geya, 1996. - ISBN 5-85589-024-4 ;
- Grabar V.K. Nursed with a spear. Publisher: SPbSU, 2009. ISBN 5-8465-0769-7 , ISBN 978-5-8465-0769-2 ;
- Kolpakidi A.I. , Prokhorov D.P. Empire of the GRU. Book 2. Publisher: OLMA-Press, 2000. ISBN 5-224-00600-7 , ISBN 5-224-00767-4 ;
- Alekseev M.A. , Kolpakidi A.I. , Kochik V.Ya. Encyclopedia of military intelligence. 1918-1945 M., 2012, p. 203-204.