Grave of the Soviet Russian Admiral of the Fleet Nikolai Sergeyev at Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow, Russia
Nikolai Dmitriyevich Sergeyev was an Admiral of the Fleet and Chief of staff of the Soviet Navy. Sergeyev joined the Navy in 1928 and completed the Frunze Higher Naval School in 1931. In 1932 he joined the Amur Military Flotilla in the Far East and served on and commanded river monitors. He completed the Naval Academy in 1941. During the Second World War Sergeyev first served on the Main Navy Staff planning amphibious operations and then commanded monitors with the Volga Flotilla before returning to the Main Navy Staff in 1943. After the war Sergeyev continued to serve on the Main Navy Staff and took part in the Soviet nuclear testing programme near Novaya Zemlya. He became head of the Main Operations Directorate in 1953 and Chief of Naval Staff in 1964, serving for 13 years (longer than anyone else) in that post. He was promoted to Admiral of the Fleet in 1970 and was Inspector General in the Ministry of Defense. Sergeyev retired in 1992 and died in Moscow in 1999. He is buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery
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Location: Novodevichy Cemetery, 2 Luzhnetski Proezd, Moscow, Moscow Oblast, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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