The elusive destroyer of the 56th project The destroyer is elusive. New miles to you, Captain Volynsky

I will continue the series of posts about the victory.

Today - about a real person, our contemporary. Whom I hated and respected as a child. And who opened the parade on Red Square twice! He was the first to walk and carry the Banner of the Nakhimov School in his hands. And I saw it on TV!!! And my school friends saw it. They respectfully looked at me - he shook hands with the man walking first in the parade!

Now something crackled in Putin's brain, and again the Nakhimovites will go first, open the Victory Parade. And he FIVE times printed a step on the century-old paving stones! And I respected and hated him. Why?

One Sunday, a young sailor, a cadet of the Nakhimov School, came to our place for dinner. My distant relative from Sevastopol entered Nakhimovskoye and for three years, like clockwork, came to my mother and my family for lunch. No, they fed excellently at the school, but his mother told him - every Sunday you go to dinner with Aunt Lelya, my mother was called that by relatives. There is no substitute for homemade food! Moreover, my mother cooked borscht like that! And he is from Ukraine, after a plate of her borscht - as he visited his homeland.

And everything would be fine, but he was appointed an example for me, a teenager. He was precise as a watch, perfectly cut, this is understandable, but his shape was perfectly ironed, and he took off his guis (a collar like that for sailors) and folded it in folds for a long time. No extra wrinkles! And most importantly - he jumped up from the table when a woman or a girl got up because of him!

All three years I was poked in the nose! I was furious, but when he simply told me that he could dance not only the waltz, but also the polonaise and paso doble, I was blown away! My knowledge of rock music has become so pale and unnecessary. I smelled the power of the Empire!

Revolutions… victory of the proletariat… Komsomol subbotniks… They swept over my land. And Russian sailors continue to dance paso doble!

From that moment I became an imperialist and a monarchist. Vitya, communist, delegate to congresses and party conferences, you didn't know that, did you?

So, get acquainted, Volynsky Victor Leonidovich. Almost a legend of the Russian Black Sea Fleet of our time.

Volynsky
Victor
Leonidovich
LNVMU
1970 onwards

You can read a large article from the collection of graduates of the Nakhimov School at the end of the post, and last year's article, when he was already sailing on civilian tankers, which are like 4 aircraft carriers in size.

I'll just add a few of my memories. Curious)))

When he came once a year or two and told sea tales, I almost did not believe him. And he really was a thunderstorm in the Mediterranean! He went side by side with the American fleet.
They were enemies, but the American admiral was the first to congratulate Vitya on the birth of his daughter in Sevastopol. Ours reported only in the late afternoon, when the Americans had already removed the horns, turned off the festive music, finished the fireworks ... The Russian captain had a baby!

He said: it was very nice that a potential enemy congratulated you so loudly, and from the heart, but it was disturbing to understand that the intelligence of the enemy knows everything!

I believed him when he explained why he had gained so much weight after becoming a captain: you sit, he says, in the wheelhouse and command the messenger - come on, brother, bring a cutlet from the galley, and he drags a huge plate, of course, eat the whole ...

When Vitya plowed the Mediterranean on his destroyer, hanging on the tail of an American aircraft carrier, the worst thing was that American pilots were passing exams for the highest professionalism achieved by study. Above his head.

It was necessary to fly low over the Soviet ship. And if the pilot managed to fly below our antennas, he received the highest rank of Master Pilot. And the next title.

And so it got ours!

And an event almost caused a war. Our sailor from Vitya's ship shot down the Phantom! He fell next to the ship in the sea. The pilot ejected and survived. But our sailor has fallen on hard days!

Vitya put it on his lip. The sailor was first interrogated by the ship's committeeman. In the evening, committee members from Sevastopol flew in by helicopter. The guy was interrogated for two days. What did you hit him with? What did you shoot? And the guy just threw a tin can at the Phantom out of anger! And he fell! The commission began to measure the height of the flight and the strength of the sailor's throw. The guy was throwing cans all day...

And Vitya was in a trance - either they would be imprisoned for unleashing the third world war, or they would be removed from the commanders. The commission flew away without saying anything. The whole team wondered whether they would be removed, or the order would be given to the commander! And Vitya did not sleep well. The next morning I received a telegram.

The sailor threw the jar into the plane. She sparkled in the sun. The plane was flying very low over the sea. The pilot's hand trembled in fright. The plane hit a wave with its wing and crashed. Everybody is alive. It's nobody's fault. Hang up.

Vitya was happy. Not guilty. Hang up.

This is not a story, this is the real life of Soviet sailors. But no one pissed in their pants out of fear. Nobody wrote a report. It's zapad...

And the second time I did not believe him, when he came from the north, where he visited the super last nuclear boat. He arrived gloomy - he knew very well the crampedness of the boats in the Black Sea Fleet, although he was not a submariner, when the sailors there sleep on a berth on a shift, in closeness and tightness ...

And here - a cabin for two sailors, a small swimming pool with a sauna, a volleyball court ... And a winter garden where real parrots fly! Then I realized for sure - he's lying! Although he pointed to my rather long six-entrance nine-story house and said that the boat was longer than my house and all 9 floors would sink in it! Only later did I find out that the lost Kursk was not the largest Soviet boat. It was the Empire again!

Sailor from God. - Marine collection No. 9, 2002

There are legends about the good nature, simplicity and extraordinary wit of Viktor Leonidovich in the Navy. However, the Black Sea people know about the unique service experience and high professionalism of Captain 1st Rank V.Volynsky no less than about his exceptional human qualities. About such, what, they say "a sailor from God." Viktor Leonidovich himself never doubted the choice of a life path. It was sacred for him to follow in the footsteps of his father, who once served as an energy engineer in Finland, Tallinn, Feodosia and Balaklava. Therefore, Volynsky Jr., having felt the salty taste of naval romance from childhood, already after the fifth grade dreamed of entering the Leningrad Nakhimov Naval School.
He achieved his goal. True, an incident almost happened at the entrance exam in a foreign language. The fact is that Victor studied French at school, and the English teacher had to answer. After a long "interview", the officer and the entrant eventually found a common language, and this was the young man's first victory. Volynsky passed the rest of the exams without any problems.
At the school, the Sevastopol boy attracted attention not only with the abilities of a polyglot. A physically strong and hardy cadet was entrusted to carry the banner of the Nakhimov Military School at the parade in honor of Victory Day in Moscow. He is still proud of the fact that for all the years of his studies he was lucky enough to walk in the front "box" on the cobblestones of Red Square five times: first as a Nakhimov student, then as a cadet of the Black Sea VVMU named after P.S. Nakhimov. In it, he went through all the possible commander's steps for a cadet. He tried to comprehend the science of ship service deeply and firmly. The theory was tested and strengthened by practice on the large missile ships "Troublesome", "Elusive", the military-industrial complex "Red Caucasus", the cruisers "Grozny" and "Zhdanov". In the future, by the way, it turned out that almost all of them continued the officer service of Viktor Leonidovich.

First there was the "Troublesome", where, in six years of service, Volynsky went from a missile battery commander to a ship commander, participated in his, perhaps, the longest combat service in the Mediterranean, tracking American aircraft carriers, then in the South Atlantic and off the sultry coast of Africa. Returning to his native base, Victor received the military rank most long-suffering and therefore especially long-awaited for any officer - senior lieutenant. And I didn't get it in the usual way.
Once in the Mediterranean, Admiral N. Khovrin, commander of the Black Sea Fleet, switched from the cruiser "Dzerzhinsky" to the DBK "Troubled". Reporting to him the situation, the commander of the ship also mentioned that a number of young officers during the long voyage had expired the deadline for conferring the next military rank, and no presentations were prepared for them in advance. Literally an hour later, when Lieutenant Volynsky went up to the navigation bridge and asked the admiral who was there for permission to take over the watch, he heard: "Get in, comrade senior lieutenant!" And then he received new shoulder straps from the hands of the fleet commander.

Since then, the addition in the stars "at the crossing by the sea" has become a kind of tradition for Viktor Leonidovich. Volynsky became a captain-lieutenant three years later - and also in the course of military service. He was promoted to the rank of captain of the 2nd rank ahead of schedule, commanding the crew of the Elusive, and received epaulettes already as the first mate of the commander of the cruiser Zhdanov, while in the Black Sea. Viktor Volynsky received his current title after graduating from the Naval Academy named after N.G. Kuznetsov, when, in the position of chief of staff of a missile ship brigade, he went to sea to practice combat training tasks at the Ochakov BOD. The only exception to the "rules" was to receive the rank of captain of the 3rd rank, which he was awarded while studying at the Higher Special Officer Classes. Viktor Leonidovich believes that he was very lucky, because the main part of his officer career fell on the peak of the development of the Soviet Navy. More than 20 times Volynsky had to perform the tasks of military service, 15 of them - as a commander of a ship or a senior on board. They followed the aircraft carrier strike groups of the then "probable enemy". We went on visits to almost all countries of the southern part of the World Ocean. They dropped anchor at all regular and little-known points, moored in unfamiliar ports, refueled in different weather and technical conditions: on the move, at anchor, under the same vehicle, under the same boiler. Sometimes three tankers simultaneously provided fuel and water for three ships.

Captain 1st rank V.Volynsky is frankly proud of the fact that he has never created the prerequisites for navigational accidents and incidents. Kombrigs, he recalls, then drove their ships in formations, orders, controlled two full-fledged KPUGs at once. When he commanded the Elusive DBK, during emergency preparations for going to sea, he had to moor several times a day to different berths, at any time of the day and in any weather, whether it was refueling, loading food or ammunition. And during the exercises, missiles, torpedoes, depth charges and shells were fired as much as the conditions required.
V. Volynsky was the chief of staff of the brigade on almost all ships of the formation. For example, in the Mediterranean Sea he went to the anti-ship missiles "Leningrad" and the TFR "Razitelny", and returned to the TFR "Ladny" and "Inquisitive". Often they had to transfer from ship to ship in stormy conditions, with the help of cargo cranes. Note that none of the squadron dared to make such risky movements.
In all long-distance cruises, as a senior on board, Captain 1st Rank V. Volynsky shared responsibility for the safety of navigation with ship commanders, if the situation required - he advised, prompted. And he always believed and still believes that the commander has his own measure of responsibility and it is necessary to take control of the ship in extreme, exceptional cases, when you clearly see that the actions of the commander can lead to an emergency. The job of the senior on board is to be next to the commander of the ships, calculate in his head the maneuver being made and predict the further development of events, be in constant readiness for immediate intervention and ... worry.
According to the results of all kinds of checks and inspections, which he had a lot of, V. Volynsky was sure to make a remark that he did not issue enough orders to punish his subordinates. But Viktor Leonidovich has his own opinion on this matter: he adheres to the principle that the main method of education is persuasion, not punishment. Since today any disciplinary sanction inevitably entails punishment in the ruble, from which, first of all, families suffer, only the obvious perpetrators of a decrease in combat readiness or causing serious material damage fall into Volynsky's orders.

Of course, it happened to scold subordinates in raised tones, not without it, - admits Captain 1st Rank V. Volynsky, - but only in the office or in the cabin. On the navigation bridge - never. In any emergency situation: a rocket did not leave the mine, a bomb got stuck, a projectile remained in the bore - act calmly, according to existing instructions. Why this happened - you will understand later. And the fuss and hassle at such crucial moments will never lead to good things. The crew very subtly feels the mood and confidence of the commander. If you set a bad example, expect trouble and only blame yourself after that.

And Captain 1st Rank V.Volynsky is also convinced that a commander must have a strong-willed character and, in the interests of service and, especially, the safety of people, be able to say "no" even to senior commanders. As an example, he told an incident that happened to him in a foreign port.
The ship was in the roadstead and was preparing to return to the base, when a group of officers and midshipmen turned to Volynsky, as to a senior campaign, with a request to go ashore to "commodify" the remaining local currency. They persuaded him so convincingly that he had to give up his own rules and let him go. But when people returned, the weather suddenly deteriorated sharply, the wind raised a wave, and the barges with a crew of sailors could not manage to approach the board. There was a real threat to the lives of 40 people.
How Volynsky reproached himself at that moment! For softness, for allowing "tsentrobalt to breed" and endangering colleagues. It's good that everything ended well. The mooring team did a great job and all the unfortunate walkers were taken aboard pretty wet, but safe and sound. Volynsky did not reproach any of them, but mercilessly "whipped" himself to the fullest. And he made a notch in his memory for the rest of his life.

Preferring the wings of the navigation bridge to a spacious office and the simple life of the ship's cabins to homeliness, Captain 1st Rank V. Volynsky is by no means ashamed of the "parquet" of his current position. The auxiliary fleet of the Black Sea Fleet is rightfully considered the most floating and by the regularity of going to sea, and by the tonnage of "units", and by the number of pennants. However, the volume of tasks solved by the headquarters requires its activities not only at sea. As a rear management body, the headquarters is responsible for all types of readiness of its services, receives flowing information, organizes the rhythmic interaction of numerous rear structures, works out documents and brings the decisions of the deputy fleet commander for rear to the lower levels.

If Viktor Leonidovich had remained in his former position as commander of a brigade of auxiliary vessels, he would have easily managed the system debugged by himself, relying on people tested in campaigns.
But his own career for Viktor Leonidovich is secondary, the main thing is the opportunity to test himself in a new field, accept the challenge of fate, do his job in such a way that he does not have to blush for the entrusted area of ​​\u200b\u200bwork. The fact that Volynsky manages to work in this way is evidenced by the results of a recent inspection of the Black Sea Fleet by a commission led by the chief of Logistics of the RF Armed Forces - Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation for Logistics, General of the Army V. Isakov. A complete check was carried out on the availability of materiel at all warehouses of the fleet without exception.
According to V. Isakov, the state of affairs in the Black Sea Fleet is better than in other fleets, and in this there is a considerable merit of the chief of staff of the rear of the Black Sea Fleet, captain 1st rank V. Volynsky.

Proud!

So he did not become an admiral! I believed it as a kid. But such articles deserve! Read

And an article from 2012. He was a captain on tankers with a displacement of 160,000 tons, these are four heavy aircraft-carrying cruisers (TAKR) Kyiv, that is, four domestic aircraft carriers. This is a huge floating city. And this is his current economy.

New miles to you, Captain Volynsky

2012-09-30 11:12:42

To understand today's captain of the 1st rank of the reserve of the captain of the degaussing vessel of the Black Sea Fleet SR-939 Viktor Volynsky, an excursion to his first steps to the commander's, and then the captain's bridge is necessary. And this was at a time when a “cold” war could become “hot” from the slightest spark. A powerful grouping of US Navy ships, including the aircraft carrier America, cruised near the Lebanese coast. And almost inside this grouping was the Soviet large missile ship Elusive. The crew of the DBK was instructed to observe the actions, first of all, of the aircraft carrier, and in which case ... The commander of the "America" ​​understood this, but, realizing the technical superiority of the aircraft carrier, he decided to "drive" the battered Soviet "steam engine". "America" ​​at first slowly left the general order of ships, dragging the "Elusive" with it, and then her cars kept adding and increasing momentum. Even in his “youth” he could not dream of such a speed of the DBK.

But the technical duel between the two ships was only partially successful. The advantages of the aircraft carrier in speed were quickly nullified by the tactical skill of the commander of the "Elusive" Captain 3rd Rank Viktor Volynsky. Knowing the tactics of the aircraft carrier, Volynsky accurately simulated its maneuvering in the area, and the "Elusive" each time appeared at the intersection of the "America" ​​course ...

The question of choosing a life path was not before Viktor Volynsky. And not only due to the fact that he, like many Sevastopol boys, raved about the sea, fleet, and ships. A third-generation military man, he simply saw no other way for himself. It was sacred for him to follow in the footsteps of his father, who once served as an energy engineer in Finland, Tallinn, Feodosia and Balaklava. Of the 36 schoolchildren brought together by the personnel authorities into one group entering the Nakhimov School, 34 received unsatisfactory marks at the very first exam. One of the two "lucky ones" was Volynsky. Moreover, he, who studied French at school, later had to master English in order to achieve his goal. And all in order to, in the end, get an independent command post.

Before the commander's badge on a jacket, a graduate of the Black Sea VVMU named after P.S. Nakhimov went through a number of official steps. And he began as a battery commander on a large missile ship (BRK) "Troublesome", which was the first ship in the Soviet Navy armed with anti-ship missile weapons. In the same place, he held the positions of commander of the BCH-2, senior assistant to the commander, and after the Higher officer classes was appointed commander of the Elusive DBK.

How to quickly bring the ship to the first line, make it truly combat ready? A difficult but most effective way to solve this problem is to go to sea, to serve in combat. On the cruiser Zhdanov, the commander of the Black Sea Fleet, Admiral Alexei Kalinin, was holding some kind of meeting. It was there that the newly-made commander of the Elusive turned to him with a request to send the ship to combat service. In the general fleet plans, combat service for the DBK was not listed. Nevertheless, at that time the plans could still be adjusted in the direction of increasing the intensity of combat training. A week later, "Elusive" was docked. In a short time, the young commander prepared the ship and crew for the campaign. I didn’t leave the DBK for days, but I did the job.

For two and a half months, the Elusive sailed the Mediterranean Sea, tirelessly observing the actions of the American armada near the Lebanese coast. Then there were more military services. Among the seven ships, the Elusive was firmly in second place, second only to the new missile cruiser Slava, which thundered throughout the Navy, which now bears the title of flagship of the fleet and the proud name of the Guards missile cruiser Moskva.

Volynsky also had other command posts, but he already knew his further maneuver. After graduating with honors from the Naval Academy, he returned to the Black Sea Fleet, already to the post of chief of staff of the largest and most floating brigade. It included the anti-submarine cruiser "Leningrad", large anti-submarine ships "Kerch", "Ochakov", "Azov", "Red Caucasus" ... - names that the entire Navy knew. But in September 1994, captain of the 1st rank Volynsky was already appointed commander of the brigade to a completely different place, sort of like not a combat one. And the time was already completely different when he was chasing America. The most difficult thing is the shortage of everything and everything, from water, electricity, fuel to spare parts and money. And in his subordination is the umbilical cord of the fleet, connecting combat units with the shore: tankers, floating workshops, sea tugs, refrigerators, the General Ryabinov military transport and the Yenisei hospital ship ...

In general, there was something to grab onto the head. But even in those difficult conditions, in spite of everything, the crews of ships and vessels continued to selflessly fulfill their tasks not only in the Black, but also in the Mediterranean Seas. And Volynsky, due to the abundance of these tasks and unresolved problems, has to act not only as a brigade commander or captain-mentor. It is also necessary to foresee the "manoeuvre" to which certain circumstances will force the fleet. This is where the huge accumulated experience was fully useful to him, which he generously shared with the commanders and captains of the unit subordinate to him.

The doubling of the brigade fell to the share of Volynsky, when another brigade of auxiliary vessels, the 16th, joined it. And in terms of the number of pennants and the total displacement, it has become almost the entire auxiliary fleet of the Black Sea Fleet. However, the brigade commander Volynsky coped with the management of this “armada”, it was not the first time that he was counting on a maneuver to be ahead of the curve. And as a result - a new higher position: chief of staff of the rear of the Black Sea Fleet.

The circle of concerns became much wider, and the responsibility now extended to almost the entire fleet, an important component of which was the rear. There is no rear, there is no fleet, because the rear is the life support of the fleet. Volynsky held this responsible position for six years, was the right hand of such admirals as Vladimir Lavrov, Alexei Belkin. How Volynsky worked is evidenced, for example, by the results of inspections of the Black Sea Fleet by a commission led by the Chief of Logistics of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation for Logistics, General of the Army V. Isakov, when a complete check was made of the availability of materiel in all warehouses of the fleet without exception. According to V. Isakov, the state of affairs in the Black Sea Fleet was better in many respects than in other fleets, and this, of course, was a considerable merit of the chief of staff of the rear of the Black Sea Fleet, captain 1st rank V. Volynsky.

Inevitably, it's time to retire. However, even after that, Volynsky did not leave the sea. True, now as a sea captain. And he no longer drove warships, but mostly a tanker. Moreover, with a displacement of 3,000 to 160,000 tons. A ship of 3,000 tons is a patrol ship in terms of displacement. 160,000 tons, in terms of displacement, this is almost four heavy aircraft-carrying cruisers (TAKR) "Kyiv", that is, four domestic aircraft carriers. This is a huge floating city.

True, the crews of even such giants are small, says Volynsky, much smaller than on warships. Usually, a little more than two dozen. Because there are no weapons and everything is automated.

He steered twelve such ships and went around the whole world with them. To the military list, which includes Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Syria, Yugoslavia, Italy, France, Greece, Angola, Egypt, India, Libya, were added such as Poland, Germany, Hong Kong, Bangladesh, Oman, Iran, Jordan Lebanon, Guinea, United Arab Emirates, Spain, Yemen…

And all this "civilian" time, he often recalled the Black Sea Fleet, military services, invocative trills of loud battle bells. Military service has firmly entered his life. And so he was back in the Navy. Since April of this year, Viktor Leondidovich has been a captain on the CP-939.

Volynsky has more than twenty military services and more than a dozen campaigns as a sea captain. If you put together all the miles he traveled, then he walked around the globe more than once. Just like crossing the equator more than once. He has an adult daughter - Natalya, two granddaughters, and in August a grandson was born, who was named Leonid, in honor of his grandfather, Victor's father. And who knows, perhaps, little Leonid will eventually also become a military or civilian sailor. And the maritime dynasty of the Volynskys will continue.

In the meantime, our hero of the day, who will turn 60 on October 1, is thinking about docking the SR-939, putting the degaussing vessel into the permanent readiness forces, and dreaming of new campaigns. New miles to you, Captain Volynsky!

The lead destroyer "Bedovy" was laid down according to project 56 as a purely artillery and torpedo ship, but during construction it was turned into a missile ship (project 56-EM). The rest were built according to the 56-M project, but practically did not differ from the prototype. The shortcomings of the KSCH missiles became the reason for the modernization of three ships ("Elusive", "Perceptive", "Trouble") under the 56-U project with the installation of new P-15M SCRCs. "Unstoppable" due to the loading of the Far Eastern factories was not modernized. All ships entered service as destroyers, on May 19, 1966 they were reclassified to the DBK, then to the military-industrial complex and in 1977 - again to the DBK (except for the Unstoppable).

Large rocket ship "ELUSIVE", 1979

Destroyer "ELUSIVE", 1961

TROUBLE (serial number 1 204). On September 3, 1952, it was included in the lists of ships of the Navy and on February 1, 1953, it was laid down according to project 56 at plant No. 445, completed according to project 56-EM, launched on July 31, 1955, commissioned on June 30, 1958 and July 30, 1958 g., raising the Naval flag, became part of the Black Sea Fleet; was the first ship in the Soviet Navy armed with anti-ship missile weapons. On May 19, 1966, it was reclassified to DBK, on ​​January 26, 1973, to BPC, and on June 28, 1977, again to DBK. On July 20 - 27, 1967 he paid a visit to Havana (Cuba) and on August 9 - 11, 1969 - to Bridgetown (Barbados). 7/10/1970 - 15/7/1971, while in the war zone, he performed a combat mission to assist the armed forces of Egypt. On November 9, 1970, while escorting a detachment of NATO ships in the Mediterranean, it collided with the English aircraft carrier Ark Royal, but did not fail and continued to carry out the combat mission. In the period from July 18, 1972 to January 25, 1974, it was modernized at the Sevmorzavod in Sevastopol according to project 56-U, and in the period from April 23, 1981 to May 14, 1986, it underwent a major overhaul. On April 25, 1989, it was disarmed and expelled from the Navy in connection with the transfer to the OFI for dismantling and sale;

CLEAR (serial number 1210). On 10/17/1955, it was included in the lists of ships of the Navy and on 1/9/1956 it was laid down according to project 56 at plant No. 445, completed according to project 56-M, launched on 30/7/1957, entered service on 12/30/1958 and 8.3. 1960 included in the Black Sea Fleet. On May 19, 1966 it was reclassified to BRI and on February 1, 1977 to BOD, and on August 3, 1977 it was returned to the BRK class. In 1976 - 1977 modernized at Sevmorzavod in Sevastopol under project 56-U. On August 25, 1978, he was transferred to the DCBF. 14-18.6.1979 paid a visit to Helsinki (Finland). 1.11 -31.12.1979, while in the war zone, he performed a combat mission to assist the armed forces of Angola. On June 24, 1991, it was disarmed, expelled from the Navy in connection with the transfer to the OFI for dismantling and sale, and on October 1, 1991, it was disbanded.

ELUSIVE (serial number 743/765). On April 29, 1954, he was included in the lists of ships of the Navy and on February 23, 1957, he was laid down by subdivision 56 at factory No. 190, completed according to project 56-M, launched on February 27, 1958, and commissioned on January 30, 2.1958 and March 8, 1960 included in the KBF. On May 19, 1966, it was reclassified to DBK and on January 26, 1973, to BPC, and on August 3, 1977, it was returned to the DBK class. 15 - 20.2.1969 paid a visit to Conakry (Guinea) and 5 - 10.3.1969 - to Lagos (Nigeria). 1 7.4.1969 was transferred to the KChF. In the period from 2.1.2.1971 to 10.4.1972, it was modernized at Sevmorzavod in Sevastopol according to project 56-U; reactivated and re-commissioned, and on April 19, 1990, it was disarmed and expelled from the Navy in connection with the transfer to the OFI for dismantling and sale, on February 11, 1991 it was disbanded and subsequently sold to a private Italian company for cutting into metal.

UNRETAINABLE, since 14.3.1986 - UTS-567 (serial number 88). On January 19, 1955, he was included in the lists of ships of the Navy and on February 23, 1957, he was laid down according to project 56 at plant No. 199, completed according to project 56-M, launched on May 24, 1958, entered service on January 30, 2.1958 and 8.3.1960 included in the Pacific Fleet. On May 19, 1966, it was reclassified to DBK and on August 3, 1977 to BOD. On July 23, 1979, it was delivered to Dalzavod in Vladivostok for a major overhaul, but on January 8, 1985, it was disarmed and reorganized into the UTS, and on April 10, 1987 it was excluded from the lists of the Navy ships in connection with the transfer to the OFI for dismantling and sale.

UNDOMINABLE (serial number 89). 1 October 7, 1955 was included in the lists of ships of the Navy, but was soon removed from construction and was not laid down at plant No. 199.

Displacement: total 3315, standard 2767 tons (for "Trouble" - 3447/2890 tons); length 126.1 m, width 12.7 m, draft 4.3 m. PTU power 2x36,000 hp; travel speed: maximum 39.0, economic 14.0 knots; cruising range at an economic speed of 3900 miles.

Armament: 1x1 SM-59 anti-ship missile launchers (8 KSCH missiles), 4x4 57mm ZIF-75 (on the Bedovoy 4x4 45mm SM-20-ZIF) guns, 2x2 533mm TA. 2 RBU-2500 (128 RSL-25). Crew 270 people. including 19 officers.

PROJECT 56-U:

Displacement: total 3447, standard 2940 tons; maximum speed 35 knots, cruising range with economic (18 knots) speed 2400 miles. Armament: 4x1 P-15M anti-ship missile launchers (4 missiles), 2x2 76mm AK-276 and 4x4 57mm ZIF-75 guns. 2x2 533 TA, 2 RBU-2500. Crew 273 people.

The destroyer "Elusive" is the third ship of Project 56-M, also known as the "Troubled" type (NATO code - "Kildin"), built for the Soviet Navy in the 1950s. Subsequently, it was upgraded according to project 56-U.

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April 29, 1954 EM "Elusive" was included in the lists of ships of the Navy, and February 23, 1957, under serial number 743, was laid down at the St. Zhdanov under project 56. It was also completed under project 56-M (serial number 765) and launched on February 27, 1958.
In the same year, on December 30, Elusive entered service. March 8, 1960 he was included in the Red Banner Baltic Fleet (KBF). On May 19, 1966, the Elusive EM was reclassified into a Large Missile Ship (BRK), on January 26, 1973 - into a Large Anti-Submarine Ship (BOD), and on August 3, 1977 was again returned to the BRK class.

In 1969, the Elusive DBK carried out a mission to the coast of Africa, where it paid a visit to Conakry (Guinea) in February, and to Lagos (Nigeria) in March. After returning, on April 7, 1969, Elusive was assigned to the Red Banner Black Sea Fleet (KChF). In the period from December 2, 1971 to October 4, 1972, it was modernized at Sevmorzavod (Sevastopol) according to project 56-U. June 6, 1974 "Elusive" was decommissioned, mothballed and put in Sevastopol to suck, but eight years later, on March 18, 1982, mothballed and re-commissioned.

May 15 - June 13, 1984 he took part in the exercises "Ocean-84", held in the Mediterranean Sea (the topic of the exercises: "The defeat of the AMG of the enemy OS RUS in cooperation with the MPA of the Air Force of the Black Sea Fleet").
The exercise was also attended by KRU "Zhdanov", BOD "Komsomolets of Ukraine", "Restrained", "Slender", "Udaloy", destroyers "Resourceful", "Conscious", DBK "Trouble", TFR "Strong", "Friendly ”, “Wolf”, small missile ships (RTOs) “Zarnitsa”, submarine K-298, reconnaissance ship “Kildin”, tanker “Desna”, etc.
April 19, 1990 "Elusive" was disarmed and expelled from the Navy in connection with the transfer to the OFI for dismantling and sale. On February 11, 1991, it was disbanded and subsequently sold to a private Italian company for cutting into metal.

Armament

According to the project 56-M, on the "Elusive" were:

Launcher SM-59, for launching 8 missiles KShch (Ship projectile "Pike"), with a control system SU "Cypress-56M";

Four four-barreled 57 mm ZIF-75 submachine guns;

Two twin-tube 533-mm torpedo tubes (TA);

Two rocket launchers RBU-2500 (under the RSL-25 projectile; 128 pcs.).

After the modernization under the 56-U project, the obsolete KSCH complex was replaced by two automatic 76-mm AK-276 launchers and four anti-ship missile systems (SCRM) for the P-15M Termit (NATO code - SS-N-2 Styx ).

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The ship was actively used for combat duty in the Black Sea. Once he was sent in a severe storm to the Bosphorus to rescue a sailor from a Soviet tanker, to deliver him to the USSR for treatment. In the autumn of 1983, he took part in the testing of new anti-missile systems. More than 20 rockets were fired, there were no comments on the results of rocket firing.

In the spring of 1984, the first combat campaign in the Mediterranean after the reopening. Accompanied an American aircraft carrier and battleship during the Lebanese conflict. We went to Libya, went to the Syrian port of Tartus. LOSS - 1 sailor.

Armament

According to project 56-M, the Elusive was equipped with:

• Launcher SM-59, for launching 8 missiles KShch (Ship projectile "Pike"), with a control system SU "Cypress-56M";
• Four four-barreled 57 mm ZIF-75 submachine guns;
• Two twin-tube 533-mm torpedo tubes (TA);
• Two rocket launchers RBU-2500 (under the RSL-25 projectile; 128 pcs.).

After the modernization under the 56-U project, the obsolete KSCH complex was replaced by two automatic 76-mm AK-276 launchers and four anti-ship missile systems (SCRM) for the P-15M Termit (NATO code - SS-N-2 Styx ).

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For a long time that night, Princess Marya sat by the open window in her room, listening to the sounds of peasants talking from the village, but she did not think about them. She felt that no matter how much she thought about them, she could not understand them. She kept thinking about one thing - about her grief, which now, after the break made by worries about the present, has already become past for her. She could now remember, she could cry and she could pray. As the sun went down, the wind died down. The night was calm and cool. At twelve o'clock the voices began to subside, a rooster crowed, the full moon began to emerge from behind the linden trees, a fresh, white dew mist rose, and silence reigned over the village and over the house.
One after another, she imagined pictures of the close past - illness and the last moments of her father. And with sad joy she now dwelled on these images, driving away from herself with horror only one last idea of ​​​​his death, which - she felt - she was unable to contemplate even in her imagination at this quiet and mysterious hour of the night. And these pictures appeared to her with such clarity and in such detail that they seemed to her either reality, or the past, or the future.
Then she vividly imagined the moment when he had a stroke and he was being dragged from the garden in the Bald Mountains by the arms and he was muttering something in an impotent tongue, twitching his gray eyebrows and looking restlessly and timidly at her.
“He wanted to tell me even then what he told me on the day of his death,” she thought. “He always thought what he said to me.” And now she remembered with all the details that night in the Bald Mountains on the eve of the blow that happened to him, when Princess Mary, anticipating trouble, stayed with him against his will. She did not sleep and went downstairs on tiptoe at night and, going to the door to the flower room, where her father spent the night that night, she listened to his voice. He was saying something to Tikhon in an exhausted, tired voice. He seemed to want to talk. "Why didn't he call me? Why didn't he allow me to be here in Tikhon's place? thought then and now Princess Marya. - He will never tell anyone now all that was in his soul. This moment will never return for him and for me when he would say everything that he wanted to express, and I, and not Tikhon, would listen and understand him. Why didn't I come into the room then? she thought. “Perhaps he would have told me then what he said on the day of his death. Even then, in a conversation with Tikhon, he asked twice about me. He wanted to see me, and I was standing there, outside the door. He was sad, it was hard to talk with Tikhon, who did not understand him. I remember how he spoke to him about Liza, as if alive - he forgot that she was dead, and Tikhon reminded him that she was no longer there, and he shouted: "Fool." It was hard for him. I heard from behind the door how, groaning, he lay down on the bed and shouted loudly: “My God! Why didn’t I go up then? What would he do to me? What would I lose? Or maybe then he would have consoled himself, he would have said this word to me. And Princess Marya uttered aloud that affectionate word that he had spoken to her on the day of his death. “Dude she nka! - Princess Marya repeated this word and sobbed tears that relieved her soul. She saw his face in front of her now. And not the face she had known since she could remember, and which she had always seen from afar; and that face - timid and weak, which on the last day, bending down to his mouth in order to hear what he was saying, for the first time examined closely with all its wrinkles and details.
"Darling," she repeated.
What was he thinking when he said that word? What does he think now? - suddenly a question came to her, and in response to this she saw him in front of her with the expression on his face that he had in the coffin on his face tied with a white handkerchief. And the horror that seized her when she touched him and became convinced that it was not only not him, but something mysterious and repulsive, seized her even now. She wanted to think about something else, she wanted to pray, and there was nothing she could do. She gazed with large open eyes at the moonlight and the shadows, every second she expected to see his dead face, and she felt that the silence that stood over the house and in the house chained her.
- Dunyasha! she whispered. - Dunyasha! she cried in a wild voice and, breaking out of the silence, ran to the girls' room, towards the nanny and girls running towards her.

On August 17, Rostov and Ilyin, accompanied by Lavrushka and the escort hussar, who had just returned from captivity, from their Yankovo ​​camp, fifteen miles from Bogucharov, went riding - to try a new horse bought by Ilyin and find out if there is hay in the villages.
Bogucharovo had been between the two enemy armies for the last three days, so that the Russian rearguard could just as easily enter there as the French avant-garde, and therefore Rostov, as a caring squadron commander, wanted to take advantage of the provisions that remained in Bogucharov before the French.
Rostov and Ilyin were in the most cheerful mood. On the way to Bogucharovo, to the princely estate with a manor, where they hoped to find a large household and pretty girls, they first asked Lavrushka about Napoleon and laughed at his stories, then they drove, trying Ilyin's horse.
Rostov did not know and did not think that this village to which he was going was the estate of that same Bolkonsky, who was his sister's fiancé.
Rostov and Ilyin let the horses out for the last time in the cart in front of Bogucharov, and Rostov, having overtaken Ilyin, was the first to jump into the street of the village of Bogucharov.
“You took it ahead,” said Ilyin, flushed.
“Yes, everything is forward, and forward in the meadow, and here,” answered Rostov, stroking his soaring bottom with his hand.

Georgy Nikolaevich Avraamov spoke in detail about his service in "Memoirs of the Deputy Commander of the Baltic Fleet". - Military-technical almanac "Typhoon". Issue 20, 2000. Continued.

In 1946, almost all of our class was sent to VVMU im. M.F. Frunze. I graduated from college in 1950 with a degree in ship service officer. After distribution, any of the graduates could be a navigator, a miner or an artilleryman - everything was decided directly on the ground.
I was sent to the Baltic, where there were two fleets - the 4th and 8th. The headquarters of the 8th fleet was in Tallinn. I was appointed to the position of commander of the artillery fire control group of the main caliber EM "Storozhevoy" pr.7U. The ship at that time was under repair in Kronstadt, commanded by Captain 2nd Rank Alexei Diomidovich Nikitenko.
After serving on the Watchtower for just a few months, I was forced to leave. The reason for leaving at the time was not original. In the post-war period, they again began to be very wary of those sailors who had anything to do with pre-revolutionary officers. And as you know, my father served both in tsarist times and under Soviet rule. At that time, Kronstadt and the Kronstadt fortress had a very strict access control. Someone from the leadership considered that I, as the son of a former Russian pre-revolutionary officer, had no right to serve in Kronstadt. Therefore, from there I was sent to an equivalent position on another ship - the commander of the control group of the main caliber EM Stoyky, which was being built in Leningrad. "Resistant" was the second ship in the EM series pr.30bis.

Leaving the Watchtower was a sad event for me, because there I felt (by the way, not for the first time) such a wary attitude. But the fact that I got on a new ship, modern for those times, played a positive role, opening service perspectives.
EM "Resistant" was commanded by Captain 2nd Rank Emanuil Grigorievich Kuras. I served at Stoykom for 1.5 years. The service was interesting, I had under my command sailors of military conscription who served for 7 years - many officers were younger than them. These sailors, as a rule, were not very literate, which is important for the control group, which is associated with complex equipment, electronics. At the same time, only the foreman of the 2nd article Frumkin, the commander of the artillery electricians department, had 7 classes of education - the rest had even less. But the people were amazing, they went through the construction of the ship. Having accepted it, communicating with designers and builders, they gained such experience that they became experts in their field, despite the low level of general education. Unfortunately, it all faded away...
At that time, all the commanders of the ships of our brigade were participants in the Great Patriotic War and had extensive service experience behind them. Many of them graduated from VVMU them. M.V. Frunze, studied with my father, knew him well, so they treated me kindly. By the way, on the same EM "Storozhevoy", when the news came that I would have to leave from there, the commander, Captain 2nd Rank Nikitenko, reacted very painfully to this, in a decent, sincere way, for which I am grateful to him.
The commander of the "Resistant" Kuras went through the war, as far as I remember, in the Pacific Ocean - an experienced officer both in age and in rank. I can only say good things about him. Captain 3rd rank Konstantin Sergeevich Nikitin was the assistant commander of the ship, later - the commander of the cruiser Aurora (now he is the chairman of the Council of Veterans of the cruiser).
In general, I would like to say that at that time the officers on the ship were selected very carefully. We, junior officers - group commanders, were about the same age. The officer's family was friendly, and we received their service experience from our senior comrades.
In March 1952, in Leningrad, where my family lived, my daughter Elena was born, who later also connected herself with the naval service, marrying a naval officer.
In 1952, I was sent to the Higher Artillery Classes, where I studied for a year. I took the direction to study positively, because. always tried to get as much knowledge as possible. The head of the faculty of artillery classes was Rear Admiral Slizkoy, a well-known artilleryman who participated in the defense of Leningrad, a very decent admiral. During the year of study at Okhta, we gained serious knowledge and acquired the necessary skills.

After graduating from classes in 1953, I arrived in my brigade as the commander of the BC-2 on the BC-2 - a large organization, about 80 subordinates, incl. three officers. Two batteries of the main and anti-aircraft caliber, control groups. I stayed in this position for a little - only a year. After that, apparently, having appreciated my service, the command of the EM brigade decided to send me along the command line, and not according to my specialty: in 1954, with the rank of senior lieutenant, he became a senior assistant to the commander of the EM "Guarding" pr.7.
The ship went through the war, was under repair in Kronstadt. The commander of the EM was Captain 2nd Rank Oleg Pavlovich Grumbykov, an experienced officer who went through the war. Starpom, as far as I can judge by the reviews and characteristics, I turned out to be quite good. I served on the Guardian for two years - one with Grumbykov, the second with Stanislav Petrovich Kostritsky (O.P. Grumbykov later became rear admiral, and S.P. Kostritsky became vice admiral). "Guarding" stood for several months under repair and moved to Tallinn. They sailed as part of the 76th BEM.
In 1957, I was appointed senior assistant commander of the EM "Svobodny" project 30bis, the commander of which was Captain 3rd Rank L.N. Olshtynsky. I served on this ship for a year, then was again sent to classes - again to Okhta, but now to study as an EM commander. A year later he returned to his brigade, but because. there were no vacancies, I was again appointed senior assistant commander of the EM "Powerful", commanded by Captain 3rd Rank Vladimir Semenovich Pirumov. A year later, he left for the VMA. and I was appointed commander of the "Powerful". By the way, in 1958-1959. "Powerful" had tail number 27.

"Thirty-bis" - interesting ships, at that time the most running, the most active. Our brigade was powerful (11 EM of various types), together with three cruisers it was part of the 32nd cruiser division. In 1959-1960, when the next reduction in the Armed Forces began, the Powerful was put into conservation.
I made every possible effort to stay on a floating ship, but there were few such vacancies in our brigade. Most of the EMs are mothballed, there are no floating places. The cruisers from the division were transferred to other formations: the October Revolution went to Baltiysk, the Zhdanov went to the Black Sea Fleet, and the Admiral Lazarev went to the Pacific Fleet. I really wanted to swim, so in 1961 I agreed to transfer from the post of commander of the EM to the position of commander of PLC-9 pr. 159.
The Tallinn Navy was the main base of the 8th Navy, the fleet commander and headquarters were located there. In the mid 1950s. The BF was united again, and then the East Baltic Flotilla (VBF) was formed, the headquarters of which was located in Tallinn. The commander of the flotilla was Vice-Admiral G.S. Abashvili, very well-known among us (this is already after his command of the Baltic Fleet squadron).
The 32nd division was disbanded as a division of cruisers; The 76th brigade became directly part of the VBF. In Tallinn, in addition to the 76th brigade, there was one cruiser pr.68K - "Komsomolets". Later, the VBF was reorganized into the Tallinn Naval Base, it included a two-brigade OVR division (anti-submarine and minesweeping) and the 76th BEM.
The 76th BEM included “Brave”, “Resistant”, “Stately”, “Free”, “Powerful”, “Solid”, “Serious”, “Glorious”, etc. Ships that were being built also came - they were attributed to our brigade at the time of testing, and their number reached 12-15 units.
There were several commanders of the 76th BEM during my service. Very responsible and well-known officers at that time: first, Captain 1st Rank G.A. Wiesel. then Captain 1st Rank V.G. Bakardzhiev (later became one of the chiefs of the VVMU named after P.S. Nakhimov, Rear Admiral), then Captain 1st Rank Boris Gavrilov. Later - Captain 1st Rank T.G. Katyshev (also subsequently awarded the rank of Rear Admiral).

EM "Power" at the naval parade in Leningrad. July 1975 (photo by N.G. Maslovaty)

The service was interesting. Then the ships were actively built, all of them passed through the Tallinn Naval Base, and the 76th brigade often had to provide tests of "new buildings" "in various weather conditions. I remember the sea trials of the lead cruiser Sverdlov pr. was 11-12 points. If the cruiser lay down 30 degrees, then how our EM was shaking, it’s even difficult to convey. It’s difficult to swim in the Baltic, the wave is steep. We participated in testing the first nuclear icebreaker Lenin (also in the area of ​​the Tallinn naval base).
Artillery firing was often carried out, firing in strong pitching, with the so-called. volley distributor - a special device that provides a shot when the barrels are in a horizontal position. In a very strong storm, it is very difficult to be in the control tower, above the wheelhouse, where the pitching range is greater than below. We also fired at the flooded German cruiser in the area of ​​\u200b\u200babout. Osmussar, carried out planned firing. I remember shooting at the former German LK "Schlezwig Holstein" - a radio-controlled target. We fired live ammunition at him.
There were also campaigns, however, they were limited mainly to the Baltic Sea. If I'm not mistaken, in 1951 an American spy plane was shot down. It entered our territorial waters and was destroyed. We were looking for its wreckage, crew members, a whole search operation was planned.
In 1960, in Tallinn, a son was born in our family, named after his grandfather Nikolai. Later he also became a naval officer.
At that time, the formation of a young officer went quite quickly and according to plan. New ships were being built, they didn’t stay in the same positions for a long time, if the command felt that the officer had a prospect in the service, he was “moved” further. But there were also difficulties. For example, I was only a first mate on three ships and only then became a commander.
On the anti-submarine ship pr. 159 (according to the state, the commander is a captain of the 3rd rank) he switched from an EM (captain of the 2nd rank), which was much larger in displacement. This was a consequence of the policy pursued by our government headed by N.S. Khrushchev. I went for it because I wanted to swim.
Project 159 ships are very interesting, the first ships with gas turbines in our fleet. Attention to them from the naval command and Moscow was increased. The whole country built the ships of project 159: we received gas turbines from YuTZ from Nikolaev, and in total about 70 allied enterprises participated in their creation. They "went" very hard, however, like everything new. Already at the construction stage, it was known that the PLK-9 (the 5th ship in the series) was intended for the Northern Fleet and, accordingly, the crew, incl. and I was on the staff of the Northern Fleet.
The 1st PLC, project 159, passed, as usual, full tests. The 2nd and 3rd left for the North in 1962. We continued testing and after construction was completed we were part of the 67th division of the PLC of the Baltic Naval Brigade. The division was commanded by Captain 2nd Rank Marat Ibragimovich Gilfanov. By the way, in the 76th brigade we commanded the EM together.

General impression of the PLC pr. 159. Of course, when you come from a large ship to a smaller one, many things seem small and inconvenient. But still, I believe that the ships were unsuccessful from the standpoint of habitability, life. There were very difficult conditions for the personnel there. The bridge was open, there was a conning tower, from where control could also be carried out. Under normal conditions, the personnel were on the bridge, and on alert went down to the conning tower. Above, on the bridge, there were all the instruments, the officer of the watch was standing, the commands were transmitted to the helmsman in the conning tower. In a strong storm, we had to go to the conning tower, leaving only signalmen at the top, which was not very convenient. To reduce pitching, dampers were installed on the PLC pr. 159, which I had never seen before. This softened the pitching, but not much.
If we evaluate the ship by armament, then we can say about the PLC that it was armed "to the teeth".
As a ship commander, I went through the "kitchen" of construction and delivery, which later came in handy for further service.
After construction, the ships of Project 159 either came to the 67th division or went to the North, where the 130th PLC brigade was created from them. Later, PLC-9 also left for the Northern Fleet.
Project 159 was replaced by project 35 - also a gas turbine, but improved compared to the previous project. From my point of view, it is also not very successful. Yes, and outwardly he was ugly - "with a hump."
I served at PLC-9 for a short time. It so happened that the head of the combat training department of the fleet, captain 1st rank Pyotr Nikolayevich Navoytsev, went to sea with me (later - admiral, deputy head of the General Staff of the Navy). Petr Nikolaevich is an experienced commander. Apparently, he liked me as a commander, and therefore he offered to transfer to the Combat Training Department of the Baltic Fleet Headquarters. So in 1963 I was appointed to the headquarters of the Baltic Fleet as an officer in the combat training department, where I stayed for two years.
Service in the headquarters of the fleet is different from the ship, but from the headquarters of the fleet you see the whole perspective and scope of such a large and complex naval organization as the fleet. Serving in the headquarters, I felt these scales for the first time. Accordingly, it was easier to study at the Military Medical Academy, which I entered in absentia. Many operational and even operational-strategic issues that were studied at the Academy came to me much easier.
Two years later, I was appointed commander of the Elusive DBK of the 128th brigade of BF ships. The ship was based in Baltiysk. The commander was removed for the escape of a sailor to Denmark in the strait zone. It was interesting to command this ship, rocket weapons had just appeared on such large ships, everything was new. They often performed rocket firing with the KSSh complex. and during the inspection of the Baltic Fleet - joint group firing by two ships ("Elusive" and "Sharp" pr.57bis).

In addition to the Elusive, the 128th brigade included the Zorkiy DBK (Captain 2nd Rank V. Podelshchikov), Exemplary (Captain 2nd Rank Vladimir Ivanovich Vlasov), and Hasty (Vladimir Shevchenko). "Smyshlenny" (captain of the 3rd rank Ilya Eremeevich Birov, he was an assistant on the "Guarding" when I served as a first mate) and others - a total of 7 ships and the cruiser "October Revolution" (commanders are indicated for 1966). The brigade was commanded by Captain 1st Rank Oleg Pavlovich Grumkov, who at one time was the first mate on the Guard.
At the end of 1966, "Elusive" came to Kronstadt for dock repairs. I handed over the ship to the chief officer. Later, "Elusive" under his command went to the Black Sea.
During my service, I had to come to the Neva on many ships of the fleet to participate in naval parades. Then there were parades on May 1st. and on Fleet Day, and November 7 - at least 3 times a year. Time passed, and I participated in parades in various positions - first as a group commander, then as a ship commander, and later came as a unit commander. True, PLC-9 did not go to such events during my command.
In 1966, when I graduated from the VMA, I was told that it was time to change the type of activity - stop commanding ships, it's time to command formations. And in December 1967, they appointed the NSh of the 71st brigade of the Palace of Culture in the Baltic. This very interesting connection (at that time - one of the most promising) was part of the Baltic naval base. The brigade was commanded by Captain 1st Rank Hamid Gabibovich Kasumbekov (later Vice Admiral, Commander of the Caspian Flotilla). The brigade consisted of two divisions of the DK and those that had just begun to join the BDK brigade. All ships - about 35 pennants - were intensively used. The Commander-in-Chief of the Navy was a big fan of amphibious assaults, which was due to his military experience in the Black Sea Fleet, where he participated in such operations. From an offensive point of view, landing operations were considered promising at that time, they were also considered effective in defensive operations.
The divisions were commanded by: 177th (MDK) - captain of the 2nd rank Birbrover: (SDK) - captain of the 2nd rank Funtifanov. The ships were domestic (MDK, MDK VP and MDK VP) and Polish (SDK-2, SDK-5. SDK-7, SDK-68, SDK-78, etc.) construction. BDK were originally numbered, later they were given their own names.
In 1970, a very solid exercise "Ocean" took place, in which our brigade also took an active part: the ships went to the North, they landed troops on the Rybachy Peninsula along with the ships of the Northern Fleet. The landing took place in the most difficult storm conditions, but we managed to prevent the death of people. Upon my return to the Baltic, I received a radiogram signed by Vice-Admiral Savelyev of the National Staff of the Baltic Fleet, about conferring the military rank of Captain 1st Rank on me.
The return from the exercises was also memorable. We received orders not to go straight to Baltiysk, but first to go to Cherbourg. There we had to take on board the command of the Baltic Fleet, which led the visit of the Baltic ships (the cruiser "October Revolution" and the BOD "Exemplary"). At that time, my former brigade commander Grumkov received the rank of rear admiral (I delivered his shoulder straps to him), and the commander of the BF handed Grumkov the shoulder straps of rear admiral right in Cherbourg. We did not enter the port, we stood on the roads.
After the visit, "October Revolution" and "Exemplary" went to the BS in the Mediterranean Sea, while we, having taken on board the command of the Baltic Fleet, went to Baltiysk.
In 1971, the ships of the brigade participated in the Yug-71 exercise, which was led by the Minister of Defense, Marshal A.A. Grechko, went to the Black Sea around Europe. and BDK "Krasnaya Presnya" The troops landed in the area of ​​Feodosiya.

The commander of one of the ships of our brigade was Kirill Alekseevich Tulin, whom I remembered as a lieutenant commander, then he became the commander of the Donetsk Miner large landing ship. K.A. Tulin received the ship in Sevastopol, where we went to receive the landing force before the exercise "South-71" (the commander of the BDK was not at the crossing, he was in charge of the first officer, I provided). Then I sent him to the Navy, later he commanded a division of the DK in the Pacific Fleet, received the rank of Rear Admiral (now works in the Central Military District). Kirill Alekseevich can be described as a very good officer and a decent person: very conscientious, punctual in all respects, a good family man. Until now, we have a very good relationship.
A lot of good people, well-known personalities came out of the 71st brigade (later reorganized into a division). Lieutenant Commander Vyacheslav Timofeevich Kharnikov was the first ship commander on the Jeyran-type airlift (MDK-167). later became vice admiral, commander of the Kamchatka flotilla, then 1st deputy. commander of the SF. The first commander of the 71st brigade DK, Yaroslav Maksimovich Kudelkin, later became the NSh of the fleet, vice admiral. He was replaced by Captain 1st Rank A.G. Oleinik, later also Vice Admiral.
But the main thing that the ship's service is remembered for is long, long-distance campaigns for combat service and the solution of combat training tasks. 7 times I was lucky enough to pass the Bosporus and Dardanelles in the Black Sea, many times to be in the Mediterranean Sea, to make calls to a number of countries in Europe, Asia and Africa.
After the brigade of the Palace of Culture, in December 1971, I was assigned to the Liepaja naval base. The base was a fairly solid association, its area of ​​​​responsibility began from Klaipeda and included the entire Gulf of Riga and part of the islands of the Moonsund archipelago. The main forces of the LiVMB, commanded by the submarine captain 1st rank Valery Anatolyevich Preobrazhensky, were based on Liepaja, but there were also ships subordinate to us in Riga. The composition of the LiVMB included only NK and auxiliary vessels, united in a number of formations.
There was a rather large 118th brigade of OVR ships as part of the 109th PLC division, the TFR division and the TSC division. The TFR division included only ships of Project 50. The brigade was commanded by Captain 1st Rank Mikhail Moiseevich Zeitlin (I knew him from my studies at the Military Medical Academy).
The 76th BEM LiVMB was relocated to Liepaja from Tallinn. It was the native brigade where my service began. There were still familiar ships in the formation - the same "Powerful", on which I was the commander.
Subordinate to us was a brigade of auxiliary vessels, a rather powerful ACC brigade, a conservation division and a number of auxiliary units. The 78th brigade of OVR ships was based in Riga (it included both floating ships and those in conservation). Near Riga there was a special Training Center for the training of specialists from foreign crews (from India, Libya and Syria).
Submarines were based on Liepaja, but they were not operationally subordinate to us, but only through the line of garrison service (the commander of the LiVMB was the commander of the garrison in Liepaja). The available submarine formations were subordinate to the command of the 37th division (three BPLs, one of them in Paldiski).
In 1974, the commander of the fleet, Admiral V.V. Mikhailin, offered me the position of deputy. NS Fleet for BP - the head of the BP fleet, I again returned to the department, where I once was an ordinary officer. As soon as I took office, preparations for the great teaching began. It was not so much large-scale, but responsible. The fleet demonstrated for the USSR Ministry of Defense Marshal A.A. Grechko the level of its readiness. The Minister should go out to sea to the Baltiysk area (for about 2 hours), but at this exit he had to demonstrate everything: and the submarine. and NK, and aviation (it seems that the Federation Council held a similar event for our president in 1998). In a couple of hours, the ships and formations of the fleet managed to complete dozens of combat exercises. It was not "window dressing", but a real demonstration of our combat skills and training. We succeeded in the exercise, it was recognized as successful, and the Minister of Defense expressed his gratitude to us.
And the usual service began again, tense and interesting. The NSH of the fleet, of which I was deputy, was Vice Admiral Anatoly Mikhailovich Kosov. Somewhere in 1975, Admiral V.V. Mikhailin left for Moscow for the post of deputy. The Civil Code of the Navy, Vice Admiral A.M. Kosov became the commander of the DKBF, and Rear Admiral A.M. Kalinin was appointed to the NSH fleet.
We had met with Alexei Mikhailovich Kalinin more than once before: we graduated from college together, classes, commanded EM. True, he is in the North, and I am in the Baltic. We met with him in Leningrad, when he was in the NSH brigade of ships under construction, we studied together at the Navy (he was a full-time student, and I was a part-time student).
Leading the combat training of the fleet is a difficult task that required complete dedication. During my tenure in 1976, I became Rear Admiral. The following year, I was appointed to the position of Deputy. commander of the fleet, which after Kosovo was commanded by Admiral Sidorov (after the death of the commander of the Pacific Fleet in a plane crash, he went to the Pacific Fleet), and then Ivan Matveyevich Kapitanets.

To be continued.

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