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Mikhail Khronopulo

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Mikhail Nikolayevich Khronopulo (Template:Lang-ru; 3 May 1933–10 April 2012) was a Soviet Navy and briefly Russian Navy admiral, the penultimate commander of the Soviet Black Sea Fleet.

Early life and Cold War

Khronopulo was born on 3 May 1933 in the village of Dvukhglinki, Lukhovitsky District, Moscow Oblast to a family of Greek descent. He was recruited to the Soviet Navy through a Komsomol direction. After graduating from the Pacific Higher Naval School in 1956, he served on ships of the Pacific Fleet, beginning his service as a main gun turret commander on the light cruiser Kalinin. He was appointed commander of a destroyer brigade in the Kamchatka Flotilla upon graduation from the Naval Academy in 1972. Between 1978 and 1982 he commanded the 8th Operational Squadron of the fleet in the Indian Ocean. He was made First Deputy Commander of the Black Sea Fleet in 1982, and became its commander in 1985. Khronopulo held the position until retirement in October 1991.[1] [2]

Later and personal life

He died on 10 April 2012 after a long illness.[1]

Khronopulo married Flora Nikolayevna and had a son, Sergei, born in 1959.[2]

Awards

Khronopulo received the following awards and decorations:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "М.Н. Хронопуло" [M.N. Khronopulo]. Krasnaya Zvezda (in Russian). 11 April 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  2. ^ a b Pasyakin, Vladimir (13 April 2012). "Скончался адмирал Хронопуло Михаил Николаевич" [Admiral Mikhail Nikolayevich Khronopulo died]. ForPost (in Russian). Retrieved 24 November 2018.
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