Aleksandr Nemits
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Aleksandr Vasilivich Nemits, (Нёмитц, Александр Васильевич) was a Russian and Soviet Naval Officer. He was commander of the Soviet Navy between February 1920 and November 1921.
Nemits was born in Moldavia, the son of a military judge. He finished the Naval academy in 1899 and joined the Black Sea Fleet
he served as assistant to the Naval attache to Turkey and as a gunnery officer. Following the mutinies of 1905 he served as a defence lawyer for the mutineers and managed to spare them from the death penalty.
From 1907 he served on the Navy general staff and commanded the gunboat Donets. subsequently he commanded a destroyer division and held various staff posts. In 1917 he married Anastasia the sister of the artist Mikhail Vrubel
. In 1917 he was promoted to Rear Admiral and commanded the Black Sea Fleet.
After the Russian Revolution
he joined the Reds and fought in the civil war where he was wounded.
In February 1920 he replaced Yevgeniy Berens
as commander of the Soviet Navy. From 1924 he was in charge of all Soviet naval and air force academies. He retired in 1947 and lived in Sevastopol.
Nemits was born in Moldavia, the son of a military judge. He finished the Naval academy in 1899 and joined the Black Sea Fleet
Black Sea Fleet
The Black Sea Fleet is a large operational-strategic sub-unit of the Russian Navy, operating in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea since the late 18th century. It is based in various harbors of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov....
he served as assistant to the Naval attache to Turkey and as a gunnery officer. Following the mutinies of 1905 he served as a defence lawyer for the mutineers and managed to spare them from the death penalty.
From 1907 he served on the Navy general staff and commanded the gunboat Donets. subsequently he commanded a destroyer division and held various staff posts. In 1917 he married Anastasia the sister of the artist Mikhail Vrubel
Mikhail Vrubel
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Vrubel is usually regarded amongst the Russian painters of the Symbolist movement. In reality, he deliberately stood aloof from contemporary art trends, so that the origin of his unusual manner should be sought in Late Byzantine and Early Renaissance painting.-Early...
. In 1917 he was promoted to Rear Admiral and commanded the Black Sea Fleet.
After the Russian Revolution
October Revolution
The October Revolution , also known as the Great October Socialist Revolution , Red October, the October Uprising or the Bolshevik Revolution, was a political revolution and a part of the Russian Revolution of 1917...
he joined the Reds and fought in the civil war where he was wounded.
In February 1920 he replaced Yevgeniy Berens
Yevgeniy Berens
Yevgeny Andreyevich Berens was a Russian military leader, Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Naval Forces from April 1919 to February 1920.Berens graduated from the Naval Cadet Corps in 1895. He was navigating officer of the Russian cruiser Varyag and fought in the Battle of Chemulpo Bay when his...
as commander of the Soviet Navy. From 1924 he was in charge of all Soviet naval and air force academies. He retired in 1947 and lived in Sevastopol.