What is Ivan Kapitanets?
{{Infobox military person |name= Ivan Matveyevich Kapitanets |birth_date={{Birth date|1928|1|10}} |birth_place= [[Rostov Oblast]], [[Russian SFSR]], Soviet Union |death_place= [[Moscow]], Russia |death_date= {{death date and age|2018|9|25|1928|1|10}} |image=Ivan_Matveyevich_Kapitanets.jpg |caption= |nickname= |allegiance = {{flagicon|USSR}} |branch ={{navy|USSR}} |serviceyears = 1941–1992 |rank = [[Admiral of the Fleet]] |commands = [[Baltic Fleet]]<br>[[Soviet Northern Fleet]] |awards = |laterwork = }} '''Ivan Matveyevich Kapitanets''' (Russian: Ива́н Матве́евич Капита́нец; 10 January 1928 – 25 September 2018)<ref>[http://redstar.ru/i-m-kapitanets/?attempt=1 И.М. Капитанец] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929194519/http://redstar.ru/i-m-kapitanets/?attempt=1 |date=2018-09-29 }} {{in lang|ru}}</ref> was a Russian [[admiral of the fleet]]. He was in the [[Soviet Navy]]. In 1973 Kapitanets was assigned to the Pacific Fleet and commanded the Kamchatka squadron. He was promoted to Vice Admiral in 1975. ==Honours and awards== * [[Order of Courage]] * [[Order of Lenin]] * [[Order of Nakhimov]], 1st class * [[Order of the Red Star]] * [[Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR]], 3rd class ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080203030655/http://www.rtc.ru/encyk/biogr-book/10K/1201.shtml page in Russian] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110315044205/http://vizavi.ruvr.ru/guests/305 page in Russian] {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kapitanets, Ivan}} [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Russian military people]]