Vasili Altfater
Military Person
1883 – 1919
Who was Vasili Altfater?
Vasili Mikhailovich Altfater was a Russian-Soviet naval officer, the first Commander-in-chief of the Soviet Navy.
Altfrater was born in Warsaw the son of an artillery officer, General Mikhail Altfater who was from a noble Baltic German Family.
Altfater graduated from Marine Cadet Corps and Naval Academy's Department of Hydrography. During the Russo-Japanese War, Altfater participated in the defense of Port Arthur and rescue of the crew of the battleship Petropavlovsk. Later on, Altfater served as the squadron navigating officer of the 1st destroyer division of the Baltic Fleet. During World War I, Altfater was a spokesperson for the Imperial Russian Navy, then head of the Military Administration under the Commander-in-chief of the Northern Fleet. In October 1917, Altfater was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral. After the October Revolution, he joined the Soviets. In February 1918, Altfater was appointed assistant to the head of the Naval Headquarters. He participated in peace negotiations in Brest-Litovsk. In April, Altfater became a Board member at the People's Commissariat of Naval Affairs. In October, he became a member of the Revolutionary Military Council and appointed Commander-in-chief of the Soviet Naval Forces.
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