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'''Lev Mikhailovich Galler''' ({{lang-ru|Лев Михайлович Галлер}}) (November 17(29), 1883 - July 12, 1950) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] military leader and [[admiral]]. |
'''Lev Mikhailovich Galler''' ({{lang-ru|Лев Михайлович Галлер}}, {{lang-ger|Leo Julius Alexander Philipp von Haller}}) (November 17(29), 1883 - July 12, 1950) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] military leader and [[admiral]]. |
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Galler was born into a family of a military engineer and joined the Baltic Fleet on completing the Naval school in 1905. During [[World War I]] he was squadron gunnery officer of the Battleship Division, executive officer of the [[Russian battleship Slava|''Slava'']] and commanded the destroyer ''Turkmenets Stavropolski''. After the [[October Revolution]] he joined the Bolsheviks and participated in the [[Ice Cruise of the Baltic Fleet]]. Subsequently, he commanded the destroyer [[Russian destroyer Mecheslav|''Mecheslav'']], the battleship [[Russian battleship Andrei Pervozvanny|''Andrei Pervozvanny'']] and was subsequently chief of staff of the Baltic Fleet during the [[British Campaign in the Baltic 1918–1919]]. |
Galler was born into a family of a military engineer Mickhail von Haller (Galler) and joined the Baltic Fleet on completing the Naval school in 1905. During [[World War I]] he was squadron gunnery officer of the Battleship Division, executive officer of the [[Russian battleship Slava|''Slava'']] and commanded the destroyer ''Turkmenets Stavropolski''. After the [[October Revolution]] he joined the Bolsheviks and participated in the [[Ice Cruise of the Baltic Fleet]]. Subsequently, he commanded the destroyer [[Russian destroyer Mecheslav|''Mecheslav'']], the battleship [[Russian battleship Andrei Pervozvanny|''Andrei Pervozvanny'']] and was subsequently chief of staff of the Baltic Fleet during the [[British Campaign in the Baltic 1918–1919]]. |
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After the Civil War, Galler was commander of the Baltic Fleet's battleship division and commanded the Baltic Fleet from 1932 to 1937. In 1938 he became chief of naval staff and in 1940 he became Deputy Commissar for the Navy responsible for naval construction. In 1947 he was head of the Naval Academy. |
After the Civil War, Galler was commander of the Baltic Fleet's battleship division and commanded the Baltic Fleet from 1932 to 1937. In 1938 he became chief of naval staff and in 1940 he became Deputy Commissar for the Navy responsible for naval construction. In 1947 he was head of the Naval Academy. |
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Lev Mikhailovich Galler | |
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Born | St Petersburg, Russia | November 29, 1883
Died | July 12, 1950 Soviet Union | (aged 66)
Allegiance | Russian Empire Soviet Union |
Service | Imperial Russian Navy Soviet Navy |
Years of service | 1905–1948 |
Rank | Admiral |
Commands | Baltic Fleet |
Battles / wars | World War I Estonian War of Independence Russian Civil War |
Lev Mikhailovich Galler (Russian: Лев Михайлович Галлер, German: Leo Julius Alexander Philipp von Haller) (November 17(29), 1883 - July 12, 1950) was a Soviet military leader and admiral.
Galler was born into a family of a military engineer Mickhail von Haller (Galler) and joined the Baltic Fleet on completing the Naval school in 1905. During World War I he was squadron gunnery officer of the Battleship Division, executive officer of the Slava and commanded the destroyer Turkmenets Stavropolski. After the October Revolution he joined the Bolsheviks and participated in the Ice Cruise of the Baltic Fleet. Subsequently, he commanded the destroyer Mecheslav, the battleship Andrei Pervozvanny and was subsequently chief of staff of the Baltic Fleet during the British Campaign in the Baltic 1918–1919.
After the Civil War, Galler was commander of the Baltic Fleet's battleship division and commanded the Baltic Fleet from 1932 to 1937. In 1938 he became chief of naval staff and in 1940 he became Deputy Commissar for the Navy responsible for naval construction. In 1947 he was head of the Naval Academy.
Galler was arrested in 1948 and imprisoned. He died in custody in 1950 and was rehabilitated in 1953.
Honours and awards
- Soviet Union
- Three Orders of Lenin
- Orders of the Red Banner, four times
- Order of Ushakov, 1st class, twice
- Order of the Red Star
- Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"
- Russian Empire
- Order of St. Stanislaus, 2nd class with Swords (1916) and 3rd class (1909)
- Order of St. Anna, 3rd class (1913)
- Foreign award
- Cross of Grunwald, 1st class (Poland)
References
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- 1883 births
- 1950 deaths
- Russian military leaders
- Soviet admirals
- Soviet Navy personnel
- Recipients of the Order of Lenin
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner
- Recipients of the Order of Ushakov, 1st class
- Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class
- Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 3rd class
- Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 1st class
- Soviet rehabilitations
- Soviet people who died in prison custody
- Prisoners who died in Soviet detention