Oleg Anikanov | |
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Native name | Олег Карпович Аниканов |
Born | Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | 19 July 1933
Died | 24 April 2021 Moscow, Russian Federation | (aged 87)
Allegiance | Soviet Union Russia |
Service/ | Soviet Navy |
Years of service | 1956–1993 |
Rank | General Polkovnik |
Awards | Order of Lenin Order of the Red Banner of Labour Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" Third Class Medal "For Impeccable Service" First, Second and Third Classes USSR State Prize State Prize of the Russian Federation |
Oleg Karpovich Anikanov (Russian: Олег Карпович Аниканов; 19 July 1933 – 24 April 2021) was an officer of the Soviet and later Russian navies. Over his career he reached the rank of general-polkovnik, equivalent to colonel general, and served as head of the navy's Main Engineering Directorate, and as deputy commander-in-chief of the Navy for construction, engineering support and maintenance.
Entering the Soviet Armed Forces after graduating with a speciality in engineering and construction in 1956, Anikanov spent his career in the navy, working on construction projects in and around the navy's many bases. His early service was with the Northern Fleet, where he worked on the new facilities required by the early generations of nuclear submarines then entering service. For his successes in this field, which included the first dry dock complexes in the USSR for nuclear submarines, he was awarded the Order of Lenin. He was later chief engineer of the military component of the General Staff of the USSR , deputy chief of Severovoenmorstroy, and had responsibility for construction with the Baltic and Northern Fleets. He reached his highest positions in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with responsibility for supervising the construction of naval bases in Cam Ranh in Vietnam, and Tartus, in Syria. He retired in 1993, but remained active in construction and engineering projects, as well as naval alumni associations, before his death in 2021.
In retirement Anikanov was president of the state unitary enterprise "Intertechservice", advisor to the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, member of the board and member of the senior council of the Regional Public Organization of Admirals and Generals of the Navy "Club of Admirals", and a full member of the International Academy of Informatization .[1] Anikanov died in Moscow on 24 April 2021, at the age of 87.[3] Over the course of his career he had received numerous awards and honours. Among them were the Order of Lenin, awarded in 1965, the Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" Third Class, and the Medal "For Impeccable Service" in all three classes.[1] He was also a recipient of the USSR State Prize in 1983, the State Prize of the Russian Federation in 1998, and was an Honoured Builder of the RSFSR .[3][1][2] The State Prize of the Russian Federation was awarded on 22 June 1998 for "the creation and implementation of a pre-fabricated reinforced concrete floating quay for the mooring and supply of large surface ships of the Navy and merchant marine."[4]