Alexander Tikhmenev Explained

Alexander Ivanovich Tikhmenev
Native Name:	Александр Иванович Тихменев
Birth Date:	1879
Death Date:	1959
Death Place:	Tunisia
Serviceyears:	1901–1924
Rank:	Rear Admiral
Commands:	Destroyer «Spooky» Destroyer «Defiant» Battleship «Will»
Battles:	World War I Civil War
Awards:	Order of Saint Vladimir Order of Saint Anne Order of Saint Stanislaus Order of the Medjidie

Alexander Ivanovich Tikhmenev (December 30, 1879 – April 25, 1959, Tunisia) was the military commander of the Russian Imperial and White Fleets, Rear Admiral, Chief of Staff of the Russian Squadron.^[1]

Biography

1901 – Graduated from the Marine Corps with a promotion to warrant officer.
1901–1902 – Chief of the Watch of transport «Bug».
April 30, 1903 – Chief of Watch of the cruiser «Memory of Mercury».
1904 – Graduated from the mine officer class.
1905 – Mine officer of the battleship «Three Saints».
1906–1907 – Mine officer of the battleship «Twelve Apostles» and the gunboat «Terets».
1908 – Commander of Destroyer No. 272, teacher at the mine school of the Black Sea Fleet.
1911 – Senior Lieutenant, Acting Senior Officer of the cruiser Memory of Mercury.
December 6, 1913 – Captain of the 2nd Rank for "distinction in service".
1914–1915 – Commander of the «Spooky» destroyer.
1915–1917 – Commander of the «Restless» destroyer.
1917 – Captain of the 1st Rank and commander of the battleship «Volya».
In June 1918, he took command of the Black Sea Fleet from Vice Admiral Sablin when he left for Moscow to discuss the issue of flooding the fleet.^[1] ^[2]

Buried at the Borgel Cemetery in Tunis.^[1]

Distinctions

Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd Class with Swords;
Order of Saint Anne, 2nd Class with Swords;
Order of Saint Vladimir, 4th Class with Swords and Bow;
Turkish Medjidie Order of the 4th Class.^[3]

Sources

Book: Version 3.0. 2007. Big Russian Biographical Encyclopedia (Electronic Edition). Tikhmenev, Alexander Ivanovich. Moscow. Businessoft, Publishing House Home Computer.
Chronos

Notes and References

http://www.hrono.ru/biograf/bio_t/tihmenev_ai.html Alexander Tikhmenev. Chronos
http://www.navy.su/persons/20/ai_tihmenev.htm Alexander Tikhmenev. Russian Navy
http://statearchive.ru/assets/files/Denikin/03-ann_sp.pdf Alexander Tikhmenev. State Archives