Alexander Tikhmenev

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.

Alexander Ivanovich Tikhmenev
On the submarine Seal in Bizerte, July 1921, Vice Adimral Mikhail Kedrov, Rear Admiral Mikhail Berens, Rear Admiral Alexander Tikhmenev. With aiguillette flag officer Senior Lieutenant Georgy Chekhov
Native name	Александр Иванович Тихменев
Born	1879
Died	1959 Tunisia
Allegiance	Russian Empire
Service / branch	Imperial Russian Navy
Years of service	1901–1924
Rank	Rear Admiral
Commands	Destroyer «Spooky» Destroyer «Defiant» Battleship «Will»
Battles / wars	World War I Russian Civil War
Awards	Order of Saint Vladimir Order of Saint Anne Order of Saint Stanislaus Order of the Medjidie

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.

Buried at the Borgel Cemetery in Tunis.

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.

Sources

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