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Nikolai Alexandrovich Lunin (Лунин, Николай Александрович) (1907–1970) was an Admiral in the Soviet Navy and a Hero of the Soviet Union. Lunin was born in Mariupol the son of a soldier. He studied at the Rostov-on-Don maritime college and joined the merchant marine serving aboard the tanker ''Azneft''. He joined the Navy in 1935 and was arrested in the 1938 purge but released after 13 months. He was transferred to the submarine arm. In 1941, Lunin commanded the Shch class submarine ''Shch-421'' with Fyodor Vidyayev as his second in command. He carried out several successful patrols in this boat, sinking a German transport. In 1942 he was given command of the new K class submarine, ''K-21''. The K-21 made an attack on the German battleship Tirpitz in June 1942. He subsequently carried out further patrols in Arctic waters and claimed 17 German transports. In 1943, he became commander of the Northern Fleet's submarine brigade and was promoted to Rear Admiral in 1945. After the war Lunin was involved in the Soviet exploration of the Arctic and Antarctic. Lunin retired in 1962 and died in 1970. He is buried in the Military Cemetery in St Petersburg. == Awards and honours == * Hero of the Soviet Union * Order of Lenin - twice * Order of Ushakov 2nd class * Order of the Red Banner * Order of the Patriotic War 1st class * Order of the Red Star Several streets are named after him in Muriupol, Polyarny and Odessa, together with a school in Murmansk 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nikolai Lunin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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