Nikolai Basistiy information

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Nikolai Efremovich Basistiy
Born	22 May [O.S. 10 May] 1898 Yurevka [ru], Yelisavetgradsky Uyezd, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	20 October 1971(1971-10-20) (aged 73) Moscow, Soviet Union
Buried	Novodevichy Cemetery
Allegiance	Russian Empire  Soviet Union
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Navy  Soviet Navy
Years of service	1914-1960
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	Black Sea Fleet
Awards	Imperial Russia St. George Medal [ru] Soviet Union Order of Lenin (twice) Order of the Red Banner (four times) Order of Ushakov Second Class Order of Kutuzov Second Class Foreign Awards Navy Cross (USA)

Nikolai Efremovich Basistiy (Russian: Николай Ефремович Басистый) (22 May [O.S. 10 May] 1898 – 20 October 1971) was an officer of the Soviet Navy. He rose to the rank of admiral and was commander of the Black Sea Fleet, in a career that spanned the First and Second World Wars, and the Russian Civil War.

Born into a peasant family, Basistiy served as a mine specialist during the First World War, being decorated for his service in the Black Sea Fleet. Continuing his naval career after the Russian Revolution, Basistiy became a supporter of the Bolsheviks, and served in the Workers' and Peasants' Red Fleet during the Russian Civil War. He saw action against the White movement and other anti-Bolshevik risings in Odessa and Astrakhan, and as part of the Volga [ru] and Caspian Flotillas. With the Bolshevik victory in the civil war, Basistiy undertook various studies and specialised in mine warfare. He was sent to serve as an advisor to the Spanish Republican Navy during the Spanish Civil War, and was decorated for his service.

He served with distinction in the Black Sea during the Second World War, at first as commander of a cruiser, and then rising to the post of chief of staff, and for a time acting fleet commander. He saw action at many of the defensive operations during the sieges of Soviet Black Sea ports, and at the landing operations to force enemy invaders back. Shortly after the war he became commander in chief of the Black Sea Fleet. Towards the end of his career he was a deputy to Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, and an advisor to the Group of Inspectors General of the Ministry of Defence, before his retirement in 1960. He wrote his memoirs, which were published shortly before his death in 1971.