Filipp Sergeyevich Ivanov (Russian: Филипп Сергеевич Иванов; 23 October [O.S. 11 October] 1899 – 8 July 1969), more popularly known as Filipp Sergeyevich Oktyabrsky (Russian: Филипп Сергеевич Октябрьский), was a Soviet naval commander. He began service in the Baltic Fleet in 1918.[1]From 1925–27 he studied at the Naval Academy in Leningrad.[2] As vice-admiral he was given command of the Black Sea Fleet in March 1939 and headed its actions during the Sieges of Sevastopol (1941-1942) and Odessa (1941). After the war he became a Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, commander of all naval test centres and from 1957 to 1960 head of the Black Sea Higher Naval Institute "Admiral Pavel Nakhimov" (Russian: Черноморское высшее военно-морское училище имени П. С. Нахимова) in Sevastopol.[3]
A Kresta II class cruiser was named in honour of the Admiral.
В 1918 года Ф.С.Октябрьский добровольно вступил в ряды Балтийского флота. [In 1918 F.S. Oktyabrysky voluntarily entered the ranks of the Baltic Fleet.]