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Gordey Ivanovich Levchenko
February 1, 1897(1897-02-01) - June 9, 1981 (aged 84)
Place of birth	Dubrovka, Zhitomir Oblast Ukraine
Place of death	? USSR
Allegiance	Russian Empire,  Soviet Union
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Navy, Soviet Navy
Years of service	1913-1960
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	Baltic Fleet
Battles/wars	World War I, Russian Civil War, World War II
Awards	*Order of Lenin (three times) Order of the Red Banner (four times) Order of Ushakov (twice) Order of the Red Star

Gordey Ivanovich Levchenko (Russian: Гордей Иванович Левченко, February 1, 1897, Dubrovka, Ukraine - 1981) was a Soviet naval commander and admiral from 1944.

Levchenko joined the Imperial Russian Navy in 1913 and participated in World War I. In 1917 he took part in the assault of the Winter Palace, commanded the cruiser "Aurora". During the Civil War he participated in suppressing the mutinies at the Krasnaya Gorka fort and the Kronstadt Rebellion. After 1922 he commanded the cruiser "Aurora". Commander of the Caspian Flotilla in 1932 - 1933. From 1933 he commanded the battleship division of the Baltic Fleet and the destroyer squadron of the Black Sea Fleet. He was arrested during a purge in late 1941 and sentenced to 10 years but released in January 1942 and re-instated. Levchenko Participated in battles of Odessa, Nikolayev and Sevastopol during World War II. During late 1942 to 1944 he was base commander in Leningrad and helped supply the city during the siege

He was commander of the Baltic Fleet from 1946 to 1953. Levchenko was deputy of the People's Commissar of the navy from 1939 and deputy minister of the navy from 1953 to 1960.

Levchenko retired in September of 1960.

The Udaloy class destroyer Admiral Levchenko is named after him.

• This article is mainly sourced from Russian Wikipedia