Vasilii Prokofevich Trushin

Vasily Prokofyevich Trushin (; – 5 April 1974) was an officer of the Soviet Navy. He worked in the Naval Infantry, reaching the rank of major-general and being awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

Born in 1899, Trushin joined the Red Army in 1919 and saw action on the Turkestan Front during the Russian Civil War. By the late 1920s he was in the Far East, fighting in the Sino-Soviet conflict in 1929. He rose through the ranks and positions to command rifle battalions and regiments, before serving in the Pacific Fleet, commanding the 14th and then the 13th Marine Brigades. In August 1945, the Soviet–Japanese War began and Trushin was ordered to lead the carry out a landing operation to capture the Japanese naval base of Seishin. The Seishin Operation ran into difficulties when, contrary to expectations, the Japanese chose to defend the city. Trushin landed with the main force and took command on the spot, securing the city. For his performance in this operation, Trushin was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

Trushin remained in the navy following the war, serving in the Baltic Fleet and the Black Sea Fleet. He ended his career as a chief of department of the Navy's Combat Training Directorate, retiring in December 1955 with the rank of major-general. He died in 1974 at the age of 75.

Biography Early years and wartime service Trushin was born on in the village of , in what was Serdobsky Uyezd, Saratov Governorate, in the Russian Empire. He joined the Red Army in 1919 and served during the Russian Civil War on the Turkestan Front, initially as a squad commander, then platoon commander, and finally assistant company commander. After studies at the 4th Tashkent Command Staff United School, he graduated in 1921, joined the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks), and took part in campaigns against the Basmachi movement. In March 1923, Trushin was appointed company commander in the 9th Don Rifle Division in the North Caucasus Military District, before transferring to the Far East in July 1929, and serving as commander of a company, and then a stage point of the 1st Chita Rifle Regiment.

In December 1930, Trushin became secretary of the 1st Chita Rifle Regiment's party bureau, and then in April 1931, took command of a rifle battalion, and from November 1931, commanded a training battalion in the 1st Pacific Rifle Division.

Post-war service Trushin remained in the navy following the war, and in April 1946, was appointed commander of the 63rd Marine Brigade of 4th Fleet in the Baltic. He was transferred from the Baltic to the Black Sea Fleet, taking charge of the fleet's training detachment in April 1947. He returned to the Baltic in June 1948, this time as commander of the 8th Fleet's 1st Machine Gun and Artillery Division. In September 1951, he became chief of the Third Department and deputy chief of the Coastal Defence Land Forces and Marines Navy Directorate, and in May 1953, deputy chief of the department. In June 1955, Trushin was appointed chief of department of the Navy's Combat Training Directorate. In 2019 the Ivan Gren-class landing ship Vasily Trushin, named in his honour, was laid down.