Vasily Trushin

Vasily Prokofyevich Trushin (Russian: Василий Прокофьевич Трушин; 7 February [O.S. 26 January] 1899 – 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.