Valery Sablin

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Valery Mikhailovich Sablin
Valery Sablin
Born	(1939-01-01)1 January 1939 Leningrad, Soviet Union
Died	3 August 1976(1976-08-03) (aged 37) Moscow, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Service / branch	Soviet Navy Northern Fleet (1960–1969) Baltic Fleet (1973–1975)
Years of service	1956–1975
Rank	Captain 3rd Rank
Battles / wars	Cold War Mutiny on the Storozhevoy
Awards	Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, 3rd Class Medal "For Impeccable Service" (twice) All awards revoked after the mutiny

Captain 3rd Rank Valery Mikhailovich Sablin (Russian: Вале́рий Миха́йлович Са́блин) (1 January 1939 – 3 August 1976) was a Soviet Navy officer and a member of the Communist Party. In November 1975, in response to rampant corruption and stagnation in the Soviet Union under Leonid Brezhnev, he led a mutiny on the Soviet anti-submarine frigate Storozhevoy (Russian: Сторожевой, tr. Storoževoj, meaning "Sentry") in an attempt to start a Leninist political revolution. His mutiny failed and he was executed for treason nine months later.

The Storozhevoy mutiny inspired the Tom Clancy novel The Hunt for Red October, which was adapted into a 1990 film of the same name.