Mutiny: The True Events That Inspired The Hunt For Red October

WRITING AS DAVID HAGBERG

WRITING AS SEAN FLANNERY

WRITING NONFICTION WITH BORIS GINDIN

MUTINY: THE TRUE EVENTS

THAT INSPIRED
THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER

DAVID HAGBERG
AND
BORIS GINDIN

A TOM DOHERTY ASSOCIATES BOOK

NEW YORK

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MUTINY: THE TRUE EVENTS THAT INSPIRED
THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER

Copyright © 2008 by David Hagberg and Boris Gindin

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Hagberg, David.
        Mutiny : the true events that inspired the hunt for Red October /
David Hagberg and Boris Gindin.—1st ed.
                p. cm.
        Includes bibliographical references.
        ISBN-13: 978-0-7653-1350-8
        ISBN-10: 0-7653-1350-2
   1. Mutiny—Soviet Union. 2. Storozhevoi (Ship) 3. Soviet Union—
        History, Naval. 4. Soviet Union—History—1953-1985. I. Gindin,
        Boris. II. Title.
        DK274.H244 2008
        359.1’334—dc22                                                                      2008006492

First Edition: May 2008

Printed in the United States of America

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For Laurie

David Hagberg

This book is for my lovely wife, Yana, with special
thanks. It was she who inspired me to tell this story.
And for my granddaughter, Alexandra Gindin.
My wish is that this book will always remind her of the
immense love I and the rest of the family have for her.

Boris Gindin

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

AUTHORS’ NOTE

PREFACE BY DAVID HAGBERG

PREFACE BY BORIS GINDIN

THE MUTINIES

RIGA

Riga
The Academy
Cold War Considerations
En Route to Havana
The Finest Navy on the Planet
Defending the Rodina
At the Ready
The
Storozhevoy

THE BALTIC

Evening of the Mutiny
Soviet Dogma
To the Midshipmen’s Dining Room
The Shipboard Schedule
Sablin’s Plea

THE GREAT SOVIET FAILURE

Doublespeak
The Captain and the Engineer
The
Zampolit
Moving Ashore
Building the
Storozhevoy
Warship
Engineer
Baltiysk
Senior Lieutenant
The Big Lie