Russian Naval College Had Two Heroes -- One Aged 13 -- With the lengths of rope fixed to boards on the wall, a model sailing-cutter, and a binnacle in one corner, it is an exact replies of a Royal Navy seamanship school. Here young cadets at the Wahimov College receive a lesson in semaphore - letter "Q" at the dip! Soviet equivalent of Britain's Darmouth, the Wahimov College in Leningrad, training-ground for cadets who will eventually become officers in the Russian Navy, has two heroes. The first is Captain Izatchek, much-decorated hero of World War 1. Director of the College, he is responsible for the cadets from the time they enter until they leave, six years later, to join the Navy. September 3, 1951. (Photo by Mirror Features).

Russian Naval College Had Two Heroes -- One Aged 13 -- With the lengths of rope fixed to boards on the wall, a model sailing-cutter, and a binnacle in one corner, it is an exact replies of a Royal Navy seamanship school. Here young cadets at the Wahimov College receive a lesson in semaphore - letter "Q" at the dip! Soviet equivalent of Britain's Darmouth, the Wahimov College in Leningrad, training-ground for cadets who will eventually become officers in the Russian Navy, has two heroes. The first is Captain Izatchek, much-decorated hero of World War 1. Director of the College, he is responsible for the cadets from the time they enter until they leave, six years later, to join the Navy. September 3, 1951. (Photo by Mirror Features)

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