After joining the Soviet Navy in 1922, he advanced through the ranks and held various commands, including Chief of Staff of the Northern Fleet (August 1940), Commander of the White Sea Flotilla (February 1943), and Deputy Chief of Staff of the Soviet Navy (1944–45).
Stepan Levitsky | Stepan Bandera | Stepan Makarov | Stepan Krasovsky | Alfred Stepan | Stepan Topal | Stepan Shevyryov | Stepan Khilkov | Stepan Khalturin | Stepan Balmashov |