Yevgeny Andreyevich Berens (Russian: Евгений Андреевич Беренс, occasionally transliterated as Behrens) (November 11 [O.S. October 30] 1876 – April 7, 1928) was a Russian military leader, Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Naval Forces from April 1919 to February 1920. After the October Revolution he joined the Red side and was head of the Naval Staff from 1917 to 1919. In 1919, he was appointed commander of the Soviet Navy on the death of Vasili Altfater. Berens' brother, Mikhail Berens, was also a naval officer but joined the white side in the Russian Civil War and commanded Wrangel's fleet