This list of Russian admirals includes the admirals of all ranks , serving in the Russian Imperial Navy , the Soviet Navy and the modern Russian Navy .
See also the categories Category:Imperial Russian Navy admirals and Category:Soviet admirals .
Alphabetical list
Apraksin
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Pavel Sergeyevich Abankin Admiral , Head of Naval Academy (1944), Deputy Navy Minister for Shipbuilding and Armaments, Head of the Hydrographic Directorate (1952-1958)Abdulikhat Abassov , Rear admiral , (1929-1996), Head of Nuclear Submarine Training Center, Chief of Navy Combat TrainingVladimir Antonovich Alafuzov Admiral , Chief of the Main Navy Staff, Soviet NavyVladimir Nikolayevich Alekseyev Admiral , First Deputy Chief of the Main Navy StaffNikolay Nikolayevich Amelko , Admiral , Commander of the Pacific FleetFyodor Apraksin General admiral , won the Battle of Gangut during the Great Northern War , led the Imperial Russian Navy in the Russo-Persian War (1722–1723) Sergey Iosifovich Avakyants Admiral , Commander of the Pacific FleetBouboulina
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Nikolai Efremovich Basistiy Admiral , Commander of the Black Sea Fleet Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen Admiral , notable participant of the First Russian circumnavigation , leader of another Russian circumnavigation during which he and his second-in-command Mikhail Lazarev discovered the continent of Antarctica Aksel Ivanovich Berg radiolocation and cybernetics Vladimir Ivanovich Bogdashin Bezzavetnyy 1988 Black Sea bumping incident Ivan Botsis galley fleet under Peter the Great Laskarina Bouboulina Greek War of Independence in 1821, and posthumously an admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy.[ 1] Chichagov
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Andrei Trofimovich Chabanenko Northern Fleet Vladimir Nikolayevich Chernavin Soviet Northern Fleet , the last Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy , first and only Commander-in-Chief of the CIS NavyPavel Chichagov Napoleon 's escape across the Berezina .Vasiliy Chichagov Admiral , polar explorer, Pavel's father, won the battles of Öland , Reval and Vyborg Bay , effectively bringing the Russo-Swedish War of 1788-90 to an endViktor Viktorovich Chirkov Admiral , Commander of the Baltic Fleet (2009-2012), Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy (2012-2016)Grigoriy Pavlovich Chukhnin Vice admiral , commander of the Black Sea Fleet during the 1905 Russian Revolution and battleship Potemkin mutiny until his assassination in 1906.Cornelius Cruys Vice admiral , the first commander of the Russian Baltic Fleet Deribas (de Ribas)
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Greig
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Lev Mikhailovich Galler Admiral , Chief of the Main Navy StaffMikhail Mikhailovich Golitsyn General Admiral from 1756 to 1762Arseniy Grigoryevich Golovko Admiral , Commander of the Northern FleetSergey Georgiyevich Gorshkov World War II , the Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy during most of the Cold War and for almost 30 years (1956-1985)Samuel Greig Battle of Chesma during the Russo-Turkish War (1768-1774) and participated in the Battle of Hogland during the Russo-Swedish War (1788-1790) Ivan Konstantinovich Grigorovich Port Arthur 's port during the siege of Port Arthur , Russia's last Naval MinisterVladimir Vladimirovich Grishechkin , Rear Admiral , Chief of Staff/1st Deputy Commander of Northern FleetFeliks Nikolayevich Gromov Russian Navy , previously commander of the Northern FleetThomas Gordon Admiral , Governor and Commander-in-Chief at Kronshtadt from 1727 until his death in 1741. His granddaughter Anne Young married a Scot, Lt. Thomas MacKenzie (Foma Kalinovich Mekenzi, Фома Калинович Мекензи – Son of Colin). Two years after their marriage in 1738 they had a son also called Thomas (Foma Fomich Mekenzi (Фома Фомич Мекензи - Son of Thomas)), a Scottish-Russian rear admiral who founded the city of Sevastopol in service of the Russian Empire in 1783.Heiden
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John Paul Jones fought at Ochakov
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Igor Vladimirovich Kasatonov Vladimir Afanasyevich Kasatonov Vladimir Lvovich Kasatonov N. G. Kuznetsov Naval Academy Mikhail Alexandrovich Kedrov White Russian forces, including the evacuation of Wrangel's fleet from the Crimea as the Russian Civil War came to a closeYuri Mikhailovich Khaliullin Lenin Higher Naval Engineering School [ru ] and the Naval Engineering Institute [ru ] Mikhail Nikolayevich Khronopulo Black Sea Fleet between 1985 and 1991Aleksandr Vasilyevich Kolchak White movement during the Russian Civil War Nikolay Kolomeytsev Russo-Japanese War , later led White Russian naval forces in the Baltic during the Russian Civil War Vladimir Konovalov submarine commander during World War II Vladimir Alekseyevich Kornilov Battle of Navarino , hero of the siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855) , died in the Battle of Malakoff Vladimir Ivanovich Korolev Admiral , Commander-in-Chief Russian Navy, Commander of Northern FleetNikolay Krabbe Primorsky Krai , oversaw the development of naval artillery and ironclad shipsNikolai Mikhailovich Kulakov Vladimir Ivanovich Kuroyedov Russian Navy Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov Soviet Navy during World War II (1939-1946)Adam Johann von Krusenstern first Russian circumnavigation with Yuri Lisyansky Alexander Ivanovich Kruz (1731-1799), Fleet AdmiralLazarev
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Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev Admiral , three times circumnavigator and discoverer of Antarctica , destroyed five enemy warships as a commander of Azov Battle of Navarino , tutor of Nakhimov , Kornilov and Istomin Viktor Nikolayevich Liina Vice Admiral , Chief of Staff/1st Deputy Commander of Black Sea FleetSergey Vladimrovich Lipilin , Rear Admiral , Deputy Commander Black Sea FleetSemyon Mikhailovich Lobov
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Thomas Mackenzie (Foma Kalinovich Mekenzi, Фома Калинович Мекензи, Russian admiral, 1710–1766), Rear admiral, entered Russian Navy in 1736 at Archangel . Father of Rear Admiral Thomas MacKenzie (the founder of Sebastopol)Thomas Mackenzie Sevastopol 1783 , first Commander-in-Chief of the Black Sea Fleet. Awarded Knight Order of St. George IV Class for his bravery in successfully navigating a fireship into the enemy which contributed to the destruction of the Turkish Fleet in the Russian/Turkish War at Chesma 5–7 July 1770Konstantin Valentinovich Makarov, (1931-2011), Fleet Admiral, Chief of the Main Navy Staff/First Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Navy
Stepan Osipovich Makarov torpedo attack (during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 ), built the first torpedo boat tender and the first polar icebreaker , author of the insubmersibility theory, killed in the Russo-Japanese War when his ship struck a naval mine Nikolai Mikhailovich Maksimov Pavel Maksutov Battle of Sinop and the siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855) Viktor Mardusin Vice Admiral , Commander of the Baltic FleetNikolai Ilych Martynyuk Vice Admiral , First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Pacific FleetVladimir Petrovich Maslov, (1925-1989), Admiral, Commander of the Pacific Fleet (1974-1979)
Vladimir Vasilyevich Masorin Russian Navy Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov, (1673-1729), Admiral, close associate of Peter I (the Great) active in early Russian naval battles
Vladimir Vasilyevich Mikhailin Admiral , Commander of the Baltic FleetArkadiy Petrovich Mikhailovskiy, Admiral, Commander of Northern Fleet (1981-1984)
Aleksandr Alekseyevich Moiseyev Vice admiral , commander of the Black Sea FleetMikhail Vasilyevich Motsak Igor Timurbulatovich Mukhametshin Vice Admiral , Chief of Staff/1st Deputy Commander of Baltic FleetNakhimov
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Pavel Stepanovich Nakhimov Mikhail Lazarev , fought in the Battle of Navarino , annihilated the Ottoman fleet in the Battle of Sinope , commander and hero at the siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855) Charles Henry of Nassau-Siegen Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) and was defeated in the Battle of Svensksund in the Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790) Petr Nikolayevich Navoytsev, (1920-1993), Admiral, First Deputy Chief of the Main Navy Staff (1975-1988)
Gennadiy Ivanovich Nevelskoy, (1813-1876), Admiral, prominent explorer of the Far East
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Nosatov Admiral , Commander Baltic FleetPavel Ivanovich Novitsky Apostles , Chief Commander of Sevastopol Port 1916. Executed by Bolsheviks 1917.
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Yuriy Aleksandrovich Panteleyev Admiral , Commander of the Pacific FleetPavel Pereleshin Battle of Sinop and the siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855) Aleksandr Igorevich Peshkov Igor Nikolayevich Petrov , rear admiral, political branchSergey Mikhailovich Pinchuk Vice Admiral , Commander of Caspian FlotillaVasiliy Ivanovich Platonov , Admiral , Commander of the Northern FleetAndrey Popov Crimean War , led a Russian flotilla to support the Union during the American Civil War , designed the first true Russian battleship Pyotr Velikiy Ricord
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Yuri Rall Soviet evacuation of Tallinn , siege of Leningrad Anatoliy Ivanovich Rassokho Admiral , Head of Defense Ministry Main Directorate of Navigation and Oceanography Mikhail Reyneke hydrographer Pyotr Ricord Admiral , Head of the Russian Navy squadrons blockaded the Dardanelles during the Russo-Turkish War (1828-1829), participated in the Civil conflict in Greece (1831–1833), and defended Kronstadt (1854) during the Crimean War (1853–1856)Grand Duke Alexey Alexandrovich Romanov ), General admiral and Naval Minister during the Russo-Japanese War Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich Romanov ), General admiral and statesman, oversaw the rapid transition of the Russian Navy to ironclad warships Zinoviy Petrovich Rozhestvenskiy Russo-Japanese War , wounded in the Battle of Tsushima Andrey Vladimirovich Ryabukhin , Rear Admiral , Deputy Commander of Pacific FleetSenyavin
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Naum Akimovich Senyavin Battle of Osel during the Great Northern War Aleksey Naumovich Senyavin Don Military Flotilla and played a crucial role in Russia's gaining access to the Black Sea Dmitriy Nikolayevich Senyavin Dardanelles and Athos against Ottomans during the Napoleonic Wars Nikolay Dmitriyevich Sergeyev Peter von Sivers Russian Admiralty Board in 1728-32.Nikolai Ivanovich Smirnov Viktor Nikolayevich Sokolov Admiral , commander of the Black Sea FleetEmil Nikolayevich Spiridonov Grigoriy Andreyevich Spiridov Battle of Chesma during the Russo-Turkish War (1768-1774) Georgy Andreyevich Stepanov Ivan Ivanovich Stronskiy, Kontr Admiral , (1846 - 1901), famous in Russian - Turkish war 1877-1878, also followed the Order of service to Duke of Edinburgh Alfred in 1876.
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Ushakov
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Voinovich (Vojnović)
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Valery Vladimirovich Varfolomeyev Viktor Konstantinovich Vasilyev Naval Academy Nikolai Ignatevich Vinogradov Kamchatka Flotilla Aleksandr Viktorovich Vitko Admiral , Deputy Commander-in-Chief Russian NavyAndrei Olgertovich Volozhinsky Vice Admiral , Chief of Staff/1st Deputy CinC Russian NavyVladimir Sergeyevich Vysotsky Russian Navy Marko Ivanovich Voinovich Vojnović in Serbian ), one of the founders of the Black Sea Fleet , winner of the Battle of Fidonisi .
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Nikolay Yuryevich Yakubovskiy , Rear Admiral , Chief of Staff/1st Deputy Commander of Caspian FlotillaVladimir Anatolyevich Yakushev Nikolai Pavlovich Yegipko Hero of the Soviet Union Georgiy Mikhailovich Yegorov Vladimir Grigoryevich Yegorov Oleg Aleksandrovich Yerofeyev Nikolay Anatolyevich Yevmenov Admiral , Commander of Northern Fleet, Commander in Chief of the NavyIvan Stepanovich Yumashev Sakhalin and Kuril Islands for the USSR during the Soviet–Japanese War , Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy in the late 1940sZavoyko
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