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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
A
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 Training
Vladimir Antonovich Alafuzov ,
Admiral , Chief of the Main Navy Staff, Soviet Navy
Vladimir Nikolayevich Alekseyev ,
Admiral , First Deputy Chief of the Main Navy Staff
Nikolay Nikolayevich Amelko ,
Admiral , Commander of the Pacific Fleet
Fyodor 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 Fleet
Bouboulina
B
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 , Admiral and scientist, major developer of
radiolocation and
cybernetics
Vladimir Ivanovich Bogdashin , rear admiral, captain of the frigate
Bezzavetnyy during the
1988 Black Sea bumping incident
Ivan Botsis , Admiral in charge of the
galley fleet under
Peter the Great
Laskarina Bouboulina , Greek naval commander, heroine of the
Greek War of Independence in 1821, and posthumously an admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy.
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Chichagov
C
Andrei Trofimovich Chabanenko , admiral, Commander of the
Northern Fleet
Vladimir Nikolayevich Chernavin , Fleet admiral, Commander of the
Soviet Northern Fleet , the last Commander-in-Chief of the
Soviet Navy , first and only Commander-in-Chief of the CIS Navy
Pavel Chichagov , admiral, in command of an army, blamed for
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 end
Viktor 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)
D
E
F
Greig
G
Lev Mikhailovich Galler ,
Admiral , Chief of the Main Navy Staff
Mikhail Mikhailovich Golitsyn ,
General Admiral from 1756 to 1762
Arseniy Grigoryevich Golovko ,
Admiral , Commander of the Northern Fleet
Sergey Georgiyevich Gorshkov , Fleet admiral of the Soviet Union (one of only three), led a number of landing operations in the Black Sea during
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 , Admiral, won the
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 , Admiral, chief of
Port Arthur 's port during the
siege of Port Arthur , Russia's last Naval Minister
Vladimir Vladimirovich Grishechkin ,
Rear Admiral , Chief of Staff/1st Deputy Commander of Northern Fleet
Feliks Nikolayevich Gromov , Fleet admiral, Commander-in-Chief of the
Russian Navy , previously commander of the Northern Fleet
Thomas Gordon , (1658–1741)
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
H
I
J
John Paul Jones , Rear admiral, served in and achieved rank of Rear Admiral with the Black Sea Fleet after serving as a Captain in the American Navy during the American Revolution,
fought at Ochakov
K
Igor Vladimirovich Kasatonov , Admiral, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy
Vladimir Afanasyevich Kasatonov , Fleet Admiral, First Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy
Vladimir Lvovich Kasatonov , Vice-Admiral, head of the
N. G. Kuznetsov Naval Academy
Mikhail Alexandrovich Kedrov , Vice admiral, who led
White Russian forces, including the evacuation of
Wrangel's fleet from the
Crimea as the
Russian Civil War came to a close
Yuri Mikhailovich Khaliullin , Rear Admiral, engineer and academic, head of the
Lenin Higher Naval Engineering School [
ru ] and the
Naval Engineering Institute [
ru ]
Mikhail Nikolayevich Khronopulo , Admiral, commander of the
Black Sea Fleet between 1985 and 1991
Aleksandr Vasilyevich Kolchak , Admiral, polar explorer, commander of the Black Sea Fleet, a leader of the
White movement during the
Russian Civil War
Nikolay Kolomeytsev , Vice admiral, polar explorer, a hero of the
Russo-Japanese War , later led
White Russian naval forces in the Baltic during the
Russian Civil War
Vladimir Konovalov , Rear admiral, distinguished
submarine commander during
World War II
Vladimir Alekseyevich Kornilov , Vice admiral, fought in the
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 Fleet
Nikolay Krabbe , Admiral and Naval Minister, co-founded the first Russian naval bases in
Primorsky Krai , oversaw the development of
naval artillery and
ironclad ships
Nikolai Mikhailovich Kulakov , Vice admiral, political branch, Hero of the Soviet Union
Vladimir Ivanovich Kuroyedov , Fleet admiral, Commander-in-Chief of the
Russian Navy
Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov , (1902-1974), Fleet admiral of the Soviet Union (one of only three), the Commander-in-Chief of the
Soviet Navy during
World War II (1939-1946)
Alexander Ivanovich Kruz (1731-1799), Fleet Admiral
Lazarev
L
Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev ,
Admiral , three times
circumnavigator and discoverer of
Antarctica , destroyed five enemy warships as a commander of
Azov in the
Battle of Navarino , tutor of
Nakhimov ,
Kornilov and
Istomin
Viktor Nikolayevich Liina ,
Vice Admiral , Chief of Staff/1st Deputy Commander of Black Sea Fleet
Sergey Vladimrovich Lipilin ,
Rear Admiral , Deputy Commander Black Sea Fleet
Semyon Mikhailovich Lobov , Fleet admiral, Commander of the Northern Fleet
M
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 (1740–1786), Rear admiral, Founder of
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 1770
Konstantin Valentinovich Makarov, (1931-2011), Fleet Admiral, Chief of the Main Navy Staff/First Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Navy
Stepan Osipovich Makarov , Vice admiral, inventor and explorer, performed the first ever successful
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 , Admiral, Commander of the Northern Fleet, head of the Naval Academy
Pavel Maksutov , Rear admiral, hero of the
Battle of Sinop and the
siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855)
Viktor Mardusin ,
Vice Admiral , Commander of the Baltic Fleet
Nikolai Ilych Martynyuk (1934-2021),
Vice Admiral , First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Pacific Fleet
Vladimir Petrovich Maslov, (1925-1989), Admiral, Commander of the Pacific Fleet (1974-1979)
Vladimir Vasilyevich Masorin , Fleet admiral, Commander-in-Chief of the
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 Fleet
Arkadiy Petrovich Mikhailovskiy, Admiral, Commander of Northern Fleet (1981-1984)
Aleksandr Alekseyevich Moiseyev ,
Vice admiral , commander of the Black Sea Fleet
Mikhail Vasilyevich Motsak , Vice admiral, Chief of Staff/1st Deputy Commander of the Northern Fleet
Igor Timurbulatovich Mukhametshin ,
Vice Admiral , Chief of Staff/1st Deputy Commander of Baltic Fleet
Nakhimov
N
Pavel Stepanovich Nakhimov , Admiral, circumnavigated the world with
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 , Admiral, won several battles during the
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 Fleet
O
P
Yuriy Aleksandrovich Panteleyev ,
Admiral , Commander of the Pacific Fleet
Pavel Pereleshin , Rear admiral, hero of the
Battle of Sinop and the
siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855)
Aleksandr Igorevich Peshkov , rear admiral, Commander of Caspian Flotilla
Igor Nikolayevich Petrov , rear admiral, political branch
Sergey Mikhailovich Pinchuk ,
Vice Admiral , Commander of Caspian Flotilla
Vasiliy Ivanovich Platonov ,
Admiral , Commander of the Northern Fleet
Andrey Popov , Admiral, hero of the
Crimean War , led a Russian flotilla to support the
Union during the
American Civil War , designed the first true Russian battleship
Pyotr Velikiy
Ricord
R
Yuri Rall , Vice admiral, Second World War,
Soviet evacuation of Tallinn ,
siege of Leningrad
Anatoliy Ivanovich Rassokho ,
Admiral , Head of
Defense Ministry Main Directorate of Navigation and Oceanography
Mikhail Reyneke , Vice admiral, major 19th century
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 , Vice Admiral, commander of the 2nd Pacific Squadron during the
Russo-Japanese War , wounded in the
Battle of Tsushima
Andrey Vladimirovich Ryabukhin ,
Rear Admiral , Deputy Commander of Pacific Fleet
Senyavin
S
Naum Akimovich Senyavin , Vice admiral, won the
Battle of Osel during the
Great Northern War
Aleksey Naumovich Senyavin , re-established the
Don Military Flotilla and played a crucial role in Russia's gaining access to the
Black Sea
Dmitriy Nikolayevich Senyavin , Admiral, won the battles of the
Dardanelles and
Athos against Ottomans during the
Napoleonic Wars
Nikolay Dmitriyevich Sergeyev , Fleet admiral, Chief of the Main Navy Staff/First Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy
Peter von Sivers (1674-1740) chaired the
Russian Admiralty Board in 1728-32.
Nikolai Ivanovich Smirnov , Fleet admiral, Commander of the Pacific Fleet
Viktor Nikolayevich Sokolov ,
Admiral , commander of the Black Sea Fleet
Emil Nikolayevich Spiridonov (1925-1981), Commander of the Pacific Fleet
Grigoriy Andreyevich Spiridov , Admiral, destroyed the Ottoman fleet in the
Battle of Chesma during the
Russo-Turkish War (1768-1774)
Georgy Andreyevich Stepanov , vice admiral, commander during the Second World War
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.
T
Ushakov
U
Voinovich (Vojnović)
V
Valery Vladimirovich Varfolomeyev , rear admiral, submarine officer, commander of the 11th Submarine Division
Viktor Konstantinovich Vasilyev , rear admiral, academic of the
Naval Academy
Nikolai Ignatevich Vinogradov , admiral, submarine officer, commander of the
Kamchatka Flotilla
Aleksandr Viktorovich Vitko ,
Admiral , Deputy Commander-in-Chief Russian Navy
Andrei Olgertovich Volozhinsky ,
Vice Admiral , Chief of Staff/1st Deputy CinC Russian Navy
Vladimir Sergeyevich Vysotsky , Admiral, Commander-in-Chief of the
Russian Navy
Marko Ivanovich Voinovich (Vojnović in
Serbian ), one of the founders of the
Black Sea Fleet , winner of the
Battle of Fidonisi .
Y
Nikolay Yuryevich Yakubovskiy ,
Rear Admiral , Chief of Staff/1st Deputy Commander of Caspian Flotilla
Vladimir Anatolyevich Yakushev , Rear Admiral, Commander of the Primorsky Flotilla
Nikolai Pavlovich Yegipko , Vice admiral,
Hero of the Soviet Union
Georgiy Mikhailovich Yegorov , Fleet admiral, Commander of the Northern Fleet
Vladimir Grigoryevich Yegorov , Admiral, Commander Russian Baltic Fleet
Oleg Aleksandrovich Yerofeyev , Admiral, Commander of Northern Fleet
Nikolay Anatolyevich Yevmenov ,
Admiral , Commander of Northern Fleet, Commander in Chief of the Navy
Ivan Stepanovich Yumashev , Admiral, reclaimed Southern
Sakhalin and
Kuril Islands for the USSR during the
Soviet–Japanese War , Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy in the late 1940s
Zavoyko
Z
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