List of Russian admirals

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

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 Russian Navy in the Russo-Persian War (1722–1723)

B

Nikolay Efremovich Basisty, 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 Berg, Admiral and scientist, major developer of radiolocation and cybernetics
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.^{[citation needed]}

C

Vladimir 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
Vasiliy Chichagov, Admiral, polar explorer, won the battles of Öland, Reval and Vyborg Bay, effectively bringing the Russo-Swedish War of 1788-90 to an end
Viktor Chirkov, Admiral, Commander of the Baltic Fleet (2009-2012), Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy (2012-2016)
Cornelius Cruys, Vice admiral, the first commander of the Russian Baltic Fleet

D

Fyodor Dubasov, Admiral, placed Port Arthur and Dalny under Russian control

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 Grigorovich, Admiral, chief of Port Arthur's port during the Siege of Port Arthur, Russia's last Naval Minister
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), was a Scottish-Russian rear admiral who founded the city of Sevastopol in service of the Russian Empire in 1783.

I

Ivan Isakov, Fleet admiral of the Soviet Union (one of only three), served during World War II, oceanographer
Vladimir Istomin, Rear admiral, fought in the Battle of Navarino, hero of the Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855) during the Crimean War, died in action

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

K

Vladimir Afanasyevich Kasatonov, Fleet Admiral, First Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy
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

Aleksandr 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 Kornilov, Vice admiral, fought in the Battle of Navarino, hero of the Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855), died in the Battle of Malakoff
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
Vladimir Kuroyedov, Fleet admiral, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy
Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov, Fleet admiral of the Soviet Union (one of only three), the Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy during World War II

L

Mikhail 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
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 Thos MacKenzie founder of Sebastopol
Thomas Mackenzie,(1740–1786), Rear admiral, Founder of Sebastopol 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 Russo/Turkish War at Chesma 5th-7th July 1770
Stepan 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
Pavel Maksutov, Rear admiral, hero of the Battle of Sinop and the Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855)
Vladimir Masorin, Fleet admiral, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy
Vladimir Vasilyevich Mikhailin, Admiral, Commander of the Baltic Fleet

N

Pavel 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)

O

Aleksey Grigoryevich Orlov, Commander of the Russian fleet during the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774, victor of the Battle of Chesma
Filipp Oktyabrskiy (Ivanov), Admiral, Commander of the Black Sea Fleet, a leader of defence in the Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942)
Aleksandr Yevstafyevich Orel, Admiral, Commander of the Baltic Fleet

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)
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

R

Anatoliy Ivanovich Rassokho, Admiral, Head of Defense Ministry Main Directorate of Navigation and Oceanography
Mikhail Reyneke, Vice admiral, major 19th century hydrographer
José de Ribas, Vice admiral, founder of Odessa, hero of the Siege of Izmail
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 Rozhestvenskiy, Vice admiral, commander during the Russo-Japanese War, wounded in the Battle of Tsushima

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 gainin 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 Sievers (1674-1740) chaired the Russian Admiralty Board in 1728-32.
Nikolai Ivanovich Smirnov, Fleet admiral, Commander of the Pacific Fleet
Grigoriy Spiridov, Admiral, destroyed the Ottoman fleet in the Battle of Chesma during the Russo-Turkish War (1768-1774)

T

Jean de Traversay, Admiral, commanded the Russian Black Sea Fleet and Russian Baltic Fleet, organised early Russian circumnavigations
Vladimir Tributs, Admiral, commander of the Soviet Baltic Fleet, a leading navy commander during the Siege of Leningrad, led the Soviet evacuation of Tallinn

U

Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov, the most illustrious Russian Admiral of the 18th century, saint, won the battles of Fidonisi, Kerch Strait, Tendra and Cape Kaliakra during the Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792), single-handedly carved out the Greek Septinsular Republic, did not lose a single ship in 43 battles

V

Vladimir Vysotskiy, Admiral, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy
Marko Vojnović, one of the founders of the Black Sea Fleet.

Y

Georgy Yegorov, Fleet admiral, Commander of the Northern Fleet
Ivan 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

Z

Vasiliy Zavoyko, fought in the Battle of Navarino, twice circumnavigated the globe, explored the estuary of the Amur River, repelled the superior British-French forces in the Siege of Petropavlovsk during the Crimean War
Matija Zmajević, Vice admiral, hero of the battles of Gangut and Grengam during the Great Northern War