Vladimir Chernavin
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Born | Nikolayev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | April 22, 1928
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Years of service | 1944–1992 |
Rank | Admiral of the Fleet |
Commands | Northern Fleet Soviet Navy CIS Navy |
Battles/wars | Cold War |
Awards | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Order of St. Andrew[1] |
Fleet Admiral Vladimir Nikolayevich Chernavin (Russian: Владимир Николаевич Чернавин; born April 22, 1928) was the last Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy from 1985 to 1991 and the only Commander-in-Chief of the Commonwealth of Independent States Navy from 1991 to 1992.
Biography
Chernavin was born in Nikolayev, Ukraine. He entered the Higher Naval School in Baku in 1944 and graduated from the Frunze Higher Naval School in Leningrad (St. Petersburg) in 1951. He was the Executive Officer of a submarine in 1951 and became commander of the November class submarine K-21 in 1959. He attended the Naval Academy in 1962-65 and the General Staff Academy in 1967-69 after which he became divisional commander in 1969 and commanded the submarine flotillas of the Northern Fleet. In 1977 he was appointed Commander of the Northern Fleet and in 1981 was awarded a title of the Hero of the Soviet Union. From 1981-85 he was Chief of the Main Staff/1st Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy. He became the commander-in-chief of the Soviet Navy upon the retirement of the legendary Sergey Gorshkov. He retired in 1992. In retirement he is chairman of the Soviet submariners association.
Honours and awards
- Hero of the Soviet Union
- Order of St. Andrew
- Order of Lenin (twice)
- Order of the October Revolution
- Order of the Red Banner
- Order of the Red Star (twice)
- Order of Courage
- Order of Naval Merit
- Medal "In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
References
- ^ http://www.mil.ru Order awarded on 10 December 2013
- Vladimir Chernavin at warheroes.ru Template:Ru icon
Literature
- Heroes of the Soviet Union
- Recipients of the Order of Lenin
- Recipients of the Order of the October Revolution
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Star
- Soviet admirals
- Soviet Navy personnel
- Living people
- Recipients of the Order of Courage
- Recipients of the Order of Naval Merit (Russia)
- 1928 births
- Soviet submarine commanders