Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy

Ministers of Sea Forces (1802–1815)

№		Minister	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Mordvinov, NikolayCount Nikolay Mordvinov (1754–1845)	8 September 1802	28 December 1802	7002111000000000000♠111 days
2		Mordvinov, NikolayPavel Chichagov (1767–1849)	31 December 1802	28 November 1811	7003325400000000000♠8 years, 332 days
3		Traverse, IvanIvan de Traverse (1754–1831)	28 November 1811	17 December 1815	7003148000000000000♠4 years, 19 days

Ministers of the Navy (1815–1917)

On 17 December 1815 the Ministry of Sea Forces was renamed, becoming the Ministry of the Navy.

№		Minister of the Navy	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Traverse, IvanIvan de Traverse (1754–1831)	17 December 1815	24 March 1828	7003448100000000000♠12 years, 98 days
2		Moller, AntonAdmiral Anton Otto von Möller (1764–1848)	24 March 1828	5 February 1836	7003287400000000000♠7 years, 318 days
3		Menshikov, AleksandrAdmiral Prince Alexander Menshikov (1787–1869)	5 February 1836	23 February 1855	7003695800000000000♠19 years, 18 days
4		Wrangel, FerdinandAdmiral Baron Ferdinand von Wrangel (1797–1870)	18 May 1855	27 July 1857	7002801000000000000♠2 years, 70 days
5		Metlin, NikolayAdmiral Nikolay Metlin (1804–1884)	27 July 1857	18 September 1860	7003114900000000000♠3 years, 53 days
6		Krabbe, NikolayAdmiral Nikolay Karlovich Krabbe (1814–1876)	19 September 1860	3 January 1876 †	7003558400000000000♠15 years, 106 days
7		Lesovskiy, StepanAdmiral Stepan Lesovskiy (1817–1884)	12 January 1876	23 June 1880	7003162400000000000♠4 years, 163 days
8		Peschurov, AlekseyVice admiral Aleksey Peschurov (1834–1891)	23 June 1880	11 January 1882	7002567000000000000♠1 year, 202 days
9		Shestakov, IvanAdmiral Ivan Shestakov (1820–1888)	11 January 1882	21 November 1888	7003250600000000000♠6 years, 315 days
10		Tchikhatchev, NikolaiAdmiral Nikolai Tchikhatchev (1830–1917)	28 November 1888	13 July 1896	7003278400000000000♠7 years, 228 days
11		Tyrtov, PavelAdmiral Pavel Petrovitch Tyrtov (1836–1903)	13 July 1896	4 March 1903 †	7003242400000000000♠6 years, 234 days
12		Avellan, TheodorAdmiral Theodor Avellan (1839–1916)	10 March 1903	29 June 1905	7002848000000000000♠2 years, 117 days
13		Birilev, AlekseiAdmiral Aleksei Birilev (1844–1915)	29 June 1905	11 January 1907	7002561000000000000♠1 year, 196 days
14		Dikov, IvanAdmiral Ivan Mikhaïlovitch Dikov (1833–1914)	11 January 1907	8 January 1909	7002728000000000000♠1 year, 363 days
15		Voevodskiy, StepanAdmiral Stepan Voevodskiy (1859–1937)	8 January 1909	18 March 1911	7002799000000000000♠2 years, 69 days
16		Grigorovich, IvanAdmiral Ivan Grigorovich (1853–1930)	19 March 1911	28 February 1917	7003217300000000000♠5 years, 346 days
17		Guchkov, AlexanderAlexander Guchkov (1862–1936)	1 March 1917	30 April 1917	7001600000000000000♠60 days

Commanders of Naval Forces of the RSFSR (1918–1921) № Commander Took office Left office Time in office 1 Altfater, VasiliyVasiliy Altfater (1883–1919) [lower-alpha 1] 15 October 1918 22 April 1919 7002189000000000000♠189 days 2 Berens, YevgenyYevgeny Berens (1876–1928) 24 April 1919 5 February 1920 7002287000000000000♠287 days 3 Nemits, AleksandrAleksandr Nemits (1879–1967) 5 February 1920 22 November 1921 7002656000000000000♠1 year, 290 days

Commanders of the White Movement Fleet (1917–1924) № Commander Took office Left office Time in office 1 Wrangel, PyotrPyotr Wrangel (1878–1928) ? ? ? 2 Kedrov, MikhailRear Admiral Mikhail Alexandrovich Kedrov (1878–1945) ? November 1920 ? 3 Berens, MikhailRear Admiral Mikhail Berens (1879–1943) November 1920 29 October 1924 3 years, 11 months

Commander-in-Chief's Assistant for Naval Affairs (1921–1924)

№		Commander-in-Chief	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Pantserzhanskiy, EduardEduard Pantserzhanskiy (1887–1937)	22 November 1921	9 December 1924	7003111300000000000♠3 years, 17 days

Commanders-in-Chief of the Naval Forces of the USSR (1924–1937)

№		Commander-in-Chief	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Zof, VyacheslavVyacheslav Zof (1889–1937)	9 December 1924	23 August 1926	7002622000000000000♠1 year, 257 days
2		Muklevich, RomualdRomuald Muklevich (1890–1938)	23 August 1926	11 June 1931	7003175300000000000♠4 years, 292 days
3		Orlov, VladimirFleet Flag-officer 1st Rank Vladimir Mitrofanovich Orlov (1895–1938)	11 June 1931	15 August 1937	7003225700000000000♠6 years, 65 days
-		Galler, LevFleet Flag-officer 2nd Rank Lev Galler (1883–1950) Acting	10 July 1937	15 August 1937	7001360000000000000♠36 days
4		Viktorov, MikhailFleet Flag-officer 1st Rank Mikhail Viktorov (1893–1938)	15 August 1937	30 December 1937	7002137000000000000♠137 days

People's Commissars for the USSR Navy (1937–1939)

№		People's Commissar	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Smirnov, PyotrArmy Commissar 1st Rank Pyotr Smirnov (1897–1939)	30 December 1937	5 November 1938	7002310000000000000♠310 days
2		Frinovskiy, MikhailArmy Commander 1st Rank Mikhail Frinovskiy (1898–1940)	5 November 1938	20 March 1939	7002135000000000000♠135 days
3		Kuznetsov, NikolaiFleet Flag-officer 2nd Rank Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov (1904–1974)	27 April 1939	24 July 1939	7001880000000000000♠88 days

Commanders-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy (1939–1991)

№		Commander-in-Chief	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Kuznetsov, NikolaiAdmiral of the Fleet Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov (1904–1974)	24 July 1939	17 January 1947	7003273400000000000♠7 years, 177 days
2		Yumashev, IvanAdmiral Ivan Stepanovich Yumashev (1895–1972)	17 January 1947	20 July 1951	7003164500000000000♠4 years, 184 days
(1)		Kuznetsov, NikolaiFleet Admiral of the Soviet Union Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov (1904–1974)	20 July 1951	5 January 1956	7003163000000000000♠4 years, 169 days
3		Gorshkov, SergeyFleet Admiral of the Soviet Union Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov (1910–1988)	5 January 1956	8 December 1985	7004109300000000000♠29 years, 337 days
4		Chernavin, VladimirFleet admiral Vladimir Chernavin (born 1928)	8 December 1985	25 December 1991	7003220900000000000♠6 years, 18 days

Commander-in-Chief of the Commonwealth of Independent States Navy (1991–1992)

№		Commander-in-Chief	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Chernavin, VladimirFleet admiral Vladimir Chernavin (born 1928)	25 December 1991	19 August 1992	7002237000000000000♠237 days

Commanders-in-Chief of the Russian Navy (1992–present)

№		Commander-in-Chief	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Gromov, FeliksFleet admiral Feliks Gromov (born 1937)	19 August 1992	7 November 1997	7003190600000000000♠5 years, 80 days
2		Kuroyedov, VladimirFleet admiral Vladimir Kuroyedov (born 1944)	7 November 1997	4 September 2005	7003285800000000000♠7 years, 301 days
3		Masorin, VladimirFleet admiral Vladimir Masorin (born 1947)	4 September 2005	27 August 2007	7002722000000000000♠1 year, 357 days
4		Vysotskiy, VladimirAdmiral Vladimir Vysotsky (born 1954)	27 August 2007	6 May 2012	7003171400000000000♠4 years, 253 days
5		Chirkov, ViktorAdmiral Viktor Chirkov (born 1959)	6 May 2012	26 February 2016	7003139100000000000♠3 years, 296 days
6		Chirkov, ViktorAdmiral Viktor Chirkov (born 1955)	18 April 2016	Incumbent	7002939000000000000♠2 years, 209 days