Vladimir Chernavin

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.

This article is about the Russian Fleet Admiral. For the Russian ichthyologist, see Vladimir V. Tchernavin.
Vladimir Chernavin
Born (1928-04-22) April 22, 1928
Mykolaiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance Soviet Union
Service/branch Soviet Navy
Years of service1944–1992
RankAdmiral of the Fleet
Commands heldNorthern Fleet
Soviet Navy
CIS Navy
Battles/warsCold War
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union

Biography

Chernavin was born in Mykolaiv, 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. He has been a prominent attendee at Victory Day parades as recently as 2019.

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    Military offices
    Preceded by
    Sergey Gorshkov    		 Commander-in-Chief,
    Soviet Navy/CIS Navy
    1985 – 1992    		 Succeeded by
    Feliks Gromov
    Commander-in-Chief, Russian Navy
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