Years of service 1944–1993 Rank Admiral of the fleet Battles and wars Cold War | Name Vladimir Chernavin Battles/wars Cold War | |
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Born April 22, 1928 (age 95)
Nikolayev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union ( 1928-04-22 ) Allegiance Soviet Union
Russian Federation Service/branch Soviet Navy
Russian Navy Commands held Northern Fleet
Soviet Navy
CIS Navy
Russian Navy Awards Hero of the Soviet Union
Order of Lenin (2)
Order of the October Revolution
Order of the Red Banner
Order of the Red Star (2)
Order of St. Andrew | ||
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, the only Commander-in-Chief of the Commonwealth of Independent States Navy in 1991 and the first Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy from 1991 to 1992.
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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.