Vladimir Chernavin
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| Born | 22 April 1928 Mykolaiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union |
| Service/ |  Soviet Navy |
| Years of service | 1944–1992 |
| Rank | Fleet Admiral |
| Commands held | Northern Fleet Soviet Navy CIS Navy |
| Battles/wars | Cold War |
| Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union |
Vladimir Nikolayevich Chernavin (Russian: Владимир Николаевич Чернавин; born 22 April 1928) is a former officer of the Soviet Navy. He served as 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. He reached the rank of Fleet Admiral during his career.
Biography
Chernavin was born in Mykolaiv, Ukrainian SSR, in the Soviet Union. 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 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.
Honours and awards
- Hero of the Soviet Union
- Order of Lenin (twice)
- Order of the October Revolution
- Order of the Red Banner
- Order of Aleksandr Nevsky
- Order of the Red Star (twice)
- Order of Courage
- Order of Naval Merit
- campaign and jubilee medals
References
- Vladimir Chernavin at warheroes.ru (in Russian)
Literature
- Articles containing Russian-language text
- Articles with Russian-language sources (ru)
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- Soviet admirals
- Soviet Navy personnel
- Living people
- Military personnel from Mykolaiv
- Heroes of the Soviet Union
- Recipients of the Order of Lenin
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Star
- Recipients of the Order of Courage
- Recipients of the Order of Naval Merit (Russia)
- 1928 births
- Soviet submarine commanders
- Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union alumni
- N. G. Kuznetsov Naval Academy alumni
- 2023 deaths