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Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy 
Summary
The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy (Russian: Главнокомандующий ВМФ) is the chief commanding authority of the Russian Navy. He is appointed by the President of Russia. The position dates to the period of the Russian Empire. The current Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy is Admiral Aleksandr Moiseyev.
| Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy | |
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| Главнокомандующий ВМФ | |
 Flag of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy | |
 Russian Navy | |
| Member of | General Staff of the Armed Forces |
| Reports to | Chief of the General Staff |
| Appointer | President of Russia |
| Formation | 8 September 1802 (historical) 19 August 1992 (current form) |
| Website | Official website |
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Ministers of Sea Forces (1802–1815) edit
| No. | Portrait | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
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| 1 | Count Nikolay Mordvinov (1754–1845) | 8 September 1802 | 28 December 1802 | 111 days | |
| 2 | Pavel Chichagov (1767–1849) | 31 December 1802 | 28 November 1811 | 8 years, 332 days | |
| 3 | Ivan de Traverse (1754–1831) | 28 November 1811 | 17 December 1815 | 4 years, 19 days |
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On 17 December 1815 the Ministry of Sea Forces was renamed, becoming the Ministry of the Navy.
| No. | Portrait | Minister of the Navy | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
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| 1 | Ivan de Traverse (1754–1831) | 17 December 1815 | 24 March 1828 | 12 years, 98 days | |
| 2 | Admiral Anton Otto von Möller (1764–1848) | 24 March 1828 | 5 February 1836 | 7 years, 318 days | |
| 3 | Admiral Prince Alexander Menshikov (1787–1869) | 5 February 1836 | 23 February 1855 | 19 years, 18 days | |
| 4 | Admiral Baron Ferdinand von Wrangel (1797–1870) | 18 May 1855 | 27 July 1857 | 2 years, 70 days | |
| 5 | Admiral Nikolay Metlin (1804–1884) | 27 July 1857 | 18 September 1860 | 3 years, 53 days | |
| 6 | Admiral Nikolay Karlovich Krabbe (1814–1876) | 19 September 1860 | 3 January 1876 † | 15 years, 106 days | |
| 7 | Admiral Stepan Lesovskiy (1817–1884) | 12 January 1876 | 23 June 1880 | 4 years, 163 days | |
| 8 | Vice admiral Aleksey Peschurov (1834–1891) | 23 June 1880 | 11 January 1882 | 1 year, 202 days | |
| 9 | Admiral Ivan Shestakov (1820–1888) | 11 January 1882 | 21 November 1888 | 6 years, 315 days | |
| 10 | Admiral Nikolai Tchikhatchev (1830–1917) | 28 November 1888 | 13 July 1896 | 7 years, 228 days | |
| 11 | Admiral Pavel Petrovitch Tyrtov (1836–1903) | 13 July 1896 | 4 March 1903 † | 6 years, 234 days | |
| 12 | Admiral Theodor Avellan (1839–1916) | 10 March 1903 | 29 June 1905 | 2 years, 117 days | |
| 13 | Admiral Aleksei Birilev (1844–1915) | 29 June 1905 | 11 January 1907 | 1 year, 196 days | |
| 14 | Admiral Ivan Mikhaïlovitch Dikov (1833–1914) | 11 January 1907 | 8 January 1909 | 1 year, 363 days | |
| 15 | Admiral Stepan Voevodskiy (1859–1937) | 8 January 1909 | 18 March 1911 | 2 years, 69 days | |
| 16 | Admiral Ivan Grigorovich (1853–1930) | 19 March 1911 | 28 February 1917 | 5 years, 346 days | |
| 17 | Alexander Guchkov (1862–1936) | 1 March 1917 | 30 April 1917 | 60 days |
![Anton Otto von Möller [ru]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Anton_Vassilievitch_von_Moller.jpg/100px-Anton_Vassilievitch_von_Moller.jpg)
![Nikolay Metlin [ru]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Metlin_nf_00.jpg/100px-Metlin_nf_00.jpg)
![Stepan Lesovskiy [ru]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Admiral_Lesovskii_1863_LOC_cwpbh_01763.jpg/100px-Admiral_Lesovskii_1863_LOC_cwpbh_01763.jpg)
![Aleksey Peschurov [ru]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%89%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2.jpg/100px-%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%89%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2.jpg)
![Nikolai Tchikhatchev [ru]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Tchihatchev_Nikolai_%281830-1917%29.jpg/100px-Tchihatchev_Nikolai_%281830-1917%29.jpg)
![Pavel Petrovitch Tyrtov [ru]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Tyrtov_Pavel_%281836-1903%29.jpg/100px-Tyrtov_Pavel_%281836-1903%29.jpg)
![Ivan Mikhaïlovitch Dikov [ru]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Dikov_Ivan_%281835-1914%29.jpg/100px-Dikov_Ivan_%281835-1914%29.jpg)
![Stepan Voevodskiy [ru]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Stepan_Arkadievich_Voevodsky.jpg/100px-Stepan_Arkadievich_Voevodsky.jpg)
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Commanders of the White Movement Fleet (1917–1924) edit
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| No. | Portrait | Commander-in-Chief | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
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| 1 | Eduard Pantserzhanskiy (1887–1937) | 22 November 1921 | 9 December 1924 | 3 years, 17 days |
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| No. | Portrait | Commander-in-Chief | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
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| 1 | Vyacheslav Zof (1889–1937) | 9 December 1924 | 23 August 1926 | 1 year, 257 days | |
| 2 | Romuald Muklevich (1890–1938) | 23 August 1926 | 11 June 1931 | 4 years, 292 days | |
| 3 | Fleet Flag-officer 1st Rank Vladimir Mitrofanovich Orlov (1895–1938) | 11 June 1931 | 15 August 1937 | 6 years, 65 days | |
| - | Fleet Flag-officer 2nd Rank Lev Galler (1883–1950) Acting | 10 July 1937 | 15 August 1937 | 36 days | |
| 4 | Fleet Flag-officer 1st Rank Mikhail Viktorov (1893–1938) | 15 August 1937 | 30 December 1937 | 137 days |
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| No. | Portrait | People's Commissar | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
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| 1 | Army Commissar 1st Rank Pyotr Smirnov (1897–1939) | 30 December 1937 | 5 November 1938 | 310 days | |
| 2 | Army Commander 1st Rank Mikhail Frinovskiy (1898–1940) | 5 November 1938 | 20 March 1939 | 135 days | |
| 3 | Fleet Flag-officer 2nd Rank Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov (1904–1974) | 27 April 1939 | 24 July 1939 | 88 days |
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| No. | Portrait | Commander-in-Chief | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
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| 1 | Admiral of the Fleet Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov (1904–1974) | 24 July 1939 | 17 January 1947 | 7 years, 177 days | |
| 2 | Admiral Ivan Stepanovich Yumashev (1895–1972) | 17 January 1947 | 20 July 1951 | 4 years, 184 days | |
| (1) | Fleet Admiral of the Soviet Union Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov (1904–1974) | 20 July 1951 | 5 January 1956 | 4 years, 169 days | |
| 3 | Fleet Admiral of the Soviet Union Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov (1910–1988) | 5 January 1956 | 8 December 1985 | 29 years, 337 days | |
| 4 | Fleet admiral Vladimir Chernavin (1928–2023) | 8 December 1985 | 25 December 1991 | 6 years, 18 days |
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| No. | Portrait | Commander-in-Chief | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
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| 1 | Fleet admiral Vladimir Chernavin (1928–2023) | 25 December 1991 | 19 August 1992 | 237 days |
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| No. | Portrait | Commander-in-Chief | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
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| 1 | Fleet admiral Feliks Gromov (1937–2021) | 19 August 1992 | 7 November 1997 | 5 years, 80 days | |
| 2 | Fleet admiral Vladimir Kuroyedov (born 1944) | 7 November 1997 | 4 September 2005 | 7 years, 301 days | |
| 3 | Fleet admiral Vladimir Masorin (born 1947) | 4 September 2005 | 27 August 2007 | 1 year, 357 days | |
| 4 | Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky (1954–2021) | 27 August 2007 | 6 May 2012 | 4 years, 253 days | |
| 5 | Admiral Viktor Chirkov (born 1959) | 6 May 2012 | 26 February 2016 | 3 years, 296 days | |
| 6 | Admiral Vladimir Korolyov (born 1955) | 18 April 2016 | 3 May 2019 | 3 years, 46 days | |
| 7 | Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov (born 1962) | 3 May 2019 | 10 March 2024 | 4 years, 312 days | |
| - | Admiral Aleksandr Moiseyev (born 1962) Acting | 10 March 2024 | 41 days |
Notes edit
- ^ Military ranks were abolished in 1918–1935.
References edit
External links edit
- Official Russian Ministry of Defense website