Vladimir Chernavin
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Admiral of the Fleet Vladimir Nikolayevich Chernavin (Russian: Владимир Николаевич Чернавин; born April 22, 1928) was a Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy. In 1977 he was appointed a Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Fleet and in 1981 was awarded a title of the Hero of the Soviet Union. From the same year he has been a Chief of the Main Staff of the Soviet Navy.
Preceded by Sergey Gorshkov |
Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy 1985 – 1992 |
Succeeded by None (Feliks Gromov as a Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy) |