Nikolai Anatolyevich Yevmenov (, born 2 April 1962) is a Russian
admiral
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who served as the
commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy from 2019 to 2024. He is currently the director of the
N. G. Kuznetsov Naval Academy.
Biography
Yevmenov was born on 2 April 1962 in Moscow.
He studied at the
Higher Naval School of Submarine Navigation between 1980 and 1987, after which he was appointed commander of the electronic navigation department of the navigation unit (BCh-1) of a nuclear submarine in the
Pacific Fleet from 1987 to 1991.
Between 1995 and 1997 he studied at the
N. G. Kuznetsov Naval Academy. Between 1997 and 1999 he commanded
ballistic missile submarine
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s in the Pacific Fleet. Between 1999 and 2006 he was chief of staff, deputy commander and subsequently commander of the 25th submarine division of the Pacific Fleet, having studied at the
during 2001 to 2003. In 2012 Yevmenov became deputy commander of the Northern Fleet, becoming commander in 2016 and being promoted to Admiral in 2017.
Yevmenov was appointed commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy on 3 May 2019 succeeding Admiral
Vladimir Korolyov.
In November, Yevmenov visited Japan. During his meeting with
Hiroshi Yamamura, the Chief of Staff of the
Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force, a picture of the two men was taken against the background of a portrait of
Togo Heihachiro
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, the Japanese Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet who defeated Russian fleet during the
Battle of Tsushima
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,
Russo-Japanese War
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and a controversy ensued.
According to
Izvestia
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he was replaced as commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy by
Aleksandr Moiseyev; this was confirmed on 19 March 2024, by the Russian state news agency
RIA Novosti
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.
He was appointed the director of the
Kuznetsov Naval Academy
The N. G. Kuznetsov Naval Academy is the main staff college and postgraduate institution for the Russian Navy and is located in Saint Petersburg.
In 1827 Admiral Ivan Kruzenshtern initiated an Officers' Class at the Naval Cadet Corps. In 18 ...
.
Sanctions
In February 2022, Yevmenov was put on the European Union
sanctions list for being "responsible for actively supporting and implementing actions and policies that undermine and threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine as well as the stability or security in Ukraine." He was also sanctioned by the
UK government on 15 March 2022 in relation to the
Russo-Ukrainian War
The Russo-Ukrainian War began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia Russian occupation of Crimea, occupied and Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, annexed Crimea from Ukraine. It then ...
.
Awards
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Order of Alexander Nevsky
The Order of Alexander Nevsky () is an Order (distinction), order of merit of the Russia, Russian Federation named in honour of saint Alexander Nevsky (1220–1263) and bestowed to civil servants for twenty years or more of highly meritorious ser ...
(2016)
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Order of Military Merit (Russia)
The Order "For Military Merit" () is a military decoration of the Russian Federation established by Decree of the President of Russia, presidential decree No. 442 of March 2, 1994 to reward military excellence. Its statute was amended three ti ...
(2006)
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Order of Naval Merit (Russia)
The Order "For Naval Merit" () is a state decoration of the Russian Federation bestowed for excellence in military or economic maritime endeavours. It was established on February 27, 2002 by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation № 24 ...
(2015)
Citations
References
Адмирал Николай Евменов на сайте Минобороны России*
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1962 births
Russian admirals
Commanders-in-chief of the Russian Navy
Recipients of the Order of Military Merit (Russia)
Living people
Recipients of the Order of Naval Merit (Russia)
Recipients of the Order of Alexander Nevsky
Higher Naval School of Submarine Navigation alumni
N. G. Kuznetsov Naval Academy alumni
Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia alumni
Russian individuals subject to European Union sanctions
Russian individuals subject to United Kingdom sanctions
Russian military personnel of the Russian invasion of Ukraine