Vladimir Ivanovich Korolyov (russian: Влади́мир Ива́нович Королёв; born 1 February 1955) is a Russian Admiral. He is the former commander in chief of the Russian Navy.

Biography

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Korolyov graduated from the

Frunze Higher Naval School The Peter the Great Naval Corps - St. Petersburg Naval Institute (), formerly known as the M.V. Frunze Higher Naval School (named after Mikhail Frunze, in ), is the oldest of the Russian Navy's naval officer commissioning schools. It is located i ...

in 1977. He attended the senior special officer program at the N. G. Kuznetsov Naval Academy in 1987. Korolyov served in submarines initially as navigating officer on the ''K467'' (1977–81) and then as deputy commander of ''K495'' (1981–84), commander of ''K-488'' submarine (1987–88), commander of ''K-387'' submarine (1988–93) and deputy commander of the 24th submarine division (December 1993 – April 1996). He worked at the anti-submarine division of the

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(1996–2000) and was base commander at Gadzhievo naval base in 2002. He was subsequently chief of staff (September 2002 – August 2005) and then commanded the submarines of the 12th squadron of the Northern fleet (August 2005 – November 2007). In 2007, Korolyov was appointed deputy commander of the Northern Fleet and in 2008, he commanded a squadron of ships including the battlecruiser ''Pyotr Velikiy'' and the ''Udaloy''-class destroyer ''Admiral Chabanenko'' which participated in exercises in the Caribbean Sea visiting Cuba, Venezuela and Panama. Korolyov was appointed chief of staff and deputy commander of the

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in 2009. In 2010 he became commander of the Black Sea Fleet and in 2011 he was appointed commander of the Northern Fleet. In 2014, Korolyov was appointed commander of the

Northern Fleet Joint Strategic Command The Northern Fleet Joint Strategic Command (russian: Объединённое стратегическое командование «Северный флот»), is one of the five military districts of the Russian Armed Forces, with its juri ...

to defend Russian arctic interests. Korolyov was appointed as acting commander of the Russian Navy when his predecessor,

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had to take sick leave. Korolyov became commander of the Russian Navy in April 2016.http://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12083387@egNews - press release of appointment (Russian) Korolyov retired from his post on 3 May 2019 and was replaced as Commander in Chief of the Navy by

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Awards

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" The Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (russian: Орден «За заслуги перед Отечеством», ''Orden "Za zaslugi pered Otechestvom"'') is a state decoration of the Russian Federation. It was instituted on 2 March 1994 by P ...

- 2009 * Order of Military Merit (Russia) - 1996 *

Order of Naval Merit (Russia) The Order "For Naval Merit" (russian: Орден «За морские заслуги») is a state decoration of the Russian Federation bestowed for excellence in military or economic maritime endeavours. It was established on February 27, 2002 b ...

- 2014 *

Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" The Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" (russian: Орден «За службу Родине в Вооружённых Силах СССР»), also known as the Order "For Service to the Motherland in the Armed For ...

- 3rd class - 1989

References

- Biography in Russian {{DEFAULTSORT:Korolyov, Vladimir 1955 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) N. G. Kuznetsov Naval Academy alumni