Admiral of the fleet or fleet admiral () is the highest naval rank of the

Russian Federation Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

. It is the equivalent of the Soviet naval rank of

Fleet Admiral An admiral of the fleet or shortened to fleet admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, usually equivalent to field marshal and marshal of the air force. An admiral of the fleet is typically senior to an admiral. It is also a generic ter ...

and the present Russian rank of

army general Army general or General of the army is the highest ranked general officer in many countries that use the French Revolutionary System. Army general is normally the highest rank used in peacetime. In countries that adopt the general officer fou ...

. The rank is roughly equivalent to the rank of "

admiral Admiral is one of the highest ranks in many navies. In the Commonwealth nations and the United States, a "full" admiral is equivalent to a "full" general in the army or the air force. Admiral is ranked above vice admiral and below admiral of ...

" of other nations.

Marshal of the Russian Federation Marshal of the Russian Federation () is the highest military rank of Russia, created in 1993 following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. It ranks immediately above Army general and Admiral of the fleet (also called Fleet Admiral in some Eng ...

is the only superior rank in the Russian armed forces.

List of Russian admirals of the fleet

* Feliks Nikolayevich Gromov (1937-2021); promoted 13 June 1996; retired 7 November 1997; deceased 22 January 2021. * Vladimir Ivanovich Kuroyedov (b.1944); promoted 21 February 2000; retired 5 September 2005. * Vladimir Vasilyevich Masorin (b.1947); promoted 15 December 2006; retired 24 August 2007.

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