Vladimir Kuroyedov

Vladimir Ivanovich Kuroyedov (Russian: Владимир Иванович Куроедов; born September 5, 1944 at village Bamburowo, Rajon Chassan ) is a Russian fleet admiral and former commander in chief of the Russian naval fleet.

Life

Kuroyedov comes from a military family, the middle school attended in Ussurijsk began in 1962 and his service in the Soviet Navy as a cadet officer at the Pacific College of naval forces SO Makarov and she graduated in 1967. Subsequently, he was fighting section commander for navigation on the coastal defense ship SKR- 92 and 1968-1971 first officer on the coastal defense ship SKR- 18 in the Pacific Fleet. After he became in 1971 assistant to the chief of staff of the 202 anti-submarine brigade, he took over until 1973 the commander post on the coastal defense ship SKR- 46th Until 1976 he was deputy head of a unit for operational and combat training of staff of the military base Strelok and attended from 1976 to 1978 the Seekriegsakademie, from which he graduated with honors. He was then Chief of Staff of the 47th Coastal Protection Brigade and in 1981 commander of the 7th Minenräumbrigade the Primorsk Flotilla. From 1984 to 1987 he was employed as Chief of Staff of Sakhalin flotilla. This was followed up in 1989 to visit the Military Academy of the General Staff, where he graduated with a gold medal. In the same year he was promoted to Rear Admiral and returned to the Sakhalin flotilla back as its commander. From 1990 to 1993 he commanded the Primorsk Flotilla. On August 2, 1993 Kuroyedov chief of staff of the Baltic Fleet, and on April 4, 1994 Commander of the Pacific Fleet. In 1997, he continued his military career continued for several months as chief of the general staff and as first deputy of the Commander in Chief of the Russian Navy and was promoted to admiral on 4 April 1996. On the orders of President Yeltsin of 7 November 1997 Kuroyedov was commander in chief of the Russian Navy. On 21 February 2000 he was promoted to Commodore. Kuroyedov realized that in the Russian Navy, the focus on completions, repairs and modernization should be set to ensure the combat readiness with the available financial resources. At the same time he advocated to reduce the size of the fleet and the strategy of the fleet to concentrate on solving pressing economic and political problems.

On 5 September 2005, he was dismissed as commander in chief, after on 3 August 2005 came the serious accident of the submarine AS -28 under his command, and thus the third in a row. Previously there had been accidents with nuclear submarines and K -159 Kursk. The official reason for his leaving age was named by the Russian Ministry of Defense Kurojedows.

Kuroyedov is a doctor and professor of political science. He is married and has a son.

Awards

  • Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 3rd class
  • Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 4th class
  • Order of Military merit (Russia)
  • Medal " For Service to the Fatherland in the armed forces of the USSR" 3rd class
  • More Medals

Works

  • Военно - морской энциклопедический словарь. Военное издательство, Moscow 2003, ISBN 5-203-01941- X, page 960
  • Istoria Voenno - Morskogo iskusstva. Terra Fantastika, St. Petersburg, 2005, ISBN 5-699-090681.
  • Istoria rossiskogo flota v svete mirovoi politiki i ekonomiki (X -XIX vv. ). Kuchkovo pole, Moscow 2006, ISBN 5-901-679156, p 830
  • Основы военно - морской науки: военно - теоретический труд. Военное издательство, Moscow 2008, ISBN 5-203-020639, p 766
Raion Khasan (urban-type settlement) Minesweeper Counter admiral Soviet submarine K-159 Admiral of the fleet of the Soviet Union Sergey Gorshkov Vladimir Kasatonov Nikolai Sergeyev (Admiral) Nikolai Ivanovich Smirnov Alexei Sorokin Konstantin Makarov Vladimir Vysotskiy (Admiral) Integrated Authority File
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