Thislist ofRussianadmirals includes the admirals ofall ranks, serving in theRussian Imperial Navy, theSoviet Navy and the modernRussian Navy.

See also the categoriesCategory:Imperial Russian Navy admirals andCategory:Soviet admirals.

• Pavel Sergeyevich Abankin,Admiral, Head of Naval Academy (1944), Deputy Navy Minister for Shipbuilding and Armaments, Head of theHydrographic Directorate (1952-1958)
• Abdulikhat Abassov,Rear admiral, (1929-1996), Head of Nuclear Submarine Training Center, Chief of Navy Combat Training
• Mikhail Leopoldovich Abramov, admiral, commander of theNorthern Fleet (2004-2005), chief of staff and first deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Navy (2005-2009).
• Ildar Ferdinandovich Akhmerov,Vice-Admiral, Commander of theCaspian Flotilla (2014-2015), first deputy commander of the Black Sea Fleet
• Vladimir Antonovich Alafuzov,Admiral, Chief of the Main Navy Staff, Soviet Navy
• Vladimir Nikolayevich Alekseyev,Admiral, First Deputy Chief of the Main Navy Staff
• Sergei Gavrilovich Alyokminsky,Vice-Admiral, Commander of theCaspian Flotilla (2010-2014)
• Nikolay Nikolayevich Amelko,Admiral, Commander of the Pacific Fleet
• Vladimir Aleksandrovich Andreyev, admiral, commander of the4th Fleet
• Fyodor Apraksin,General admiral, won theBattle of Gangut during theGreat Northern War, led theImperial Russian Navy in theRusso-Persian War (1722–1723)
• Sergey Iosifovich Avakyants,Admiral, Commander of the Pacific Fleet

• Nikolai Efremovich Basistiy,Admiral, Commander of theBlack Sea Fleet
• Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen,Admiral, notable participant of theFirst Russian circumnavigation, leader of another Russiancircumnavigation during which he and his second-in-commandMikhail Lazarev discovered the continent ofAntarctica
• Aksel Ivanovich Berg, Admiral and scientist, major developer ofradiolocation andcybernetics
• Vladimir Ivanovich Bogdashin, rear admiral, captain of the frigateBezzavetnyy during the1988 Black Sea bumping incident
• Ivan Botsis, Admiral in charge of thegalley fleet underPeter the Great
• Laskarina Bouboulina, Greek naval commander, heroine of theGreek War of Independence in 1821, and posthumously an admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy.^[1]

• Andrei Trofimovich Chabanenko, admiral, Commander of theNorthern Fleet
• Vladimir Nikolayevich Chernavin, Fleet admiral, Commander of theSoviet Northern Fleet, the last Commander-in-Chief of theSoviet Navy, first and only Commander-in-Chief of the CIS Navy
• Pavel Chichagov, admiral, in command of an army, blamed forNapoleon'sescape across the Berezina.
• Vasiliy Chichagov,Admiral, polar explorer, Pavel's father, won the battles ofÖland,Reval andVyborg Bay, effectively bringing theRusso-Swedish War of 1788-90 to an end
• Viktor Viktorovich Chirkov,Admiral, Commander of the Baltic Fleet (2009-2012), Commander-in-Chief of theRussian Navy (2012-2016)
• Grigoriy Pavlovich Chukhnin,Vice admiral, commander of theBlack Sea Fleet during the1905 Russian Revolution andbattleshipPotemkin mutiny until his assassination in 1906.
• Cornelius Cruys,Vice admiral, the first commander of theRussian Baltic Fleet

• Osip Mikhailovich Deribas (José de Ribas inSpanish), Vice admiral, founder ofOdessa, hero of thesiege of Izmail
• Fyodor Dubasov, Admiral, placedPort Arthur andDalny under Russian control
• Valentin Drozd, Vice admiral, commander ofBaltic Fleet Squadron 1941–1943 andNorthern Fleet 1938–1940
• Nikolai Dimitrievich Dabić. Vice admiral, died in 1908 from wounds sustained in theRusso-Japanese War

• Oskar Enqvist, Vice Admiral, Commander of the First Cruiser Division of the 2nd Pacific Squadron during theRusso-Japanese War
• Arvid Adolf Etholén, Vice Admiral, explorer, Chief Manager of theRussian American Company 1840-1845.

• Aleksandr Fedotenkov, Vice admiral, Commander of theBlack Sea Fleet, deputy commander of the Navy
• Baron Dmitry Gustavovich von Fölkersahm, Rear Admiral, Commander of the 2nd battle division of the 2nd Pacific Squadron. Died of cancer onboardbattleship Oslyabya a few days beforeBattle of Tsushima

• Lev Mikhailovich Galler,Admiral, Chief of the Main Navy Staff
• Mikhail Mikhailovich Golitsyn,General Admiral from 1756 to 1762
• Arseniy Grigoryevich Golovko,Admiral, Commander of the Northern Fleet
• Sergey Georgiyevich Gorshkov, Fleet admiral of the Soviet Union (one of only three), led a number of landing operations in the Black Sea duringWorld War II, the Commander-in-Chief of theSoviet Navy during most of theCold War and for almost 30 years (1956-1985)
• Samuel Greig, Admiral, won theBattle of Chesma during theRusso-Turkish War (1768-1774) and participated in theBattle of Hogland during theRusso-Swedish War (1788–1790)
• Ivan Ivanovich Gren, vice-admiral, speciality in gunnery, director of naval artillery during thesiege of Leningrad
• Ivan Konstantinovich Grigorovich, Admiral, chief ofPort Arthur's port during thesiege of Port Arthur, Russia's last Naval Minister
• Vladimir Vladimirovich Grishechkin,Rear Admiral, Chief of Staff/1st Deputy Commander of Northern Fleet
• Feliks Nikolayevich Gromov, Fleet admiral, Commander-in-Chief of theRussian Navy, previously commander of the Northern Fleet
• Thomas Gordon, (1658–1741)Admiral, Governor and Commander-in-Chief at Kronshtadt from 1727 until his death in 1741. His granddaughter Anne Young married a Scot, Lt. Thomas MacKenzie (Foma Kalinovich Mekenzi, Фома Калинович Мекензи – Son of Colin). Two years after their marriage in 1738 they had a son also called Thomas (Foma Fomich Mekenzi (Фома Фомич Мекензи - Son of Thomas)), a Scottish-Russian rear admiral who founded the city ofSevastopol in service of the Russian Empire in 1783.

• Loggin Heiden, Dutchman, winner of theBattle of Navarino.

• Ivan Stepanovich Isakov, Fleet admiral of the Soviet Union (one of only three), served duringWorld War II, Chief of the Main Navy Staff, oceanographer
• Vladimir Ivanovich Istomin, Rear admiral, fought in theBattle of Navarino, hero of thesiege of Sevastopol (1854–1855) during theCrimean War, died in action
• Vitaly Pavlovich Ivanov, admiral, commander of theBaltic Fleet (1985–1991), head of theKuznetsov Naval Academy (1991–1995)

• John Paul Jones, Rear admiral, served in and achieved rank of Rear Admiral with the Black Sea Fleet after serving as a Captain in the American Navy during the American Revolution,fought at Ochakov

• Konstantin Petrovich Kabantsov, Vice-Admiral, commander of theNorthern Fleet
• Igor Vladimirovich Kasatonov, Admiral, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy
• Vladimir Afanasyevich Kasatonov, Fleet Admiral, First Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy
• Vladimir Lvovich Kasatonov, Vice-Admiral, head of theN. G. Kuznetsov Naval Academy
• Mikhail Alexandrovich Kedrov, Vice admiral, who ledWhite Russian forces, including the evacuation ofWrangel's fleet from theCrimea as theRussian Civil War came to a close
• Yuri Mikhailovich Khaliullin, Rear Admiral, engineer and academic, head of theLenin Higher Naval Engineering School [ru] and theNaval Engineering Institute [ru]
• Mikhail Nikolayevich Khronopulo, Admiral, commander of theBlack Sea Fleet between 1985 and 1991
• Aleksandr Vasilyevich Kolchak, Admiral, polar explorer, commander of the Black Sea Fleet, a leader of theWhite movement during theRussian Civil War
• Nikolay Kolomeytsev, Vice admiral, polar explorer, a hero of theRusso-Japanese War, later ledWhite Russian naval forces in the Baltic during theRussian Civil War
• Vladimir Konovalov, Rear admiral, distinguishedsubmarine commander duringWorld War II
• Vladimir Alekseyevich Kornilov, Vice admiral, fought in theBattle of Navarino, hero of thesiege of Sevastopol (1854–1855), died in theBattle of Malakoff
• Vladimir Ivanovich Korolev,Admiral, Commander-in-Chief Russian Navy, Commander of Northern Fleet
• Anatoly Mikhailovich Kosov, vice-admiral, Commander of the Baltic Fleet
• Nikolay Krabbe, Admiral and Naval Minister, co-founded the first Russian naval bases inPrimorsky Krai, oversaw the development ofnaval artillery andironclad ships
• Viktor Petrovich Kravchuk,vice-admiral, commander of theCaspian Flotilla (2005-2009), commander of theBaltic Fleet (2012-2016)
• Nikolai Mikhailovich Kulakov, Vice admiral, political branch, Hero of the Soviet Union
• Vladimir Ivanovich Kuroyedov, Fleet admiral, Commander-in-Chief of theRussian Navy
• Konstantin Matveyevich Kuznetsov, rear-admiral, head of theM. V. Frunze Higher Naval School and theHigher Naval School of Submarine Navigation
• Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov, (1902-1974), Fleet admiral of the Soviet Union (one of only three), the Commander-in-Chief of theSoviet Navy duringWorld War II (1939-1946)
• Adam Johann von Krusenstern (1770–1846), Admiral, led thefirst Russian circumnavigation withYuri Lisyansky
• Alexander Ivanovich Kruz (1731-1799), Fleet Admiral

• Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev,Admiral, three timescircumnavigator and discoverer ofAntarctica, destroyed five enemy warships as a commander ofAzov in theBattle of Navarino, tutor ofNakhimov,Kornilov andIstomin
• Viktor Nikolayevich Liina,Vice Admiral, Chief of Staff/1st Deputy Commander of Black Sea Fleet
• Sergey Vladimrovich Lipilin,Vice Admiral, Commander Baltic Fleet
• Semyon Mikhailovich Lobov, Fleet admiral, Commander of the Northern Fleet

• Thomas Mackenzie (Foma Kalinovich Mekenzi, Фома Калинович Мекензи, Russian admiral, 1710–1766), Rear admiral, entered Russian Navy in 1736 atArchangel. Father of Rear Admiral Thomas MacKenzie (the founder of Sebastopol)
• Thomas Mackenzie (1740–1786), Rear admiral, Founder ofSevastopol 1783, first Commander-in-Chief of the Black Sea Fleet. Awarded KnightOrder of St. George IV Class for his bravery in successfully navigating a fireship into the enemy which contributed to the destruction of the Turkish Fleet in the Russian/Turkish Warat Chesma 5–7 July 1770
• Konstantin Valentinovich Makarov, (1931-2011), Fleet Admiral, Chief of the Main Navy Staff/First Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Navy
• Stepan Osipovich Makarov, Vice admiral, inventor and explorer, performed the first ever successfultorpedo attack (during theRusso-Turkish War of 1877–1878), built the firsttorpedo boat tender andthe first polar icebreaker, author of theinsubmersibility theory, killed in theRusso-Japanese War when his ship struck anaval mine
• Nikolai Mikhailovich Maksimov, Admiral, Commander of the Northern Fleet, head of the Naval Academy
• Pavel Petrovich Maksutov, Rear admiral, hero of theBattle of Sinop and thesiege of Sevastopol (1854–1855)
• Viktor Nikolayevich Mardusin,Vice Admiral, Commander of the Baltic Fleet
• Nikolai Ilych Martynyuk (1934-2021),Vice Admiral, First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Pacific Fleet
• Vladimir Petrovich Maslov, (1925-1989), Admiral, Commander of the Pacific Fleet (1974-1979)
• Vladimir Solveyevich Maslyuk, rear admiral
• Vladimir Vasilyevich Masorin, Fleet admiral, Commander-in-Chief of theRussian Navy
• Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov, (1673-1729), Admiral, close associate of Peter I (the Great) active in early Russian naval battles
• Vladimir Vasilyevich Mikhailin,Admiral, Commander of the Baltic Fleet
• Arkadiy Petrovich Mikhailovskiy, Admiral, Commander of Northern Fleet (1981-1984)
• Aleksandr Alekseyevich Moiseyev,Vice admiral, commander of the Black Sea Fleet
• Mikhail Vasilyevich Motsak, Vice admiral, Chief of Staff/1st Deputy Commander of the Northern Fleet
• Igor Timurbulatovich Mukhametshin,Vice Admiral, Chief of Staff/1st Deputy Commander of Baltic Fleet

• Pavel Stepanovich Nakhimov, Admiral, circumnavigated the world withMikhail Lazarev, fought in theBattle of Navarino, annihilated the Ottoman fleet in theBattle of Sinope, commander and hero at thesiege of Sevastopol (1854–1855)
• Charles Henry of Nassau-Siegen, Admiral, won several battles during theRusso-Turkish War (1787–1792) and was defeated in theBattle of Svensksund in theRusso-Swedish War (1788–1790)
• Pyotr Nikolayevich Navoytsev, (1920-1993), Admiral, First Deputy Chief of the Main Navy Staff (1975-1988)
• Gennady Ivanovich Nevelskoy, (1813-1876), Admiral, prominent explorer of the Far East
• Aleksandr Andreyevich Nikolayev, (1905-1949), Vice-Admiral, Deputy Chief of theArmed Forces' Main Political Directorate
• Aleksandr Mikhailovich Nosatov,Admiral, Commander Baltic Fleet
• Pavel Ivanovich Novitsky Vice Admiral, commander of thepre-dreadnought battleshipDvenadsat Apostolov, Chief Commander ofSevastopol Port 1916. Executed by Bolsheviks 1917.

• Aleksey Grigoryevich Orlov, Commander of the Russian fleet during theRusso-Turkish War of 1768–1774, victor of theBattle of Chesma
• Filipp Sergeyevich Oktyabrskiy (Ivanov),Admiral, Commander of the Black Sea Fleet, a leader of defence in thesiege of Sevastopol (1941–1942)
• Aleksandr Yevstafyevich Oryol,Admiral, Commander of the Baltic Fleet
• Igor Vladimirovich Osipov,Admiral, Commander of the Black Sea Fleet

• Yuriy Aleksandrovich Panteleyev,Admiral, Commander of the Pacific Fleet
• Pavel Pereleshin, Rear admiral, hero of theBattle of Sinop and thesiege of Sevastopol (1854–1855)
• Aleksandr Igorevich Peshkov, rear admiral, Commander of Caspian Flotilla
• Igor Nikolayevich Petrov, rear admiral, political branch
• Sergey Mikhailovich Pinchuk,Vice Admiral, Commander of Caspian Flotilla
• Vasiliy Ivanovich Platonov,Admiral, Commander of the Northern Fleet
• Valentin Nikolayevich Ponikarovsky, admiral, deputy commander in chief of the Black Sea Fleet, the Northern Fleet, head of the Naval Academy
• Andrey Popov, Admiral, hero of theCrimean War, led a Russian flotilla to support theUnion during theAmerican Civil War, designed the first true Russian battleshipPyotr Velikiy

• Yuri Fedorovich Rall, Vice admiral, Second World War,Soviet evacuation of Tallinn,siege of Leningrad
• Anatoliy Ivanovich Rassokho,Admiral, Head ofDefense Ministry Main Directorate of Navigation and Oceanography
• Mikhail Reyneke, Vice admiral, major 19th centuryhydrographer
• Pyotr Ivanovich Ricord,Admiral, Head of the Russian Navy squadrons blockaded the Dardanelles during theRusso-Turkish War (1828-1829), participated in theCivil conflict in Greece (1831–1833), and defendedKronstadt (1854) during theCrimean War (1853–1856)
• Adam Adamovich Rimashevsky, vice-admiral, head of theUshakov Baltic Higher Naval School, theHigher Special Officer Classes of the Navy, and theKuznetsov Naval Academy
• Grand Duke Alexey Alexandrovich (Romanov), General admiral and Naval Minister during theRusso-Japanese War
• Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich (Romanov), General admiral and statesman, oversaw the rapid transition of the Russian Navy toironclad warships
• Zinoviy Petrovich Rozhestvenskiy, Vice Admiral, commander of the 2nd Pacific Squadron during theRusso-Japanese War, wounded in theBattle of Tsushima
• Andrey Vladimirovich Ryabukhin,Rear Admiral, Deputy Commander of Pacific Fleet

• Naum Akimovich Senyavin, Vice admiral, won theBattle of Osel during theGreat Northern War
• Aleksey Naumovich Senyavin, re-established theDon Military Flotilla and played a crucial role in Russia's gaining access to theBlack Sea
• Dmitriy Nikolayevich Senyavin, Admiral, won the battles of theDardanelles andAthos against Ottomans during theNapoleonic Wars
• Nikolay Dmitriyevich Sergeyev, Fleet admiral, Chief of the Main Navy Staff/First Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy
• Vladimir Vasilyevich Sidorov, admiral, commander of the Baltic and Pacific Fleets
• Peter von Sivers (1674-1740) chaired theRussian Admiralty Board in 1728-32.
• Nikolai Ivanovich Smirnov, Fleet admiral, Commander of the Pacific Fleet
• Igor Vladimirovich Smolyak, rear admiral, commander of theLeningrad Naval Base
• Viktor Nikolayevich Sokolov,Admiral, commander of the Black Sea Fleet
• Emil Nikolayevich Spiridonov (1925-1981), Commander of the Pacific Fleet
• Grigoriy Andreyevich Spiridov, Admiral, destroyed the Ottoman fleet in theBattle of Chesma during theRusso-Turkish War (1768-1774)
• Yuri Vladimirovich Startsev, vice admiral, commander of theCaspian Flotilla
• Georgy Andreyevich Stepanov, vice admiral, commander during the Second World War
• Ivan Ivanovich Stronskiy, Rear Admiral , (1846-1901),Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878), followed the Order of service toAlfred, Duke of Edinburgh in 1876.
• Gennady Aleksandrovich Suchkov, Admiral, commander of the Pacific and Northern Fleets
• Yuri Nikolayevich Sysuyev, Admiral, commander of the5th Operational Squadron,Higher Special Officer Classes of the Navy, and theKuznetsov Naval Academy

• Aleksandr Arkadevich Tatarinov, Admiral, commanded theRussian Black Sea Fleet, First DeputyCommander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy.
• Jean de Traversay, Admiral, commanded theRussian Black Sea Fleet andRussian Baltic Fleet, organised earlyRussian circumnavigations
• Vladimir Filippovich Tributs, Admiral, commander of theSoviet Baltic Fleet during thesiege of Leningrad, led theSoviet evacuation of Tallinn

• Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov, the most illustrious RussianAdmiral of the 18th century, saint, won the battles ofFidonisi,Kerch Strait,Tendra andCape Kaliakra during theRusso-Turkish War (1787–1792), single-handedly carved out the GreekSeptinsular Republic, did not lose a single ship in 43 battles

• Vladimir Prokofyevich Valuyev, admiral, commander of the Baltic Fleet
• Valery Vladimirovich Varfolomeyev, rear admiral, submarine officer, commander of the 11th Submarine Division
• Viktor Konstantinovich Vasilyev, rear admiral, academic of theNaval Academy
• Nikolai Ignatevich Vinogradov, admiral, submarine officer, commander of theKamchatka Flotilla
• Aleksandr Viktorovich Vitko,Admiral, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Russian Navy
• Andrei Olgertovich Volozhinsky,Vice Admiral, Chief of Staff/1st Deputy CinC Russian Navy
• Vladimir Mikhailovich Vorobyov, admiral, deputy commander of the Russian Navy
• Vladimir Sergeyevich Vysotsky, Admiral, Commander-in-Chief of theRussian Navy
• Marko Ivanovich Voinovich (Vojnović inSerbian), one of the founders of theBlack Sea Fleet, winner of theBattle of Fidonisi.

• Nikolay Yuryevich Yakubovskiy,Rear Admiral, Chief of Staff/1st Deputy Commander of Caspian Flotilla
• Vladimir Anatolyevich Yakushev, Rear Admiral, Commander of the Primorsky Flotilla
• Nikolai Pavlovich Yegipko, Vice admiral,Hero of the Soviet Union
• Georgiy Mikhailovich Yegorov, Fleet admiral, Commander of the Northern Fleet
• Vladimir Grigoryevich Yegorov, Admiral, Commander Russian Baltic Fleet
• Oleg Aleksandrovich Yerofeyev, Admiral, Commander of Northern Fleet
• Vasily Petrovich Yeryomin, Admiral, deputy commander in chief of the Navy, head of theKuznetsov Naval Academy
• Nikolay Anatolyevich Yevmenov,Admiral, Commander of Northern Fleet, Commander in Chief of the Navy
• Ivan Stepanovich Yumashev, Admiral, reclaimed SouthernSakhalin andKuril Islands for the USSR during theSoviet–Japanese War, Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy in the late 1940s

• Mikhail Nikolayevich Zakharov, admiral, political commissar
• Vasiliy Stepanovich Zavoyko, fought in theBattle of Navarino, twice circumnavigated the globe, explored the estuary of theAmur River, repelled the superiorBritish-French forces in thesiege of Petropavlovsk during theCrimean War
• Matija Zmajević, Vice admiral, hero of the battles ofGangut andGrengam during theGreat Northern War
• Oleg Yuryevich Zverev, Rear admiral, commander of theCaspian Flotilla

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