Admiral of the fleet or fleet admiral (russian: Адмирал флота, Admiral flota) is the highest naval rank of the

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. It is the equivalent of the Soviet naval rank of Fleet Admiral and the present Russian rank of army general. The rank is roughly equivalent to the rank of "

admiral Admiral is one of the highest ranks in some 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, and is above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet, ...

" of other nations.

Marshal of the Russian Federation Marshal of the Russian Federation ( rus, Маршал Российской Федерации, r=Marshal Rossiyskoy Federatsii) is the highest military rank of Russia, created in 1993 following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. It ranks imm ...

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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