Valery Vladimirovich Kulikov (russian: Валерий Владимирович Куликов; born 1 September 1956) is a Ukrainian-born Russian politician, and former military commander. He served as the member of the

Federation Council The Federation Council (russian: Сове́т Федера́ции – ''Soviet Federatsii'', common abbreviation: Совфед – ''Sovfed''), or Senate (officially, starting from July 1, 2020) ( ru , Сенат , translit = Senat), is th ...

of from the executive branch of

Sevastopol Sevastopol (; uk, Севасто́поль, Sevastópolʹ, ; gkm, Σεβαστούπολις, Sevastoúpolis, ; crh, Акъя́р, Aqyár, ), sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea, and a major port on the Black Sea ...

from 19 September 2017 to September 2020. Kulikov has the rank of vice admiral, and was a deputy commander of the

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Biography

Valery Kulikov was born on 1 September 1956 in

Zaporizhzhia Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Запоріжжя) or Zaporozhye (russian: Запорожье) is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. It is the Capital city, administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zapor ...

, then in the

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

. In 1974, he began active military service in the border troops. In 1980 he graduated from the Black Sea Higher Naval School named after P.S. Nakhimov and received a referral to the

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. In 1994, he graduated from the

Kuznetsov Naval Academy The N. G. Kuznetsov Naval Academy (russian: Военно-морская академия имени Н. Г. Кузнецова) is the main staff college and postgraduate institution for the Russian Navy and is located in Saint Petersburg. In ...

. He held the positions of battery commander on the patrol ship ''Pylky'', commander of a missile and artillery warhead on patrol ships ''Pylky'', ''Razitelny'', and ''Ladny'', and was a senior assistant commander of the patrol ship ''Bezzavetny'' and missile cruiser ''Slava'', and commander of the missile cruisers ''Admiral Golovko'' and ''Moskva'', the commander of a brigade of landing ships, and the head of the combat training directorate of the Black Sea Fleet, and headed the combat training directorates of the

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and the Navy. Since February 2010, Kulikov was the acting commander of the

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. On 29 September 2010, Rear Admiral was appointed the new commander. In 2013, with the rank of Rear Admiral, by decree of Russian President

Vladimir Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who holds the office of president of Russia. Putin has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999: as prime min ...

, Kulikov was appointed Deputy Commander of the Black Sea Fleet. By the decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 5 May 2014 No. 302, by Putin, Kulikov was awarded the military rank of Vice Admiral. On 19 September 2017, by the decree of the Governor of Sevastopol,

Dmitry Ovsyannikov Dmitry Vladimirovich Ovsiannikov (Russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Овсянников; born on 21 February 1977) is a Russian politician who served as Governor of Sevastopol from 18 September 2017 to 11 July 2019. He is consid ...

, Kulikov was vested with the powers of a member of the Federation Council - a representative of the executive body of state power of

. On 26 September 2017, by presidential decree, Kulikov was relieved of his post as deputy commander of the Black Sea Fleet and dismissed from military service with the rank of vice admiral. On 13 September 2020, as a candidate from

United Russia United Russia ( rus, Единая Россия, Yedinaya Rossiya, (j)ɪˈdʲinəjə rɐˈsʲijə) is a Conservatism in Russia, Russian conservative List of political parties in Russia, political party. As the largest party in Russia, it hold ...

, he won with a score of 43.35% in the by-elections to the

Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol The Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol (russian: link=no, Законодательное собрание города Севастополя) is the regional parliament of Sevastopol. It ''de facto'' replaced the Sevastopol City Council after ...

in district No. 2, which remained vacant for several months after Yekaterina Altabayeva was approved as the representative of the Legislative Assembly in the Federation Council. He left the Federation Council on 2 October 2020.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kulikov, Valery 1956 births Living people Independent politicians in Ukraine Military personnel from Zaporizhzhia United Russia politicians Recipients of the Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 3rd class Recipients of the Order of Military Merit (Russia) Recipients of the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" II class Nakhimov Naval Academy (Sevastopol) alumni N. G. Kuznetsov Naval Academy alumni Members of the Federation Council of Russia (after 2000) Russian admirals Soviet Navy personnel Russian individuals subject to European Union sanctions Politicians from Zaporizhzhia