Vladimir Sergeyevich Vysotsky russian: Владимир Серге́евич Высоцкий, uk, Володимир Сергійович Висоцький ''Volodymyr Serhiyovych Vysotsky''; (18 August 1954 – 5 February 2021) was a Russian admiral and Commander of the
Russian Northern Fleet
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. On 12 September 2007, Vysotsky was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the
Russian Navy, succeeding
Vladimir Masorin who retired at age 60 the same day.
Navy Chief Relieved of Command
The Moscow Times, September 14, 2007.
Career
Vysotsky was born in Komarno, Lviv Oblast
Lviv Oblast ( uk, Льві́вська о́бласть, translit=Lvivska oblast, ), also referred to as Lvivshchyna ( uk, Льві́вщина, ), ). The name of each oblast is a relational adjective—in English translating to a noun adjunct w ...
, Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...
. He joined the Navy and graduated from the P.S. Nakhimov Black Sea Higher Naval School in 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 ...
in 1976. He was posted to the Russian Pacific Fleet where he served aboard patrol ships, frigates and the . In 1982 Vysotsky completed the Advanced Officers Courses and was made Executive Officer of the aircraft carrier
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In 1990 Vysotsky was a Gold Medal graduate of the N. G. Kuznetsov Naval Academy and posted as commanding officer of the aircraft carrier ''Minsk''. Subsequently, he commanded a squadron of Pacific Fleet missile ships. In 1999 he was a Gold Medal graduate of the General Staff Academy and appointed Chief of Staff and then Commander of the Russian Northern Fleet
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combined forces surface flotilla. In 2004 he was appointed Chief of Staff of the Baltic Fleet
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. In 2005 he was appointed Commander of the Northern Fleet and in 2007 Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy. In May 2012 he was succeeded as Commander-in-Chief by Admiral Viktor Chirkov
Viktor Viktorovich Chirkov (russian: Виктор Викторович Чирков; born 8 September 1959, in Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR) is a Russian admiral and the former commander of the Baltic Fleet. On 6 May 2012, he was appointed Commander-in ...
.
Vysotsky was married with two children.
Honours and awards
* Order of Merit for the Fatherland
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, 4th class with Swords (1 October 2008)
* Order of Military Merit
* , 3rd class
Sources
External links
Russian Navy
Press release
Commanders-in-chief of the Russian Navy
1954 births
2021 deaths
Russian admirals
People from Komarno, Ukraine
Ukrainian emigrants to Russia
Recipients of the Order of Military Merit (Russia)
Recipients of the Order of Saint Righteous Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy, 1st class
N. G. Kuznetsov Naval Academy alumni
Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia alumni
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