Alphabetical list
A
- Pavel Sergeyevich Abankin , Admiral, Head of Naval Academy (1944), Deputy Navy Minister for Shipbuilding and Armaments, Head of the Hydrographic Directorate (1952-1958)
- Abdulikhat Abassov, Rear admiral, (1929-1996), Head of Nuclear Submarine Training Center, Chief of Navy Combat Training
- Ildar Ferdinandovich Akhmerov , Vice-Admiral, Commander of the Caspian 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 the Caspian Flotilla (2010-2014)
- Nikolay Nikolayevich Amelko , Admiral, Commander of the Pacific Fleet
- Vladimir Aleksandrovich Andreyev , admiral, commander of the 4th Fleet
- Fyodor Apraksin , General admiral, won the Battle of Gangut during the Great Northern War, led the Imperial Russian Navy in the Russo-Persian War (1722–1723)
- Sergey Iosifovich Avakyants , Admiral, Commander of the Pacific Fleet
B
- Nikolai Efremovich Basistiy , Admiral, Commander of the Black Sea Fleet
- Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen , Admiral, notable participant of the First Russian circumnavigation, leader of another Russian circumnavigation during which he and his second-in-command Mikhail Lazarev discovered the continent of Antarctica
- Aksel Ivanovich Berg , Admiral and scientist, major developer of radiolocation and cybernetics
- Vladimir Ivanovich Bogdashin , rear admiral, captain of the frigate Bezzavetnyy during the 1988 Black Sea bumping incident
- Ivan Botsis , Admiral in charge of the galley fleet under Peter the Great
- Laskarina Bouboulina , Greek naval commander, heroine of the Greek War of Independence in 1821, and posthumously an admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy. [1]
C
- Andrei Trofimovich Chabanenko , admiral, Commander of the Northern Fleet
- Vladimir Nikolayevich Chernavin , Fleet admiral, Commander of the Soviet Northern Fleet, the last Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy, first and only Commander-in-Chief of the CIS Navy
- Pavel Chichagov , admiral, in command of an army, blamed for Napoleon's escape across the Berezina.
- Vasiliy Chichagov , Admiral, polar explorer, Pavel's father, won the battles of Öland, Reval and Vyborg Bay, effectively bringing the Russo-Swedish War of 1788-90 to an end
- Viktor Viktorovich Chirkov , Admiral, Commander of the Baltic Fleet (2009-2012), Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy (2012-2016)
- Grigoriy Pavlovich Chukhnin , Vice admiral, commander of the Black Sea Fleet during the 1905 Russian Revolution and battleship Potemkin mutiny until his assassination in 1906.
- Cornelius Cruys , Vice admiral, the first commander of the Russian Baltic Fleet
D
- Osip Mikhailovich Deribas (José de Ribas in Spanish), Vice admiral, founder of Odessa, hero of the siege of Izmail
- Fyodor Dubasov , Admiral, placed Port Arthur and Dalny under Russian control
- Valentin Drozd , Vice admiral, commander of Baltic Fleet Squadron 1941–1943 and Northern Fleet 1938–1940
- Nikolai Dimitrievich Dabić . Vice admiral, died in 1908 from wounds sustained in the Russo-Japanese War
E
- Oskar Enqvist , Vice Admiral, Commander of the First Cruiser Division of the 2nd Pacific Squadron during the Russo-Japanese War
- Arvid Adolf Etholén , Vice Admiral, explorer, Chief Manager of the Russian American Company 1840-1845.
F
- Aleksandr Fedotenkov , Vice admiral, Commander of the Black 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 onboard battleship Oslyabya a few days before Battle of Tsushima
G
- 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 during World War II, the Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy during most of the Cold War and for almost 30 years (1956-1985)
- Samuel Greig , Admiral, won the Battle of Chesma during the Russo-Turkish War (1768-1774) and participated in the Battle of Hogland during the Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790)
- Ivan Ivanovich Gren , vice-admiral, speciality in gunnery, director of naval artillery during the siege of Leningrad
- Ivan Konstantinovich Grigorovich , Admiral, chief of Port Arthur's port during the siege 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 the Russian 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 of Sevastopol in service of the Russian Empire in 1783.
H
- Loggin Heiden , Dutchman, winner of the Battle of Navarino.
I
- Ivan Stepanovich Isakov , Fleet admiral of the Soviet Union (one of only three), served during World War II, Chief of the Main Navy Staff, oceanographer
- Vladimir Ivanovich Istomin , Rear admiral, fought in the Battle of Navarino, hero of the siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855) during the Crimean War, died in action
- Vitaly Pavlovich Ivanov , admiral, commander of the Baltic Fleet (1985–1991), head of the Kuznetsov Naval Academy (1991–1995)
J
- 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
K
- Konstantin Petrovich Kabantsov , Vice-Admiral, commander of the Northern 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 the N. G. Kuznetsov Naval Academy
- Mikhail Alexandrovich Kedrov , Vice admiral, who led White Russian forces, including the evacuation of Wrangel's fleet from the Crimea as the Russian Civil War came to a close
- Yuri Mikhailovich Khaliullin , Rear Admiral, engineer and academic, head of the Lenin Higher Naval Engineering School and the Naval Engineering Institute
- Mikhail Nikolayevich Khronopulo , Admiral, commander of the Black Sea Fleet between 1985 and 1991
- Aleksandr Vasilyevich Kolchak , Admiral, polar explorer, commander of the Black Sea Fleet, a leader of the White movement during the Russian Civil War
- Nikolay Kolomeytsev , Vice admiral, polar explorer, a hero of the Russo-Japanese War, later led White Russian naval forces in the Baltic during the Russian Civil War
- Vladimir Konovalov , Rear admiral, distinguished submarine commander during World War II
- Vladimir Alekseyevich Kornilov , Vice admiral, fought in the Battle of Navarino, hero of the siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855), died in the Battle 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 in Primorsky Krai, oversaw the development of naval artillery and ironclad ships
- Viktor Petrovich Kravchuk , vice-admiral, commander of the Caspian Flotilla (2005-2009), commander of the Baltic Fleet (2012-2016)
- Nikolai Mikhailovich Kulakov , Vice admiral, political branch, Hero of the Soviet Union
- Vladimir Ivanovich Kuroyedov , Fleet admiral, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy
- Konstantin Matveyevich Kuznetsov , rear-admiral, head of the M. V. Frunze Higher Naval School and the Higher 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 the Soviet Navy during World War II (1939-1946)
- Adam Johann von Krusenstern (1770–1846), Admiral, led the first Russian circumnavigation with Yuri Lisyansky
- Alexander Ivanovich Kruz (1731-1799), Fleet Admiral
L
- Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev , Admiral, three times circumnavigator and discoverer of Antarctica, destroyed five enemy warships as a commander of Azov in the Battle of Navarino, tutor of Nakhimov, Kornilov and Istomin
- 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
M
- Thomas Mackenzie (Foma Kalinovich Mekenzi, Фома Калинович Мекензи, Russian admiral, 1710–1766), Rear admiral, entered Russian Navy in 1736 at Archangel. Father of Rear Admiral Thomas MacKenzie (the founder of Sebastopol)
- Thomas Mackenzie (1740–1786), Rear admiral, Founder of Sevastopol 1783, first Commander-in-Chief of the Black Sea Fleet. Awarded Knight Order 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 War at 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 successful torpedo attack (during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878), built the first torpedo boat tender and the first polar icebreaker, author of the insubmersibility theory, killed in the Russo-Japanese War when his ship struck a naval mine
- Nikolai Mikhailovich Maksimov , Admiral, Commander of the Northern Fleet, head of the Naval Academy
- Pavel Petrovich Maksutov , Rear admiral, hero of the Battle of Sinop and the siege 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 the Russian 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
N
- Pavel Stepanovich Nakhimov , Admiral, circumnavigated the world with Mikhail Lazarev, fought in the Battle of Navarino, annihilated the Ottoman fleet in the Battle of Sinope, commander and hero at the siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855)
- Charles Henry of Nassau-Siegen , Admiral, won several battles during the Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) and was defeated in the Battle of Svensksund in the Russo-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 the Armed Forces' Main Political Directorate
- Aleksandr Mikhailovich Nosatov , Admiral, Commander Baltic Fleet
- Pavel Ivanovich Novitsky Vice Admiral, commander of the pre-dreadnought battleship Dvenadsat Apostolov, Chief Commander of Sevastopol Port 1916. Executed by Bolsheviks 1917.
O
- Aleksey Grigoryevich Orlov , Commander of the Russian fleet during the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774, victor of the Battle of Chesma
- Filipp Sergeyevich Oktyabrskiy (Ivanov) , Admiral, Commander of the Black Sea Fleet, a leader of defence in the siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942)
- Aleksandr Yevstafyevich Oryol , Admiral, Commander of the Baltic Fleet
- Igor Vladimirovich Osipov , Admiral, Commander of the Black Sea Fleet
P
- Yuriy Aleksandrovich Panteleyev , Admiral, Commander of the Pacific Fleet
- Pavel Pereleshin , Rear admiral, hero of the Battle of Sinop and the siege 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 the Crimean War, led a Russian flotilla to support the Union during the American Civil War, designed the first true Russian battleship Pyotr Velikiy
R
- Yuri Fedorovich Rall , Vice admiral, Second World War, Soviet evacuation of Tallinn, siege of Leningrad
- Anatoliy Ivanovich Rassokho , Admiral, Head of Defense Ministry Main Directorate of Navigation and Oceanography
- Mikhail Reyneke , Vice admiral, major 19th century hydrographer
- Pyotr Ivanovich Ricord , Admiral, Head of the Russian Navy squadrons blockaded the Dardanelles during the Russo-Turkish War (1828-1829), participated in the Civil conflict in Greece (1831–1833), and defended Kronstadt (1854) during the Crimean War (1853–1856)
- Adam Adamovich Rimashevsky , vice-admiral, head of the Ushakov Baltic Higher Naval School, the Higher Special Officer Classes of the Navy, and the Kuznetsov Naval Academy
- Grand Duke Alexey Alexandrovich (Romanov), General admiral and Naval Minister during the Russo-Japanese War
- Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich (Romanov), General admiral and statesman, oversaw the rapid transition of the Russian Navy to ironclad warships
- Zinoviy Petrovich Rozhestvenskiy , Vice Admiral, commander of the 2nd Pacific Squadron during the Russo-Japanese War, wounded in the Battle of Tsushima
- Andrey Vladimirovich Ryabukhin, Rear Admiral, Deputy Commander of Pacific Fleet
S
- Naum Akimovich Senyavin , Vice admiral, won the Battle of Osel during the Great Northern War
- Aleksey Naumovich Senyavin , re-established the Don Military Flotilla and played a crucial role in Russia's gaining access to the Black Sea
- Dmitriy Nikolayevich Senyavin , Admiral, won the battles of the Dardanelles and Athos against Ottomans during the Napoleonic 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 the Russian Admiralty Board in 1728-32.
- Nikolai Ivanovich Smirnov , Fleet admiral, Commander of the Pacific Fleet
- Igor Vladimirovich Smolyak , rear admiral, commander of the Leningrad 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 the Battle of Chesma during the Russo-Turkish War (1768-1774)
- Yuri Vladimirovich Startsev , vice admiral, commander of the Caspian 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 to Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh in 1876.
- Gennady Aleksandrovich Suchkov , Admiral, commander of the Pacific and Northern Fleets
- Yuri Nikolayevich Sysuyev , Admiral, commander of the 5th Operational Squadron, Higher Special Officer Classes of the Navy, and the Kuznetsov Naval Academy
T
- Aleksandr Arkadevich Tatarinov , Admiral, commanded the Russian Black Sea Fleet, First Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy.
- Jean de Traversay , Admiral, commanded the Russian Black Sea Fleet and Russian Baltic Fleet, organised early Russian circumnavigations
- Vladimir Filippovich Tributs , Admiral, commander of the Soviet Baltic Fleet during the siege of Leningrad, led the Soviet evacuation of Tallinn
U
- Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov , the most illustrious Russian Admiral of the 18th century, saint, won the battles of Fidonisi, Kerch Strait, Tendra and Cape Kaliakra during the Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792), single-handedly carved out the Greek Septinsular Republic, did not lose a single ship in 43 battles
V
- 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 the Naval Academy
- Nikolai Ignatevich Vinogradov , admiral, submarine officer, commander of the Kamchatka 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 the Russian Navy
- Marko Ivanovich Voinovich (Vojnović in Serbian), one of the founders of the Black Sea Fleet, winner of the Battle of Fidonisi.
Y
- 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 the Kuznetsov Naval Academy
- Nikolay Anatolyevich Yevmenov , Admiral, Commander of Northern Fleet, Commander in Chief of the Navy
- Ivan Stepanovich Yumashev , Admiral, reclaimed Southern Sakhalin and Kuril Islands for the USSR during the Soviet–Japanese War, Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy in the late 1940s
Z
- Mikhail Nikolayevich Zakharov , admiral, political commissar
- Vasiliy Stepanovich Zavoyko , fought in the Battle of Navarino, twice circumnavigated the globe, explored the estuary of the Amur River, repelled the superior British-French forces in the siege of Petropavlovsk during the Crimean War
- Matija Zmajević , Vice admiral, hero of the battles of Gangut and Grengam during the Great Northern War
- Oleg Yuryevich Zverev , Rear admiral, commander of the Caspian Flotilla