Nikolai Yevmenov
Nikolai Anatolyevich Yevmenov | |
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| Born | 2 April 1962 (age 59) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union Russia |
| Service/ |  Russian Navy |
| Years of service | 1982–present |
| Rank |  Admiral |
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Admiral Nikolai Anatolyevich Yevmenov (Russian: Николай Анатольевич Евменов) (born 2 April 1962) is an officer of the Russian Navy. He is the current commander in chief of the Navy.
Biography[]
Yevmenov was born on 2 April 1962 in Moscow.[1] He studied at the between 1982 and 1987, after which he was appointed commander of the electronic navigation department of the navigation unit (BCh-1) of a nuclear submarine in the Pacific Fleet from 1987 to 1991.[1]
Between 1995 and 1997 he studied at the N. G. Kuznetsov Naval Academy. Between 1997 and 1999 he commanded ballistic missile submarines in the Pacific Fleet. Between 1999 and 2006 he was chief of staff, deputy commander and subsequently commander of the 25th submarine division of the Pacific Fleet, having studied at the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia during 2001 to 2003. In 2012 Yevmenov became deputy commander of the Northern Fleet, becoming commander in 2016 and being promoted to Admiral in 2017.[1]
Yevmenov was appointed commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy on 3 May 2019 succeeding Admiral Vladimir Korolyov.[1]In November, Yevmenov visited Japan. During his meeting with Hiroshi Yamamura, the Chief of Staff of the Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force, Yevmenov was took a picture against the background of a portrait of Togo Heihachiro, the Japanese Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet who defeated Russian fleet during the Battle of Tsushima, Russo-Japanese War and a controversy ensued.[2]
Awards[]
- Order of Alexander Nevsky (2016)[1]
- Order of Military Merit (Russia) (2006)[1]
- Order of Naval Merit (Russia) (2015)[1]
Citations[]
- ^ a b c d e f g "Евменов Николай Анатольевич" (in Russian). Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ Андрей Рискин (2019-11-27). "Два слова в защиту главкома ВМФ". Nezavisimaya Gazeta. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
References[]
- 1962 births
- Russian admirals
- Commanders-in-chief of the Russian Navy
- Recipients of the Order of Military Merit (Russia)
- Living people
- Recipients of the Order of Naval Merit (Russia)
- Recipients of the Order of Alexander Nevsky
- N. G. Kuznetsov Naval Academy alumni
- Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia alumni