# Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy

The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy (Russian: Главнокомандующий ВМФ) is the chief commanding authority of the Russian Navy. He is appointed by the President of Russia. The position dates to the period of the Russian Empire. The current Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy is Admiral Aleksandr Moiseyev.

## List of Commanders
### Ministers of Sea Forces (1802–1815)

| No. | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
| 1 | Mordvinov, NikolayCount Nikolay Mordvinov (1754–1845) | 8 September 1802 | 28 December 1802 | 111 days |
| 2 | Mordvinov, NikolayPavel Chichagov (1767–1849) | 31 December 1802 | 28 November 1811 | 8 years, 332 days |
| 3 | Traverse, IvanIvan de Traverse (1754–1831) | 28 November 1811 | 17 December 1815 | 4 years, 19 days |

### Ministers of the Navy (1815–1917)

On 17 December 1815 the Ministry of Sea Forces was renamed, becoming the Ministry of the Navy.
| No. | Minister of the Navy | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
| 1 | Traverse, IvanIvan de Traverse (1754–1831) | 17 December 1815 | 24 March 1828 | 12 years, 98 days |
| 2 | Moller, AntonAdmiral Anton Otto von Möller [ru] (1764–1848) | 24 March 1828 | 5 February 1836 | 7 years, 318 days |
| 3 | Menshikov, AleksandrAdmiral Prince Alexander Menshikov (1787–1869) | 5 February 1836 | 23 February 1855 | 19 years, 18 days |
| 4 | Wrangel, FerdinandAdmiral Baron Ferdinand von Wrangel (1797–1870) | 18 May 1855 | 27 July 1857 | 2 years, 70 days |
| 5 | Metlin, NikolayAdmiral Nikolay Metlin [ru] (1804–1884) | 27 July 1857 | 18 September 1860 | 3 years, 53 days |
| 6 | Krabbe, NikolayAdmiral Nikolay Karlovich Krabbe (1814–1876) | 19 September 1860 | 3 January 1876 † | 15 years, 106 days |
| 7 | Lesovskiy, StepanAdmiral Stepan Lesovskiy [ru] (1817–1884) | 12 January 1876 | 23 June 1880 | 4 years, 163 days |
| 8 | Peshchurov, AlekseyVice admiral Aleksey Peshchurov [ru] (1834–1891) | 23 June 1880 | 11 January 1882 | 1 year, 202 days |
| 9 | Shestakov, IvanAdmiral Ivan Shestakov (1820–1888) | 11 January 1882 | 21 November 1888 | 6 years, 315 days |
| 10 | Chikhachyov, NikolaiAdmiral Nikolai Chikhachyov [ru] (1830–1917) | 28 November 1888 | 13 July 1896 | 7 years, 228 days |
| 11 | Tyrtov, PavelAdmiral Pavel Tyrtov [ru] (1836–1903) | 13 July 1896 | 4 March 1903 † | 6 years, 234 days |
| 12 | Avellan, TheodorAdmiral Theodor Avellan (1839–1916) | 10 March 1903 | 29 June 1905 | 2 years, 117 days |
| 13 | Birilev, AlekseiAdmiral Aleksei Birilev (1844–1915) | 29 June 1905 | 11 January 1907 | 1 year, 196 days |
| 14 | Dikov, IvanAdmiral Ivan Dikov [ru] (1833–1914) | 11 January 1907 | 8 January 1909 | 1 year, 363 days |
| 15 | Voevodskiy, StepanAdmiral Stepan Voevodskiy [ru] (1859–1937) | 8 January 1909 | 18 March 1911 | 2 years, 69 days |
| 16 | Grigorovich, IvanAdmiral Ivan Grigorovich (1853–1930) | 19 March 1911 | 28 February 1917 | 5 years, 346 days |
| 17 | Guchkov, AlexanderAlexander Guchkov (1862–1936) | 1 March 1917 | 30 April 1917 | 60 days |
| Commanders of Naval Forces of the RSFSR (1918–1921) No. Portrait CommanderTook officeLeft officeTime in office 1 Altfater, VasiliyVasiliy Altfater (1883–1919)15 October 191822 April 1919189 days 2 Berens, YevgenyYevgeny Berens (1876–1928)24 April 19195 February 1920287 days 3 Nemits, AleksandrAleksandr Nemits (1879–1967)5 February 192022 November 19211 year, 290 days | Commanders of the White Movement Fleet (1917–1924) No. Portrait CommanderTook officeLeft officeTime in office 1 Wrangel, PyotrPyotr Wrangel (1878–1928)??? 2 Kedrov, MikhailRear Admiral Mikhail Alexandrovich Kedrov (1878–1945)?November 1920? 3 Berens, MikhailRear Admiral Mikhail Berens (1879–1943)November 192029 October 19243 years, 11 months |

### Commander-in-Chief's Assistant for Naval Affairs (1921–1924)

| No. | Portrait | Commander-in-Chief | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
| 1 | | Pantserzhanskiy, EduardEduard Pantserzhanskiy (1887–1937) | 22 November 1921 | 9 December 1924 | 3 years, 17 days |

### Commanders-in-Chief of the Naval Forces of the USSR (1924–1937)

| No. | Commander-in-Chief | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
| 1 | Zof, VyacheslavVyacheslav Zof (1889–1937) | 9 December 1924 | 23 August 1926 | 1 year, 257 days |
| 2 | Muklevich, RomualdRomuald Muklevich (1890–1938) | 23 August 1926 | 11 June 1931 | 4 years, 292 days |
| 3 | Orlov, VladimirFleet Flag-officer 1st Rank Vladimir Mitrofanovich Orlov (1895–1938) | 11 June 1931 | 15 August 1937 | 6 years, 65 days |
| - | Galler, LevFleet Flag-officer 2nd Rank Lev Galler (1883–1950) Acting | 10 July 1937 | 15 August 1937 | 36 days |
| 4 | Viktorov, MikhailFleet Flag-officer 1st Rank Mikhail Viktorov (1893–1938) | 15 August 1937 | 30 December 1937 | 137 days |

### People's Commissars for the USSR Navy (1937–1939)

| No. | People's Commissar | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
| 1 | Smirnov, PyotrArmy Commissar 1st Rank Pyotr Smirnov (1897–1939) | 30 December 1937 | 5 November 1938 | 310 days |
| 2 | Frinovskiy, MikhailArmy Commander 1st Rank Mikhail Frinovskiy (1898–1940) | 5 November 1938 | 20 March 1939 | 135 days |
| 3 | Kuznetsov, NikolaiFleet Flag-officer 2nd Rank Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov (1904–1974) | 27 April 1939 | 24 July 1939 | 88 days |

### Commanders-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy (1939–1991)

| No. | Commander-in-Chief | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
| 1 | Kuznetsov, NikolaiAdmiral of the Fleet Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov (1904–1974) | 24 July 1939 | 17 January 1947 | 7 years, 177 days |
| 2 | Yumashev, IvanAdmiral Ivan Stepanovich Yumashev (1895–1972) | 17 January 1947 | 20 July 1951 | 4 years, 184 days |
| (1) | Kuznetsov, NikolaiFleet Admiral of the Soviet Union Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov (1904–1974) | 20 July 1951 | 5 January 1956 | 4 years, 169 days |
| 3 | Gorshkov, SergeyFleet Admiral of the Soviet Union Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov (1910–1988) | 5 January 1956 | 8 December 1985 | 29 years, 337 days |
| 4 | Chernavin, VladimirFleet admiral Vladimir Chernavin (1928–2023) | 8 December 1985 | 25 December 1991 | 6 years, 18 days |

### Commander-in-Chief of the Commonwealth of Independent States Navy (1991–1992)

| No. | Portrait | Commander-in-Chief | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
| 1 | | Chernavin, VladimirFleet admiral Vladimir Chernavin (1928–2023) | 25 December 1991 | 19 August 1992 | 237 days |

### Commanders-in-Chief of the Russian Navy (1992–present)

| No. | Commander-in-Chief | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
| 1 | Gromov, FeliksFleet admiral Feliks Gromov (1937–2021) | 19 August 1992 | 7 November 1997 | 5 years, 80 days |
| 2 | Kuroyedov, VladimirFleet admiral Vladimir Kuroyedov (born 1944) | 7 November 1997 | 4 September 2005 | 7 years, 301 days |
| 3 | Masorin, VladimirFleet admiral Vladimir Masorin (born 1947) | 4 September 2005 | 27 August 2007 | 1 year, 357 days |
| 4 | Vysotskiy, VladimirAdmiral Vladimir Vysotsky (1954–2021) | 27 August 2007 | 6 May 2012 | 4 years, 253 days |
| 5 | Chirkov, ViktorAdmiral Viktor Chirkov (born 1959) | 6 May 2012 | 26 February 2016 | 3 years, 296 days |
| 6 | Korolyov, VladimirAdmiral Vladimir Korolyov (born 1955) | 18 April 2016 | 3 May 2019 | 3 years, 46 days |
| 7 | Yevmenov, NikolaiAdmiral Nikolai Yevmenov (born 1962) | 3 May 2019 | 10 March 2024 | 4 years, 312 days |
| – | Admiral Alexander Moiseyev (born 1962) | 10 March 2024 | 2 April 2024 | 23 days |
| 8 | Admiral Alexander Moiseyev (born 1962) | 2 April 2024 | Incumbent | 338 days |

## Deputies and chiefs of staff
### Chief of the Main Staff and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Navy

* Valentin Selivanov (1992–1996)
* Igor Khmelnov (1996–1997)
* Vladimir Kuroyedov (1997)
* Viktor Kravchenko (1998–2005)
* Vladimir Masorin (2005)
* Mikhail Abramov (2005–2009)
* Aleksandr Tatarinov (2009–2016)
* Andrei Volozhinsky (2016–2019)
* Aleksandr Vitko (2019–2021)
* Aleksandr Nosatov (2021–2024)
* Vladimir Kasatonov (2024–present)