Edited sentence: In 1990 Vysotskiy was a Gold Medal graduate of the N.In 1999 he was a Gold Medal graduate of the General Staff Academy and appointed Chief of Staff of the Russian Northern Fleet.In 2002 he was appointed Commander of the Caspian Flotilla and in 2004 Deputy Commander of the Baltic Fleet.In 2005 he was appointed Commander of the Northern Fleet and in 2007 Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy.Kuznetsov Naval Academy and posted to command a squadron of the Pacific Fleet