Viktor Chirkov

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Viktorovich and the family name is Chirkov.
Viktor Chirkov
Native name
Виктор Викторович Чирков
Born (1959-09-08) 8 September 1959 (age 65)
Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (now Almaty, Kazakhstan)
Allegiance Soviet Union
 Russia
Service / branchRussia Russian Navy
Years of service1977–2016
Rank Admiral
Commands

Viktor Viktorovich Chirkov (Russian: Виктор Викторович Чирков; born 8 September 1959)[1] is a Russian admiral and the former commander of the Baltic Fleet. On 6 May 2012, he was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, succeeding Vladimir Vysotsky, who had occupied the post for almost five years.[2][3] He retired from his position for health reasons in March 2016.

Military career

Chirkov is a surface warfare officer with Pacific Fleet roots. He was born on 8 September 1959 in Alma-Ata, capital of the former Kazakh SSR. In 1982, he graduated from the Pacific Higher Naval School in Vladivostok and became head of the mine-torpedo department on the Riga-class frigate Lun in the Pacific Fleet.[1] He served as assistant commander of a corvette, then executive officer of the Kotlin-class destroyer Vozbuzhdennyy.[1]

In 1986-1987, Chirkov completed Higher Special Officers’ Classes in Leningrad, and became commander of the infamous Krivak-class frigate Storozhevoy. Under a mutinous crew, this Soviet Baltic Fleet unit had tried, unsuccessfully, to defect in 1975. Later it transferred to the Pacific Fleet.

From 1990 to 1993, Chirkov commanded the Udaloy-class destroyer Admiral Spiridonov.[1] He was deputy chief of staff for an ASW ship division, deputy division commander, and commander of an ASW ship division during 1993-1998. In 1997, he completed the Kuznetsov Naval Academy as a correspondence student.

After graduating from the Military Academy of the General Staff in 2000, Chirkov served for five years as chief of staff, first deputy commander of Troops and Forces in the North-East on Kamchatka.[1] In the first years of this assignment, he served under Vice-Admiral Konstantin Sidenko.

In 2005-2007, he commanded the Primorskiy Mixed Forces Flotilla. For the next two years, he was chief of staff, first deputy commander of the Baltic Fleet, and became its commander in September 2009.

Since 2007, he was the Chief of Staff/First Deputy Commander of the Baltic Fleet, and appointed Fleet Commander by the President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev on 8 September 2009.[1]

On 6 May 2012, President Dmitry Medvedev on his last day in office prior to the inauguration of Vladimir Putin appointed Chirkov to replace Vladimir Vysotsky as the Russian Navy's Commander-in-Chief. In an interview with news agency RIA Novosti, Chirkov said:

"The most important thing for Russia is to build a fleet with the support of the president and like-minded persons."[2]

In March 2014, as Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Chirkov also oversaw all naval operations with Aleksandr Vitko who was then commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet during Russia's annexation of the Crimean Peninsula in which both the Sevastopol Naval Base and Southern Naval Base were seized by Russian forces.

Retirement

In March 2016, Russian media announced Chirkov's retirement for health reasons. Vladimir Korolev, then commander of the Northern Fleet, was named as his successor.

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Viktor Chirkov". Ministry of Defence. Mil.ru. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Medvedev Replaces Russian Navy Commander". RIA Novosti. En.rian.ru. 6 May 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  3. ^ Cook, Brad (6 May 2012). "Medvedev Names Russian Navy, Air Force Heads on Last Kremlin Day". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
Military offices
Preceded by Commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy
2012–2016 		Succeeded by

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