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In 1993 he became Chief of Staff of the Baltic Fleet and became
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He was retired one day before his 61st birthday in 2005, mandatory retirement age for
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graduating with distinction. From 1979 to 1987 he served in the
Pacific Fleet commanding a division of minesweepers and was Chief of Staff of the Sakhalin Flotilla. From 1987 to 1989 he studied at the
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Pacific Higher Naval School in 1967. He served aboard frigates in the Pacific Fleet. In 1976β78 he studied at the
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since 1993 and Chief of the Main Staff/1st Deputy
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or because the
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graduating with the gold medal and was promoted to rear admiral.
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Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR
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