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Order of Naval Merit. Igor Vladimirovich Osipov ( Russian: Игорь Владимирович Осипов; born 6 March 1973) is an officer of the Russian Navy. He has held the rank of admiral since 2021. Born 1973 in the Kazakh SSR, part of the Soviet Union, Osipov studied at the Higher Naval School of Submarine Navigation [ ru], and joined ...
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Igor Vladimirovich Osipov (Russian: Игорь Владимирович Осипов; born 6 March 1973) is an officer of the Russian Navy. He currently holds the rank of vice-admiral, and is commander in chief of the Black Sea Fleet.
Born 1973 in the Kazakh SSR, part of the Soviet Union, Osipov studied at the Higher Naval School of Submarine Navigation [ru], and joined the Pacific Fleet after graduation. His early service was spent aboard the small anti-submarine Grisha-class corvettes, gradually rising through the ranks to command his own vessel. Staff appointments in the fleet followed, as well as further study in the navy's higher education establishments, before he took command of the Baltic Fleet's base at Baltiysk. He was appointed commander of the Caspian Flotilla in 2015, returned to the Pacific Fleet as its chief of staff and deputy commander the following year, and in 2018 became Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. He took command of the Black Sea Fleet in May 2019.
Osipov was born on 6 March 1973 in the village of Novoshumnoe [ru], in the Fyodorov District of Kostanay Region, then part of the Kazakh SSR, in the USSR. He graduated from the Higher Naval School of Submarine Navigation [ru] in Saint Petersburg in 1995, with a speciality in navigation. His initial service as an officer began with the Pacific Fleet in August 1995, as weapons commander of the Grisha-class corvette MPK-221 [ru]. The MPK-221 was part of the 11th division of anti-submarine ships of the Primorsky Flotilla's 47th brigade, tasked with a patrol area covering Russky Island and Paris Bay. Osipov's next assignment, from August 1996 to July 1998, was as assistant commander of the MPK-17 [ru], another Grisha-class corvette of the same division.
From July 1998 to July 2000 Osipov commanded MPK-61, part of the 11th division of the 165th brigade of surface ships covering the sea area around Vladivostok and Maly Ulyss Bay. Between July 2000 and December 2001 he served as chief of staff of the 11th division, and commanded the division from December 2001 until September 2002. He undertook studies at the Naval Academy, graduating in 2004, and from June 2004 until January 2007 he was chief of staff of the 165th brigade, and its commander from January 2007 to August 2011.
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Aug 19, 2022 · FOLLOW. Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed a new acting Navy commander, replacing former Navy Chief Igor Osipov, who had overseen the invasion of Ukraine until now.
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Aug 17, 2022 · If confirmed, the removal of the previous commander Igor Osipov would mark the most prominent sacking of a military official in the nearly six months since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in...
Aug 17, 2022 · If the reports of Viktor Sokolov’s appointment are true, Sokolov will replace Vice-Admiral Igor Osipov, who was appointed commander of the Black Sea Fleet by presidential decree in March 2019. After the Russian missile cruiser Moskva sank in April 2022, some Ukrainian media outlets reported that Osipov had been suspended from his post and ...
Jul 12, 2023 · Ukraine’s SBU security service has pressed charges against former Russian Black Sea Fleet Commander Igor Osipov for organizing a deadly missile attack on Vinnytsia on July 14, 2022, the...
Aug 18, 2022 · On Wednesday, Russia’s RIA news agency cited sources as saying the commander of its Black Sea fleet, Igor Osipov, had been replaced with a new chief, Viktor Sokolov. If confirmed, the move...
