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  •  Вице-Адмирал СУЧКОВ Геннадий Александрович

    (Vice-Admiral SUCHKOV Gennadiy Aleksandrovich)
    Commander, Pacific Fleet
    "Родился 7 января 1947 года в Сеченовском районе Горьковской области.

    Образование:

    • В 1969 году окончил Высшее военно-морское училище.
    • В 1983 году - Военно-морскую академию.

    Служба:

    • Офицерскую службу начал с должности командира торпедной группы БЧ-3 большой подводной лодки Северного флота. 
    • Последовательно прошел должности командира боевой части, помощника, старшего помощника, командира подводной лодки, начальника штаба, а затем командира бригады подводных лодок, начальника штаба и командира эскадры подводных лодок СФ. 
    • В 1994 году был назначен первым заместителем командующего ЧФ. 
    • Награжден орденами Красной Звезды, "За службу Родине в Вооруженных Силах СССР" III  тепени, орденом Дружбы." 
    (Krasnaya Zvezda 27 Jul 01). 
    Born 7 January 1947 in the village of Mitropolye, in Gorkiy Oblast's Sechenovskiy Rayon. 

    Education: 

    • 1969 graduated from the Frunze Higher Naval School.
    • July 1978 graduated from the Navy Higher Officer Classes.
    • 1985 graduated from the Naval Academy 

    Service:

    • Armed Forces service dates from 1964. 
    • 1969 - served on submarines in the Northern Fleet.
    • August 1969, commander of a No. 3 combat unit torpedo group on board a submarine. 
    • November 1970 he was commander of a No. 3 combat unit.
    • 1972 assistant commander and then almost immediately senior assistant commander of a submarine.
    • July 1978 appointed submarine commander.
    • 1985 chief of staff of a submarine brigade. 
    • November 1988 appointed Chief of Staff of a submarine squadron.
    • 1992 Squadron Commander.
    • December 1994 - 19 July 2001 First Deputy Commander, Black Sea Fleet. 
    Awarded the Order of the Red Banner and the order "For Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces, Third Class" as well as many medals.

    "According to people who know him, Gennadiy Suchkov is a passionate man but one who is easily mollified.  He is nevertheless courteous and correct, albeit demanding of subordinates as well as of himself.  Colleagues have repeatedly heard him say: 'Do as I do, not as I say'."

    "Likes to ski.  Married and has two sons, of whom the elder, Aleksandr, has followed in his father's footsteps and is serving as a submariner in the Northern Fleet with the rank of Captain, third rank.  The younger, Yegor, is still at school"  (Izvestiya 31 Jul 01).