Adam Rimashevsky

Adam Adamovich Rimashevsky (; born 25 May 1952) is a retired officer of the Russian Navy. He holds the rank of admiral, and served as commander of the Ushakov Baltic Higher Naval School from 1998 to 2003, the Higher Special Officer Classes of the Navy from 2003 to 2008, and the Kuznetsov Naval Academy from 2008 to 2012.

Biography Rimashevsky was born on 25 May 1952 in the village of Gozbishchi, Uzda district, Minsk Oblast, in what was then the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, in the Soviet Union. He entered the Soviet Navy, studying at the Nakhimov Black Sea Higher Naval School in Sevastopol from 1969 to 1974. He graduated from the anti-submarine faculty with a specialty as a military engineer-electromechanic, and was assigned to the Black Sea Fleet to serve aboard the Kashin-class destroyer Komsomolets Ukrainy. Initially commander of the mine-torpedo warhead group, he rose through the ranks and positions to eventually command the Skory-class destroyer Bezukoriznenny, and then the Sverdlov-class cruiser Zhdanov from 1987 to 1989. In this role he oversaw the expansion of the school's operations, and numerous educational reforms. He also further developed his own academic career, completing his dissertation on the topic "Organization and methods of operational and combat training of combat shift crews of the fleet command post in modern conditions" in 1999, and on 22 October 1999 being awarded the degree of candidate of military sciences. He retired from military service on 28 May 2012, but remained head of the Naval Academy until his successor, Admiral Nikolai Maksimov, was appointed on 8 November that year.

Honours and awards Over his career Rimashevsky has received the Order of Military Merit in 1997, the Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" third class in 1991, and various other medals. His work in academic circles led to his appointment as a full member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences in 1999, the Academy of Military Historical Sciences in 2000, the Academy of Military Sciences in 2005, and the . He has also been a member of the editorial board of the naval journal . He has authored more than 150 scientific and pedagogical works, including 7 monographs, and has the titles of since 2002, and Honoured Worker of Science and Technology of Russia, and is a laureate of the .