Vladimir Valuev

Vladimir Prokofyevich Valuyev (; born 16 July 1947) is a retired officer of the Russian Navy. He holds the rank of Admiral, and served as commander of the Baltic Fleet between 2001 and 2006.

Biography Valuyev was born on 16 July 1947 in Krasnyi Luch, in what was then Voroshilovgrad Oblast, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, in the Soviet Union. He entered the Soviet Navy, studying at the Higher Naval School of Submarine Navigation in Leningrad from 1964 to 1969. On graduating, he was assigned to the Pacific Fleet, serving on nuclear submarines as the commander of various departments aboard the Whiskey-class S-44, rising to the position of executive officer aboard the Juliett-class K-70 in 1971. He took the Higher Special Officer Classes of the Navy between 1973 and 1974, and on graduation was appointed executive officer of the Northern Fleet's K-478. He stepped down as commander on 6 May 2006, and retired from the navy that month on medical advice.

Family and personal life Valuyev is married, with two daughters. His hobbies are hunting, chess, and winter swimming. He is a candidate of military sciences, and president of the Union of Navy Veterans, Chairman of the Moscow Association of Kaliningraders, a board member of the Luhansk and Donetsk Associations in Moscow. He heads the Admiral's Board of Trustees for the building of a church in Saint Petersburg to Fyodor Ushakov.

Honours and awards Over his career Valuyev has received the Order of Courage, the Order of Military Merit, the Order of Honour, the Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", and various other medals.