Yuri Gavrilovich Ustimenko ( May 19, 1944 , p. Vladimir , Primorsky Krai [1] - January 3, 2014 , St. Petersburg ) - Soviet and Russian military leader. Vice-Admiral (1992), Doctor of Military Sciences , professor , honorary radio operator of the USSR, honorary worker of the USSR Navy, participant in several local wars and military conflicts.
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| Date of Birth | May 19, 1944 | |||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Vladimir , Primorsky Krai , RSFSR , USSR | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | January 3, 2014 (69 years) | |||||||||||||
| Place of death | St. Petersburg , Russia | |||||||||||||
| Affiliation |  USSR →  Russia | |||||||||||||
| Type of army | Russian Navy | |||||||||||||
| Commanded | deputy commander of the Northern Fleet | |||||||||||||
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His name is associated with major achievements in the development of science of the All- Union Military Sports Complex of the Navy , the opening of a dissertation council at the Military Military Standard of the Navy, and the restoration of an adjunct at the Military Military Standard of the Navy.
Education
- In 1961 he graduated from the school of working youth.
- In 1967 - Higher Naval School of Radio Electronics named after A. Popov .
- In 1973 - Higher Special Officer Classes of the Navy.
- In 1978 - the Marshal of the Soviet Union A. A. Grechko Naval Academy .
- In 1992 - Higher academic courses of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces .
Military career
He served as a signalman at the minesweeper (1961–1962), after graduating from school he served as commander of a communications and observation unit (CG-4) of the destroyer “The Indestructible ” (1967–1969), senior assistant of the commander of the “ Conscious ” destroyer (1969-1972) ), the commander of the large anti-submarine ship “The Seer ” (1973–1974), the senior assistant to the commander of a large anti-submarine ship “ Ochakov ” (1974–1976), the commander of the large anti-submarine ship “ Tallinn ” (1978–1983), the chief of staff (1983–1985) and the commander (1985-1987) of the 119th Brigade Orabley of the Pacific Fleet, Chief of Staff of the 8th Naval Squadron of the Navy (1987-1991), Commander of the 7th Operational Squadron of the Northern Fleet (1991-1992), 1st Deputy Commander of the Northern Fleet (1992-1995), Head of the Higher Special Officer Classes The Navy (1995-1999).
In 1991 , in connection with the division of the Black Sea Fleet between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, he arrived in Sevastopol and managed to hastily withdraw and transfer to permanent base in the Northern Fleet, the only heavy aircraft carrying cruiser “Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov” in service with Russia [2] .
Member of local wars and military conflicts in Egypt , Angola , Somalia , Yemen , Vietnam , the Seychelles , the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf .
Awards
- Order "For Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" 3rd degree
- Medals
- Breastplate of the USSR Ministry of Defense "For combat trawling"
- Nominal weapon
- Foreign Medals
Death
On the night of January 3, 2014, he committed suicide by shooting himself from an award pistol due to a serious illness. He was buried with military honors at the Serafimov cemetery.