Background
SMIRNOV, Admiral. Nikolay Ivanovich was born on October 5, 1917 in Robtsovo, Kostroma Oblast.
SMIRNOV, Admiral. Nikolay Ivanovich was born on October 5, 1917 in Robtsovo, Kostroma Oblast.
From Frunze Naval College 1939, Military Academy, of General Staff 1959.
Joined Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1942; served in navy since 1937. Graduated from Frunze Naval College 1939, Military Academy, of General Staff 1959.
Served in Pacific Fleet as navigation officer, submarine Commander 1939-1944.
Submarine Commander in Black Sea Fleet 1944, then Chief of Staff and Commander of submarine Division, then Deputy Commander of Staff Department 1950-1953, submarine Commander 1953-1956, Commander of submarine forces 1956-1957. Commander of submarine forces, Baltic Fleet 1959-1960.
Chief of Staff, First Deputy Commander, Black Sea Fleet 1960-1964. Head of Department, Deputy Chief of Main Staff of Soviet navy 1964-1969.
Commander of Pacific Fleet 1969-1974.
Rank of Admiral. 1973; First Deputy Commander in Chief-September since 1974. Candidate; Deputy to Supreme Soviet of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics since 1972.
Central Committee, Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1971-1976.