Education
Masorin completed the P.S. Nakhimov Black Sea Higher Naval School in 1970. In 1977 he completed additional officer training and became Executive Officer of the Kashin class destroyer Ognevoy.
Masorin completed the P.S. Nakhimov Black Sea Higher Naval School in 1970. In 1977 he completed additional officer training and became Executive Officer of the Kashin class destroyer Ognevoy.
In September 2005, he was appointed the Commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy. The newspaper Kommersant speculated that Admiral Masorin was a temporary appointment until the new Chief of the Main Naval Staff, appointed at the same time, took command of the Navy. He served as principal warfare officer on the Kashin class destroyer Smyshleny of the Northern Fleet.
After completing the North. G. Kuznetsov Naval Academy Masorin was promoted to Commander of the Northern Fleet"s destroyer squadron.
Following completion of the General Staff Academy, Masorin was promoted to Commander of the Caspian Flotilla in 1996 and the Black Sea Fleet in 2002. Masorin was promoted to Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy and to the rank of Fleet Admiral in 2005.
His award was conferred by United States. Navy Chief of Naval Operations Michael Mullen, for meritorious conduct to increase cooperation and interoperability with the United States. Navy and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization from September 2005 to August 2007. Under his leadership the Russian Federation Navy participated in Active Endeavor, a North Atlantic Treaty Organization maritime counter-terrorism operation in the Mediterranean Sea.
He consistently advocated continued Russian participation in the joint and combined military exercises including BALTOPS, Northern Eagle FRUKUS and Pacific Eagle.
His visit to Washington, District of Columbia His predecessors as Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief previously making official visits to Washington were Fleet Admirals Vladimir Chernavin and Felix Gromov. Fleet Admiral Masorin retired in late 2007 after reaching his 60th birthday. Masorin remains as advisor on the staff of the Russian Minister of Defense.
In 1980 he became Commanding Officer of the Sovremennyy class destroyer Otchayannyy and in 1983 Masorin became Chief of Staff of the Northern Fleet"s destroyer squadron. On August 24, 2007, Masorin became the first Russian recipient of the Legion of Merit (Commander) from the United States. During which he received the Legion of Merit was first official visit of a Russian Federation Navy Commander-in-Chief in eleven years.
