Suchkov, Gennady Alexandrovich

Commander of the Northern Fleet since December 2001 (on September 11, 2003, by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, he was temporarily removed from his post after the death of the crew of the nuclear submarine K-159); admiral; was born on January 7, 1947 in the village. Metropolis of the Sechenovsky district of the Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod) region; graduated from the Higher naval school them. Frunze in 1969, the highest officer classes of the Navy in 1978, the Naval Academy in 1983; served in the Northern Fleet in positions ranging from commander of a torpedo group to commander of a submarine; from October 1985 - chief of staff, then - commander of the 42nd submarine brigade of the Northern Fleet; from November 1988 - chief of staff, from February 1992 - commander of the 4th squadron of submarines of the Northern Fleet; from December 1994 - First Deputy Commander Black Sea Fleet, at the same time was the head of the Sevastopol garrison; July-December 2001 - Commander Pacific Fleet; On December 5, 2001, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation, he was appointed commander of the Northern Fleet instead of Admiral V. Popov, who was removed from this position on December 1 during an investigation into the circumstances of the sinking of the Kursk nuclear submarine; awarded the Order of the Red Star, the Order "For Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" III degree, medals; married, has two children.

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Gennady Alexandrovich Suchkov(January 7, Mitropolie village, Gorky region - August 7, Moscow) - naval figure, admiral.

Biography

Education

After removal from office due to the death of the K-159 submarine hull

On September 11, 2003, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, he was temporarily removed from command of the Northern Fleet for the period of investigation into the death of the hull of the submarine K-159, which sank on August 30, 2003. Vice Admiral Sergei Simonenko became the acting commander of the Northern Fleet.

At the end of May 2004, Admiral G. A. Suchkov was relieved of his post as commander of the Northern Fleet, and Vice Admiral Mikhail Abramov became the new commander of the Northern Fleet. In early June 2004, when introducing Abramov to the leadership of the Northern Fleet, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergey Ivanov expressed gratitude to Gennady Suchkov for leading the fleet (already convicted by that time for negligence, which led to the death of the crew members of the K-159 nuclear submarine). Ivanov expressed hope and confidence that Gennady Suchkov would continue to serve in Armed Forces.

Chief Military Prosecutor of the Russian Federation Alexander Savenkov in June 2005 stated that "the appointment of Suchkov in April of this year as an adviser to the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation is a fact that absolutely does not meet the tasks of justice." At the same time, Sergei Ivanov stated that Admiral G. A. Suchkov was appointed to the post of adviser to the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation after consultations with Savenkov.

Since December 2007 - President of the International Association public organizations Navy veterans and submariners

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USSR USSR →
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President of the International Association of Public Organizations of Navy Veterans and Submariners

Gennady Alexandrovich Suchkov(January 7, Mitropolie village, Gorky region - August 7, Moscow) - Soviet and Russian naval figure, admiral (since 2002). Commander of the Pacific Fleet (2001) and the Northern Fleets of the Russian Navy (2001-2003).

Biography

Education

In February 2002, G. A. Suchkov was awarded another military rank- Admiral.

After being removed from office due to the sinking of the nuclear submarine K-159

On September 11, 2003, by decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin, he was temporarily removed from command of the Northern Fleet for the period of investigation into the death of the K-159 nuclear submarine, which sank on August 30, 2003. Vice Admiral Sergei Simonenko became the temporary acting commander of the Northern Fleet.

At the end of May 2004, Suchkov was finally dismissed from his position as commander of the Northern Fleet, and Vice Admiral Mikhail Abramov became the new commander. In early June 2004, when introducing Abramov to the leadership of the Northern Fleet, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov expressed gratitude to Gennady Suchkov for leading the fleet, who had already been convicted by that time for negligence that led to the death of the crew members of the K-159 nuclear submarine. Ivanov expressed hope and confidence that Gennady Suchkov would remain in the armed forces.

Awards

• Order "For Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" III degree;
• 13 medals;
• Honorary Citizen of the Polar.

A family

Was married, two children. The eldest son Alexander is a submarine officer. The youngest son Yegor is a lawyer.

Death

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- And you all listen to me, - Rostov turned to the peasants: - Now the march to the houses, and so that I don’t hear your voice.
“Well, we didn’t make any offense. We are just being stupid. They’ve only done nonsense… I told you it was disorder,” voices were heard reproaching each other.
“So I told you,” Alpatych said, coming into his own. - It's not good, guys!
“Our stupidity, Yakov Alpatych,” voices answered, and the crowd immediately began to disperse and scatter around the village.
The bound two peasants were taken to the manor's yard. Two drunk men followed them.
- Oh, I'll look at you! - said one of them, referring to Karp.
“Is it possible to speak to gentlemen like that?” What did you think?
“Fool,” another confirmed, “really, fool!”
Two hours later the carts were in the courtyard of Bogucharov's house. The peasants were busy carrying out the master's belongings and putting them on the carts, and Dron, at the request of Princess Marya, released from the locker where he was locked up, standing in the yard, disposed of the peasants.
“Don’t put it down so badly,” one of the peasants said, tall man with a round smiling face, accepting the casket from the hands of the maid. She's worth the money too. Why are you throwing it like that or half a rope - and it will rub. I don't like that. And to be honest, according to the law. That's how it is under the matting, but cover it with a curtain, that's important. Love!
“Look for books, books,” said another peasant, who was carrying out the library cabinets of Prince Andrei. - You do not cling! And it’s heavy, guys, the books are healthy!
- Yes, they wrote, they didn’t walk! - a tall chubby man said with a significant wink, pointing to the thick lexicons lying on top.

Rostov, not wanting to impose his acquaintance on the princess, did not go to her, but remained in the village, waiting for her to leave. Having waited for Princess Mary's carriages to leave the house, Rostov mounted on horseback and accompanied her on horseback to the path occupied by our troops, twelve miles from Bogucharov. In Jankovo, at the inn, he took leave of her respectfully, for the first time allowing himself to kiss her hand.
“You’re not ashamed,” blushing, he answered Princess Marya to the expression of gratitude for her salvation (as she called his act), “every guard would have done the same. If we only had to fight with the peasants, we would not let the enemy go so far, ”he said, ashamed of something and trying to change the conversation. “I am only happy to have had the opportunity to meet you. Farewell, princess, I wish you happiness and consolation and wish to meet you under happier conditions. If you don't want to make me blush, please don't thank me.
But the princess, if she did not thank him more with words, thanked him with the whole expression of her face, beaming with gratitude and tenderness. She couldn't believe him, that she had nothing to thank him for. On the contrary, for her it was undoubtedly that if he were not there, then she probably would have to die from both the rebels and the French; that he, in order to save her, exposed himself to the most obvious and terrible dangers; and even more undoubted was the fact that he was a man with a lofty and noble soul, who knew how to understand her position and grief. His kind and honest eyes, with tears coming out of them, while she herself, crying, spoke to him about her loss, did not go out of her imagination.
When she said goodbye to him and was left alone, Princess Mary suddenly felt tears in her eyes, and then, not for the first time, she asked herself a strange question, does she love him?
On the way further to Moscow, despite the fact that the situation of the princess was not joyful, Dunyasha, who was traveling with her in the carriage, noticed more than once that the princess, leaning out of the carriage window, smiled joyfully and sadly at something.
“Well, what if I did love him? thought Princess Mary.
No matter how ashamed she was to admit to herself that she was the first to love a man who, perhaps, would never love her, she consoled herself with the thought that no one would ever know this and that it would not be her fault if she didn’t talking about loving the one she loved for the first and last time.
Sometimes she remembered his views, his participation, his words, and it seemed to her that happiness was not impossible. And then Dunyasha noticed that she, smiling, was looking out the window of the carriage.
“And he should have come to Bogucharovo, and at that very moment! thought Princess Mary. - And it was necessary for his sister to refuse Prince Andrei! - And in all this, Princess Mary saw the will of providence.
The impression made on Rostov by Princess Marya was very pleasant. When he thought about her, he felt merry, and when his comrades, having learned about the adventure that had happened with him in Bogucharov, joked to him that he, having gone for hay, had picked up one of the richest brides in Russia, Rostov became angry. He was angry precisely because the idea of ​​​​marrying a pleasant for him, meek Princess Marya with a huge fortune more than once came to his mind against his will. For himself, Nikolai could not wish for a better wife than Princess Mary: marrying her would make the Countess, his mother, happy, and improve his father’s affairs; and even—Nikolai felt it—would have made Princess Marya happy. But Sonya? And given word? And this made Rostov angry when they joked about Princess Bolkonskaya.

Having taken command of the armies, Kutuzov remembered Prince Andrei and sent him an order to arrive at the main apartment.
Prince Andrei arrived in Tsarevo Zaimishche on the same day and at the same time of the day when Kutuzov made the first review of the troops. Prince Andrey stopped in the village near the priest's house, at which the commander-in-chief's carriage was stationed, and sat on a bench at the gate, waiting for the Serene Highness, as everyone now called Kutuzov. On the field outside the village, one could hear the sounds of regimental music, then the roar of a huge number of voices shouting “Hurrah! to the new commander-in-chief. Immediately at the gate, about ten paces from Prince Andrei, taking advantage of the absence of the prince and the fine weather, stood two batmen, a courier and a butler. Blackish, overgrown with mustaches and sideburns, a small hussar lieutenant colonel rode up to the gate and, looking at Prince Andrei, asked: is the brightest here and will he be soon?
Prince Andrei said that he did not belong to the headquarters of his Serene Highness and was also a visitor. The hussar lieutenant colonel turned to the well-dressed batman, and the batman of the commander-in-chief said to him with that special contempt with which the batmen of the commanders-in-chief speak to the officers:
- What, brightest? It must be now. You that?
The hussar lieutenant colonel grinned into his mustache at the orderly, got off the horse, gave it to the messenger and went up to Bolkonsky, bowing slightly to him. Bolkonsky stood aside on the bench. The hussar lieutenant-colonel sat down beside him.
Are you also waiting for the commander-in-chief? said the hussar lieutenant colonel. - Govog "yat, accessible to everyone, thank God. Otherwise, trouble with sausages! Nedag" om Yeg "molov in the Germans pg" settled down. Tepeg "maybe and g" Russian talk "it will be possible. Otherwise, Cheg" does not know what they were doing. Everyone retreated, everyone retreated. Did you do the hike? - he asked.
- I had the pleasure, - answered Prince Andrei, - not only to participate in the retreat, but also to lose in this retreat everything that was dear, not to mention the estates and home ... father, who died of grief. I am from Smolensk.
- And? .. Are you Prince Bolkonsky? It’s a hell of a place to meet: Lieutenant Colonel Denisov, better known as Vaska, said Denisov, shaking Prince Andrei’s hand and peering into Bolkonsky’s face with especially kind attention. Yes, I heard, ”he said sympathetically and, after a pause, continued : - Here is the Scythian war. This is all hog "osho, but not for those who puff with their sides. Are you Prince Andg "hey Bolkonsky?" He shook his head. "Very hell, prince, very hell to meet you," he added again with a sad smile, shaking his hand.
Prince Andrei knew Denisov from Natasha's stories about her first fiancé. This recollection both sweetly and painfully transferred him now to those painful sensations about which he recent times I had not thought about it for a long time, but which were still in his soul. Recently, there have been so many other and such serious impressions as leaving Smolensk, his arrival in the Bald Mountains, recently known about the death of his father - so many sensations were experienced by him that these memories had not come to him for a long time and, when they did, had no effect on him. him with the same strength. And for Denisov, the series of memories that Bolkonsky's name evoked was the distant, poetic past, when, after dinner and Natasha's singing, without knowing how, he proposed to a fifteen-year-old girl. He smiled at the memories of that time and his love for Natasha, and immediately turned to what passionately and exclusively now occupied him. This was the campaign plan he had come up with while serving in the outposts during the retreat. He presented this plan to Barclay de Tolly and now intended to present it to Kutuzov. The plan was based on the fact that the French line of operations was too long and that instead of, or at the same time, acting from the front, blocking the way for the French, it was necessary to act on their messages. He began to explain his plan to Prince Andrei.



The MEDIA reacted quite quickly, although they reported it in a three-line telegraph mode. On the same day, the honored coach of Russia, who trained many famous judokas, Anatoly Rakhlin, died. Both TV and newspapers, and the Network paid incomparably more attention to this fact, which, in general, is understandable: Anatoly Solomonovich is a coach Russian President Vladimir Putin in his youth. On this occasion, of course, Vladimir Vladimirovich expressed deep condolences to his relatives, expressed words of consolation to them at the funeral, in which he personally participated. Naturally, the media, primarily the central ones, could not but report about this ...

They announced the death of Admiral Suchkov not just by teletype shortly, but, as is customary in the mass media today, in a style appropriate to them. Although it is difficult to put a large amount of information in a few lines, nevertheless, the implication of the publications was obvious. After reading them, the layman, not very knowledgeable about the biography of G. Suchkov and the collisions that occurred on his career path, learned about him: the admiral became the commander of the Northern Fleet after the death of the Kursk anti-ship missile system; was removed from his post and convicted for the sinking of the nuclear submarine K-159; recently he was involved in the "case" of lobbying for the repair of torpedoes for the Russian fleet. This information, in general, corresponds to a part of what really happened, but it is only a few pages of a large vital volume that stores the now completed biography of this Man, Sailor, Patriot of Russia and her Fleet.

IN GENERAL, the volume of the biography of a particular person can be represented in different ways - both in terms of its structure, content, and volume. If we describe it in relation to G. Suchkov, then its scope can be very briefly defined by the following life milestones.

Graduated from the Higher Naval School. M.V. Frunze (1964-1969), Higher special officer classes of the Navy (1977-1978), Naval Academy. Marshal Soviet Union A.A. Grechko (1981-1983), courses at the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces in 1994.

Served as commander of a torpedo group (1969-1970), commander of BCH-3 (1970-1972), assistant commander, senior assistant commander of a submarine (1972-1977), commander of submarines (1978-1985), including B-105 (October 10, 1978 - June 9, 1980), B-4 (June 9, 1980 - August 1981), chief of staff (October-December 1985), commander (December 1985 - November 1988) of the 42nd submarine brigade. Then - chief of staff (November 1988 - February 1992), commander (February 1992 - December 1994) of the 4th Red Banner Order of Ushakov, 1st degree submarine squadron of the Northern Fleet, 1st Deputy Commander of the Black Sea Fleet (December 29, 1994 - July 19, 2001) , Commander of the Pacific Fleet (July 19 - December 4, 2001), Commander of the Northern Fleet (December 4, 2001 - September 11, 2003). Since April 2005 - Advisor to the Minister of Defense of Russia. Acting State Councilor of the Russian Federation III class (2008). Since December 2007 - President of the International Association of Public Organizations of Navy Veterans and Submariners. Awarded with orders Red Star, "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" III degree, Order of Friendship. Honorable Sir mountains Polar.

Like any officer, a sailor, the service of Gennady Alexandrovich Suchkov was full of many events, big and small things. Like most naval commanders, life did not indulge him - there were ups and downs, dives and ascents, a steady course in a straight course and aground landings. And although three "flies" - admiral's stars - "sat down" on the shoulder straps of the submariner Suchkov, which in modern times is the achievement of the peak of service as a fleet officer, nevertheless, he did not just go to these stars through thorns, but overcame them with sweat, blood, wasting your nerves, strength, not hiding in a little box the resources of your, like each of us, unlimited health ...

The GENERAL PUBLIC knows basically only that G. Suchkov was appointed commander of the Northern Fleet instead of Admiral Vyacheslav Popov, who was removed from this post after an investigation into the circumstances of the sinking of the Kursk nuclear submarine in 2000. But the most resonant of the publications about him was the "Suchkov case", opened after the death of the Northern Fleet on August 30, 2003, near the Kildin island of the nuclear submarine K-159. More precisely, not a nuclear-powered ship as such, but its hull. At the same time, which is tragic, people died - 9 people ...

The nuclear-powered ship K-159, which had been in naval service since 1963, was withdrawn from its composition in 1989. After settling in a temporary storage facility, it was decided to tow the boat for disposal, and along the way it sank. Naturally, the commander was brought to justice, because such a figure in the fleet is responsible for everything. True, the “Suchkov case” has taken on proportions, in our time, and in other times, unusual for this kind of even tragic cases. The commander of the fleet was tried. Personally. There were no such cases either before or after that, although people died in larger numbers, for example, 118 people died on the same Kursk (I will make a reservation - in this, and in other cases when people die, quantitative indicators - not an argument, but still ...).

Why was the commander of the fleet, "full" Admiral G. Suchkov, put on trial in the hall of the military tribunal in a "cage", but this did not happen with other military men and other commanders? The answer to this question would take hundreds of pages, and even today it seems not the time and place to touch on this topic. Nevertheless, we note: in this "case", as in a focus, quite certain circumstances converged, the fault of specific individuals, elements of chance, the "human factor" and much more, including the "zeitgeist", when much, including including in the Army and Navy, was put up for sale. At that time, almost all Soviet aircraft carriers and helicopter carriers were withdrawn from the fleet and sold abroad (only the Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union N.G. Kuznetsov remained), hundreds of ships and submarines of all classes and projects built over the past half century, auxiliary ships and many other things that formed the basis of the country's defense power and its security system at sea. In these processes, which were clearly commercial in nature with the aim of enriching, including specific military leaders, Western advisers, scientists and "firms" participated. A multi-stage, multi-layer gear mechanism was created, under the millstones of which G. Suchkov fell. In addition, at the moment when the other defendant would have locked his mouth, Gennady Alexandrovich considered it necessary not to bite his tongue, but to express his opinion. The reaction of the Chief of the General Staff, General of the Army A. Kvashnin, was sharp, the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Admiral of the Fleet V. Kuroyedov, who then stood at the top of the "utilization" pyramid of the once largest nuclear submarine fleet in the world, put his word in ...

On September 11, 2003, by decree of the President of Russia, Admiral G. Suchkov was temporarily removed from command of the Northern Fleet for the period of investigation into the death of the K-159 nuclear submarine. On May 18, 2004, the military court of Severomorsk sentenced him to 4 years of imprisonment with probation for two years on charges of negligence that resulted in the death of the crew members of the K-159 nuclear submarine. We emphasize in particular: the admiral did not admit his guilt. In September 2004, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, having considered Suchkov's cassation appeal, upheld the verdict.

At the end of May 2004, Suchkov was finally dismissed from the post of commander of the Northern Fleet. At the same time, which is significant, in early June, when introducing the new commander to the Northern Fleet, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergey Ivanov expressed gratitude to Suchkov for leading the fleet, already convicted by that time. Ivanov expressed hope and confidence that Gennady Suchkov would continue to serve in the Armed Forces. And so it happened.

Since mid-April 2005, Admiral G. Suchkov has been an adviser to the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Sergei Ivanov. In June 2005, Chief Military Prosecutor of the Russian Federation Alexander Savenkov stated that "the appointment of Suchkov in April of this year as an adviser to the Minister of Defense is a fact that absolutely does not meet the tasks of justice." At the same time, S. Ivanov stated that G. Suchkov was appointed to the post of adviser to the minister after consultations with A. Savenkov. It should be noted that G. Suchkov also remained an adviser to the ministers A. Serdyukov and S. Shoigu. This fact directly testifies that both the subjective factor and the conjuncture prevailing at that time were present in the "Suchkov case". Most likely, now, after the death of Gennady Alexandrovich, new information will appear in this regard ...

Of course, Gennady Alexandrovich sought to defend his honor and protect his name not only in an official, legal way. As a socially active person, having authority among the public and the media, he expressed his opinion on a number of issues relevant to the country's Navy. In particular, one of his interviews reported on the actual liquidation of the Typhoon sea-based strategic missile system. The admiral placed responsibility for this on the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy V. Kuroyedov. In these interviews, G. Suchkov, for example, reported that Russia had practically lost the strategic sea-based missile system "Typhoon", based in Zapadnaya Litsa of the 18th division, which at that time included only three heavy submarine cruisers strategic purpose project 941 ("Arkhangelsk", "Severstal" and being at that time on modernization "Dmitry Donskoy"). The reaction of the leadership of the Navy was very prompt: the conclusions made by the admiral about the combat readiness of heavy strategic nuclear submarines were officially refuted (although, what to refute? - it really was), called "perfect fiction". But what kind of "invention" was it? Announcing the collapse of the Russian navy, Suchkov said: of the three boats of the Typhoon system in the Navy, only one - Severstal - still has 10 RSM-52 missiles that have long been discontinued. Neither the boat "Arkhangelsk", from which President Vladimir Putin observed the unsuccessful launch of the RSM-54 rocket in February 2004, nor the boat "Dmitry Donskoy" launched after repairs in 2003 carried missiles.

The problem, according to Suchkov, was that the Moscow Institute of Thermal Engineering never brought the new Bulava naval missile, which was planned to equip the Dmitry Donskoy and two new Yury Dolgoruky-type boats under construction in Severodvinsk, even to the prototype stage. . "Arkhangelsk" and "Severstal" were laid up and had not been on combat duty for a long time. G. Suchkov reported on this and many other things at a personal reception to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief.

Recall that the decision to create the Bulava was made in 1998 after three unsuccessful tests of the Bark missile developed by the Miass Design Bureau named after Makeev. At that time, more than 15 billion rubles had already been spent on Bulava. and continued to spend several billion more each year, making it the most expensive program in the State Defense Order. At that time it was not clear when this project would be completed.

Some people were surprised by the result of G. Suchkov's statements and the official reaction of the Main Command of the Navy: Admiral G. Suchkov became one of the curators of the program for "finishing the Bulava" and putting it into service. He was also engaged in other matters, including those most directly related to resolving the problems of the Black Sea Fleet ...

About six months ago, the admiral's name again flashed in the press in connection with a criminal case initiated on the fact of illegal supplies of components for torpedoes. G. Suchkov was charged with lobbying for the interests of a company that allegedly supplied components for torpedoes to Russia from Kazakhstan with violations. Of course, new accusations, worries about others, incl. everyday problems, could not but affect the health of the admiral ...

ANY DISEASE has a diagnosis, and the patient has an epicrisis, in which, in the case of a fatal outcome, the cause of death is indicated. Without disclosing medical secrets, we note: the submariner Suchkov had exhausted the battery life. Their energy was spent autonomously, during daily work with personnel, in relationships with "patient" subordinates and "sensitive" superiors, while "overcoming the hardships and hardships of naval service" in the "strong corps" and outside it ...

G. Suchkov spent his strength and nerves, not postponing things "for later" and "tomorrow". A sincere and sometimes enthusiastic person, he often made decisions instantly and acted without looking back. At the same time, he did not prevaricate and tried not to chop off the shoulder.

Characterizing the admiral, one could name a number of his qualities, noteworthy aspects, advantages and disadvantages (who doesn’t have them?). But, in short, it should have been said: he was not like the others. Perhaps that is why sometimes, as they say, it was not to the court. I don’t know how it was in other periods of his life, but this was especially evident during his service in the Black Sea Fleet.

Vice-Admiral G. Suchkov was appointed FIRST DEPUTY commander of the Black Sea Fleet, who was acutely experiencing the process of fleet division, at the end of 1994. In this troublesome position, he replaced Vice Admiral Vitaly Petrovich Larionov, who at one time also commanded the 4th submarine squadron of the Northern Fleet.

G. Suchkov served in the position of the 1st Deputy Commander for almost seven years, which "went off scale" for the time parameters that existed before, and, even more so, in our time. Suchkov, at least twice, was considered for the post of commander of the Black Sea Fleet, but ... it did not work out, "the stars did not converge", including due to the notorious "subjective factor". Some even began to say that the vice admiral, who had stepped over his 50-year milestone, no longer had any prospects of reaching the bridge of the naval flagship. However, Fate decreed otherwise - in July 2001, the long-awaited appointment took place, Suchkov became commander of the Pacific Fleet. True, only for six months.

As it turned out, in the Russian fleet, bled dry in the 90s, by the beginning of the "zero" there was a very short "bench" for high naval posts. It can be said that the new appointment of Suchkov created a precedent: the commander of the Pacific Fleet began to command the Northern Fleet. Thus, time and naval reality proved the creditworthiness of the admiral, who was in demand where he spent the bulk of his service. However, the Black Sea seven years, it seems, became the most important period of his life - Gennady Alexandrovich Suchkov was at the forefront of the process of dividing the Black Sea Fleet and determining its fate. According to his position and emotional attachments, character stock, he fought to keep the fleet for Russia and objectively - for Ukraine. So that the fleet leaves the fleet section with the least losses.

Unfortunately, little has been said or written about his activities in that fateful period for the fleet - after all, he was the "second person" in the Black Sea Fleet, and in plain sight, which, in general, is fair - "first persons". Nevertheless, his work in this field should be appreciated. Especially considering the fact that G. Suchkov had to serve under the command of three commanders - E. Baltin, V. Kravchenko and V. Komoedov - worthy, respected people, but very different, different from each other. In addition, in a certain period, naval structures that had not previously been related to him in the service fell under the command of the 1st deputy. G. Suchkov became not only a commander, but also a "political worker", demonstrating his "commissar" qualities - he began to lead educator officers, deal with the ongoing elections, and interact with the public. Walkers from naval trade unions, Cossacks, pro-Russian organizations, from cultural and educators endlessly went to him ... Development of patronage ties with Russian regions, including "Luzhkov's" Moscow, construction of a "Moscow" school, houses for Black Sea residents from the Government of Moscow, creation of a Branch Moscow State University, support for naval journalists, artists, athletes, constant concern for the only combat Black Sea submarine "Alrosa" ... This enumeration can be continued for a long time ... Moreover, it should be especially noted: no matter what business Suchkov took on, he treated him not only responsibly, but interested and sincere. Therefore, having moved to other fleets and positions, already in Moscow, the admiral not only did not forget about the Black Sea people, but in every possible way, being aware of all the affairs and problems, he helped them. Largely thanks to his support and assistance, it was possible to preserve the naval structures and units (including in the humanitarian sphere) at the time when the Armed Forces were acquiring a "new look" in the Serdyukov style.

Alas, with the departure of Gennady Alexandrovich Suchkov from us to another world, Moscow has lost one "Black Sea bayonet". But, thank God, there are still "bayonets", more precisely, "main-caliber guns" in the person of the Chairman of the Defense Committee of the State Duma of Russia, Admiral Vladimir Petrovich Komoyedov, and Advisor to the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Admiral Igor Vladimirovich Kasatonov. In their field of vision today there is constantly a complex of naval issues and Sevastopol problems.

By the way, I. Kasatonov turned out to be almost the only naval commander who supported G. Suchkov during the difficult months of his prosecution and the trial itself. Igor Vladimirovich worked next to G. Suchkov for the last six years, supported Gennady Alexandrovich after the operation he had undergone until his very last hour of death ...

In these mournful days, on the occasion of the departure of Admiral Gennady Alexandrovich Suchkov on his last voyage, memorable words will be said, memories will be heard, obituaries will be printed. Probably, it will be written about him after these days. Certainly his name, already inscribed in history Navy, will not be forgotten. And, of course, his image will be preserved by the Memory - the Admiral, whose face is weathered like rocks, and whose hair is an alloy of silver and platinum. A sailor who remained with the Fleet to the end. To the very end, to the limit of life, to the last line ...

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Soviet and Russian naval figure, Admiral of Russia

Biography

Education

He graduated from the Higher Naval School named after M. V. Frunze (1964-1969) in Leningrad, the Higher Special Officer Classes of the Navy (1977-1978), the Naval Academy named after Marshal of the Soviet Union A. A. Grechko (1981-1983) in Leningrad, courses at the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces in 1994.

Career

He served as commander of a torpedo group (1969-1970), commander of BCH-3 (1970-1972), assistant commander, senior assistant commander of a submarine (1972-1977), commander of the B-105 submarine (October 10, 1978 - June 9 1980), commander of the B-4 submarine (June 9, 1980 - August 1981), submarine commander (July 1983 - October 1985), chief of staff (October-December 1985), commander (December 1985 - November 1988) 42- and submarine brigade.

Then - chief of staff (November 1988 - February 1992), commander (February 1992 - December 1994) of the 4th Red Banner Order of Ushakov, 1st degree submarine squadron of the Northern Fleet, 1st Deputy Commander of the Black Sea Fleet (December 29, 1994 - July 19, 2001) ,

Commander of the Pacific Fleet (July 19 - December 4, 2001), Commander of the Northern Fleet (December 4, 2001 - September 11, 2003). He was appointed to the Northern Fleet instead of Admiral Vyacheslav Popov, who was removed from this post after an investigation into the circumstances of the death of the Kursk nuclear submarine.

On September 11, 2003, by decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin, he was temporarily removed from command of the Northern Fleet for the period of investigation into the death of the K-159 nuclear submarine, which sank on August 30, 2003. Vice Admiral Sergei Simonenko became the temporary acting commander of the Northern Fleet.

May 18, 2004 Northern maritime court Severomorsk sentenced Gennady Suchkov to 4 years of suspended liberty with a two-year probation period on charges of negligence that caused the death of the crew members of the K-159 nuclear submarine. In September 2004, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, having considered Suchkov's cassation appeal, upheld the verdict.

At the end of May 2004, Suchkov was finally dismissed from his position as commander of the Northern Fleet, and Vice Admiral Mikhail Abramov became the new commander. In early June 2004, when introducing Abramov to the leadership of the Northern Fleet, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov expressed gratitude to Gennady Suchkov for leading the fleet, who had already been convicted by that time for negligence that led to the death of the crew members of the K-159 nuclear submarine. Ivanov expressed hope and confidence that Gennady Suchkov would continue to serve in the armed forces.

Since mid-April 2005 - Advisor to the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergei Ivanov. Chief Military Prosecutor of the Russian Federation Alexander Savenkov in June 2005 stated that "the appointment of Suchkov in April of this year as an adviser to the Minister of Defense is a fact that absolutely does not meet the tasks of justice." At the same time, Sergei Ivanov said that Suchkov was appointed to the post of adviser to the minister after consultations with Savenkov.

Since December 2007 - President of the International Association of Public Organizations of Navy Veterans and Submariners.

Married, two children. The eldest son Alexander is a submarine officer. The youngest son Yegor is a lawyer.

Awards

• Order of the Red Star;
• Order "For Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" III degree;
• Order of Friendship,
• 13 medals;
• Honorable Sir