Back اليكساندر تاتارينوڤ (عسكرى) ARZ Alexander Arkadjewitsch Tatarinow German Ալեքսանդր Տատարինով Armenian アレクサンドル・タタリノフ Japanese Татаринов, Александр Аркадьевич Russian
Aleksandr Arkadevich Tatarinov | |
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| Born | 25 October 1950 Olovyanninsky District, Chita Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union Russia |
| Service |  Soviet Navy Russian Navy |
| Years of service | 1967–2016 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands | Obraztsovy Black Sea Fleet |
| Awards | Order of Military Merit Order of Naval Merit Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" Third Class Order of Saint Righteous Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy Second Class |
Aleksandr Arkadevich Tatarinov (Russian: Александр Аркадьевич Татаринов; born 25 October 1950) is a former officer of the Russian Navy. He holds the rank of admiral, and retired in 2016 after serving as First Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy.
Tatarinov's service began with the Soviet Navy, after studying at and graduating from the P. S. Nakhimov Black Sea Higher Naval School. He entered service with the Baltic Fleet, rising through the ranks to his own commands by 1980. He then went on to several staff appointments, at first with the Baltic Fleet, and then with the Black Sea Fleet, where he served as chief of staff and was promoted to vice-admiral. He was tipped to take command of the fleet in 2002, but was passed over in favour of Vladimir Masorin. When Masorin was appointed to a different post in 2005, Tatarinov took his post as commander of the Black Sea Fleet. His work required considerable diplomatic skill, as he held meetings and negotiations with NATO officials, and representatives of the Ukraianian forces over shared access to Black Sea naval facilities.
On 20 July 2007 Tatarinov was appointed Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, and then chief of staff and First Deputy Commander-in-Chief in 2009, and served in this post for several years. Despite criticism over the navy's response to the 2010 Russian wildfires, Tatarinov played a key role in naval reforms, and trials of the RSM-56 Bulava ballistic missile. He was given special dispensation to continue in service beyond the usual mandatory retirement age of 60, and instead retired at 65. He had received several honours and awards over his period of service.