Vladimir Masorin
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Masorin receiving the U.S. Legion of Merit in 2007 | |
| Birth name | Vladimir Vasilyevich Masorin |
| Born | 24 August 1947 Bely, Kalinin Oblast, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
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| Years of service | 1970–2007 |
| Rank | Admiral of the fleet |
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| Awards | Order of Military Merit Order of the Red Banner of Labour Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, 3rd class Legion of Merit, Commander |
| Alma mater | Nakhimov Black Sea Higher Naval School Grechko Naval Academy Russian General Staff Academy |
Vladimir Vasilyevich Masorin (Russian: Владимир Васильевич Масорин; born 24 August 1947) is a retired Russian admiral of the fleet who was the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy from 2005 to 2007. He was previously the Chief of the Main Staff and First Deputy Commander-in-Chief in 2005, and commanded the Black Sea Fleet from 2002 to 2005 and the Caspian Sea Flotilla from 1996 to 2002. He was commissioned from the Nakhimov Black Sea Higher Naval School in Crimea in 1970, and commanded two destroyers, a destroyer brigade, and a squadron before reaching higher command. Masorin also graduated from the Grechko Naval Academy and the Russian General Staff Academy. As the head of the Russian navy he oversaw increased cooperation with NATO countries, for which he was made a Commander of the Legion of Merit by the United States.