Vladimir Bogdashin
Soviet and Russian naval officer (1952–2021)) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Vladimir Ivanovich Bogdashin (Russian: Владимир Иванович Богдашин; 14 March 1952 – 22 July 2021) was an officer of the Soviet and Russian navies. He reached the rank of rear admiral.
Vladimir Bogdashin | |
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Native name | Владимир Иванович Богдашин |
Born | 14 March 1952 Pugachyov, Saratov Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Died | 22 July 2021(2021-07-22) (aged 69) Moscow, Russia |
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Service/ | Soviet Navy Russian Navy |
Years of service | 1969–2007 |
Rank | Rear Admiral |
Commands held | Bezzavetnyy Moskva Moskva |
Awards | Order of the Red Star Medal "For Battle Merit" Medal "For Impeccable Service" First, Second and Third Classes |
Bogdashin began his naval career with studies at the P. S. Nakhimov Black Sea Higher Naval School, graduating in 1974 and beginning a career-long association with the Black Sea and the Black Sea Fleet. Rising through the ranks with service on the cruiser Nikolayev, frigate Bezzavetnyy and destroyer Reshitelnyy, he took command of the Bezzavetnyy in 1983. He would win particular fame as commander of the Bezzavetnyy during the 1988 Black Sea bumping incident, when he used his ship to bump against United States Navy vessels which had entered Soviet territorial waters. Though his ship was smaller than the US vessel he collided with, he was able to inflict damage, and the US warships subsequently left Soviet waters. The incident was divisive at a time of détente under Mikhail Gorbachev, but Bogdashin's actions were approved of by the Soviet leadership, and he continued to receive awards and postings.
After studying at the Grechko Naval Academy, Bogdashin went on to command the helicopter carrier Moskva and the missile cruiser Moskva. He then became deputy head of the navy's Central Command Post for Combat Control, prior to his retirement in 2007 with the rank of rear admiral. In civilian life he was deputy director general of the managing company "GazPromService", and worked in the administration of the Chertanovo Tsentralnoye District in Moscow's Southern Administrative Okrug. Between 2011 and his retirement in 2017 he headed the Training and Research Centre of the Moscow Federation of Trade Unions.