July 1770 Konstantin Valentinovich Makarov, (1931-2011), Fleet Admiral, Chief of the Main Navy Staff/First Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Stepan Osipovich Makarov, Vice admiral, inventor and explorer, performed the first ever successful torpedo attack (during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878), built the first torpedo boat tender and the first polar icebreaker, author of the insubmersibility theory, killed in the Russo-Japanese War when his ship struck a naval mine Nikolai Mikhailovich Maksimov, Admiral, Commander of the Northern Fleet, head of the Naval Academy Pavel Maksutov, Rear admiral, hero of the Battle of Sinop and the siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855) Viktor Mardusin, Vice Admiral, Commander of the Baltic Fleet Nikolai Ilych Martynyuk (1934-2021), Vice Admiral, First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Pacific Fleet Vladimir Petrovich Maslov, (1925-1989), Admiral, Commander of the Pacific Fleet (1974-1979)Vladimir Vasilyevich Masorin, Fleet admiral, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov, (1673-1729), Admiral, close associate of Peter I (the Great) active in early Russian naval battlesVladimir Vasilyevich Mikhailin, Admiral, Commander of the Baltic Fleet Arkadiy Petrovich Mikhailovskiy, Admiral, Commander of Northern Fleet (1981-1984)Aleksandr Alekseyevich Moiseyev, Vice admiral, commander of the Black Sea FleetMikhail Vasilyevich Motsak, Vice admiral, Chief of Staff/1st Deputy Commander of the Northern FleetIgor Timurbulatovich Mukhametshin, Vice Admiral, Chief of Staff/1st Deputy Commander of Baltic Fleet NPavel Stepanovich Nakhimov, Admiral, circumnavigated the world with Mikhail Lazarev, fought in the Battle of Navarino, annihilated the Ottoman fleet in the Battle of Sinope, commander and hero at the siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855)Charles Henry of Nassau-Siegen, Admiral, won several battles during the Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) and was defeated in the Battle of Svensksund in the Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790) Petr Nikolayevich Navoytsev, (1920-1993), Admiral, First Deputy Chief of the Main Navy Staff (1975-1988) Gennadiy Ivanovich Nevelskoy, (1813-1876), Admiral, prominent explorer of the Far EastAleksandr Mikhailovich Nosatov, Admiral, Commander Baltic Fleet OAleksey Grigoryevich Orlov, Commander of the Russian fleet during the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774, victor of the Battle of ChesmaFilipp Sergeyevich Oktyabrskiy (Ivanov), Admiral, Commander of the Black Sea Fleet, a leader of defence in the siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942)Aleksandr Yevstafyevich Orel, Admiral, Commander of the Baltic FleetIgor Vladimirovich Osipov, Admiral, Commander of the Black Sea Fleet PYuriy Aleksandrovich Panteleyev, Admiral, Commander of the Pacific FleetPavel Pereleshin, Rear admiral, hero of the Battle of Sinop and the siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855)Aleksandr Igorevich Peshkov, rear admiral, Commander of Caspian FlotillaIgor Nikolayevich Petrov, rear admiral, political branchSergey Mikhailovich Pinchuk, Vice