April 1919 – 5 February 1920), Aleksandr Vasiliyevich Nemits (5 February 1920 – 22 November 1921). Commander-in-Chief's Assistant for Naval Affairs (from 27 August 1921 Commanders-in-Chief of the Naval Forces of the USSR ("NaMorSi") (from 1 January 1924) Eduard Samoilovich Pantserzhansky (22 November 1921 – 9 December 1924), Vyacheslav Ivanovich Zof (9 December 1924 – 23 August 1926), Romuald Adamovich Muklevich (23 August 1926 – 11 June 1931), Fleet Flag-officer 1st Rank Vladimir Mitrofanovich Orlov (11 June 1931 – 15 August 1937), Fleet Flag-officer 2nd Rank Lev Mikhailovich Galler (10 July – 15 August 1937) Acting, Fleet Flag-officer 1st Rank Mikhail Vladimirovich Viktorov (15 August 1937 – 30 December 1937). People's Commissars for the USSR Navy ("NarKom VMF USSR") (from 1938) Army Commissar 1st Rank Pyotr Alexandrovich Smirnov (30 December 1937 – 5 November 1938), Army Commander 1st Rank Mikhail Petrovich Frinovsky (5 November 1938 – 20 March 1939), Admiral Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov (from 27 April 1939). Commanders-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy ("GlavKom VMF") (from 1943) Fleet Admiral Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov (to January 1947), Admiral Ivan Stepanovich Yumashev (17 January 1947 – 20 July 1951), Fleet Admiral of the Soviet Union Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov (20 July 1951 – 5 January 1956), second term, Fleet Admiral of the Soviet Union Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov (5 January 1956 – 8 December 1985), considered the officer most responsible for reforming the Soviet Navy, Fleet Admiral Vladimir Nikolayevich Chernavin (8 December 1985 – December 1991; CIS Navy through August 1992). Chiefs of the General Staff of the Navy Chief of the Naval General Staff Behrens, Evgeny Andreevich (1 November 1917 – 22 May 1919) Vecheslov, Vladimir Stepanovich (wreed, 22 May – 11 September 1919) Melentyev, Alexander Nikolaevich (11 September 1919 – 27 August 1921) Chief of Staff of the Commander of the Republic Naval Forces Radzievsky, Boris Stepanovich (22 July 1919 – 3 July 1920) Chief of Staff of All Republic Maritime Forces Radzievsky, Boris Stepanovich (3 July 1920 – 11 January 1921) Dombrovsky, Alexey Vladimirovich (11 January 1921 – 27 August 1921) Chief of the Naval Staff of the Republic Dombrovsky, Alexey Vladimirovich (27 August 1921 – 23 December 1923) Chief of Staff of the RKKF Dombrovsky, Alexey Vladimirovich (23 December 1923 – 17 December 1924) Stepanov, Georgy Andreevich (wreed, 17 December 1924 – 2 January 1925) Blinov, Sergei Pavlovich (17 December 1924 – 31 August 1926) Head of the Training Directorate of the