Admiral Radzevsky is not only Russianthe officer who made a great personal contribution to maintaining the combat capability of the Soviet, and then the Russian Navy, but also a man of legend. His aphorisms are passed from mouth to mouth. They went down in history along with the “pearls”, regularly issued in the 90s by Viktor Chernomyrdin. The biography of the admiral and his most famous statements is devoted to this article.
G. A.Radzevsky was born in July 1949 in Porkkala Udd, Finland. However, his childhood was spent at the military base of the Soviet Navy, because the territory where he was born, under the treaty of 1944, was transferred by this country to the Soviet Union.
Thus, no one doubted that GenaIn the future, Radzevsky will choose a fleet as a life field. As for the sense of humor, it was noticeable in the boy from early childhood, although at that time hardly anyone could have imagined that his statements would be forever included in the “golden piggy bank” of army folklore.
Admiral Radzevsky received an excellent education.From 1966 to 1971, he studied at the navigator department of the Higher VMU named after. M. V. Frunze. Then he graduated from the Higher Special Officer Classes of the Navy, Naval Academy. Marshal A.A. Grechko with honors, BA General Staff of the RF Armed Forces.
After graduating from VVMU them. M.V.Frunze Gennady Radzevsky served as a commander of the BCh-1,4, RTS of the vessel "MT-486" of the crew of minesweepers of the Tallinn naval base of the Baltic Fleet. In 1974, the officer was first appointed commander of the vessel "Rear Admiral Khoroshkhin", and then - T-205 "Gafel" of the Baltic Fleet. In the same year, Radzevsky was given the rank of lieutenant commander in advance. Since 1976, he served as the chief assistant of the commander of the destroyer "Speshny", and after 3 years he was appointed commander of the destroyer "Persistent". Since 1982, Radzevsky led the crew of the Druzhny guard patrol ship and spent 13 years in this position.
After graduating from the Naval Academy, Radzevsky servedChief of Staff of the 128th brigade of anti-submarine defense ships of the twelfth division of missile submarines. After he was appointed chief of staff, and since 1989, commander of the thirty-second division of anti-submarine ships of the Baltic Fleet. After graduating from the VA General Staff, Radzevsky held senior positions and led a squadron of ships of the Northern Fleet.
In this position, he participated in a unique operation on the docking of the submarine cruiser Kursk.
In 2004, Admiral Radzevsky was transferred to the reserve by age. However, even on a well-deserved rest, he did not sit idle and decided to try himself in business, becoming a member of the board of directors of CJSC "Absolute".
На данный момент адмирал Радзевский является Assistant Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense. In this capacity, he deals with a variety of issues. One of them is the promotion of employment of retired military personnel.
For his long service, Admiral Radzevsky was awarded the Order "For Service to the Motherland in the USSR Armed Forces" of the second and third degrees, as well as the medal "For Military Merit."
Афоризмы адмирала Радзевского до сих пор are passed from mouth to mouth in all divisions of the Russian Navy. Among them there are real masterpieces of barracks humor. For example, which is only one expression: "Behind all the negative phenomena on ships ... there are normal officers, whose activities were not subject to control by the higher command" or this: "I, like a dog with the rank of rear admiral, wear ... on the territory of the squadron" .
A whole series of admiral's aphorisms is dedicated to no onerepresentative of the operational department of Comrade. Davidenko. With irony, he calls him the most intelligent representative of his unit and asks: “What - fell again and can't get up?”, Then asks the head of the latter why he uses his subordinate as a shield.
However, the most famous saying of Radzevskyis a list of the duties of officers in the fleet, from lieutenant to admiral, minister and commander in chief. According to the admiral, the Supreme Commander should "periodically, (... preferably immediately before the election) ask ... what kind of ... army is in the territory of ... the state. If it turns out that its own, then ... make a promise to raise (then, maybe) the salary by 10-15 percent. "
About Admiral Radzevsky tell a lotstories How reliable they are is unknown. However, those who had the pleasure to communicate with this person confirm that in all bikes, whose hero is Gennady Antonovich, he is credited with the same behavior that they had to observe in life.
Вот один из наиболее известных анекдотов tells of the incident that occurred when Admiral Radzevsky inspected one of the sub-initial ships to him. Strolling in front of the formation of the ship’s personnel, Gennady Antonovich noticed the beard of Starley Schilling. Although, according to the regulations, facial vegetation is not considered a violation, the admiral did not like the appearance of the subordinate. However, there was nothing to complain about directly, so he demanded a certificate from the officer. As expected, in the photo, the senior lieutenant was clean-shaven. Then he demanded to bring the "face" in accordance with the certificate or vice versa. The last "or" played a cruel joke.
A few hours later, Radzevsky saw Schilling,who never shaved. Then he jumped to the elder and again demanded an officer's certificate, in order to point out non-compliance with the order and punish. But, as it turned out, Schilling was also not a blunder! He drew a beard with a pencil on his photo! Of course, this discovery was followed by a "squall" of profanity, which nevertheless led to the result! An hour later, the Baltic sun lit up Shilling's perfectly shaved cheeks, who finally understood the meaning of his superior's aphorism: “Lice tanks don't crush!”
Теперь вы знаете, кто такой адмирал Радзевский.The statements of Gennady Antonovich made him one of the most quoted military leaders of the Russian army and their reading is a great pleasure even to those who have never served in the army or the navy.
