Rear-Admiral Vladimir Nikolaevich Dronov

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Rear-Admiral Vladimir Nikolaevich Dronov

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Vladimir Nikolaevich Dronov (born 1948 in Begoml) is a Soviet and Russian officer, a submariner . Commander of the 10th detachment of aquanauts of military unit No. 45707 of the Main Directorate of Deepwater Research of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation , Rear Admiral . The Hero of Russia (1996).

Biography
Early years
He was born on October 8, 1948 in the village of Begoml today Dokshitsy district of the Vitebsk region of Belarus in a military family. Russian. Father - Nikolai Ilich Dronov, a Siberian, artillery self-propelled gunner during the Great Patriotic War , many times rewarded, stormed Berlin . Died in 1953 in the line of duty, so Vladimir early left without a father. Together with her mother Elena Victorovna and her younger sister, Tatyana was brought up in the family of my mother's parents Viktor Konstantinovich and Felitsia Venediktovna Rzheskikh in the city of Borisov . From an early age he learned to manage private farming, he mowed, went for a plow, grazed cattle, and on a vacation earned money to unload carriages, arranged for harvesting in the nearest state farm.
He loved football, was fond of basketball and played for the national team of Borisov . He read a lot, especially military literature, and dreamed of becoming a military sailor. So, the brother of the grandfather served in the Russian Imperial Navy.
In 1965 he graduated from secondary school No. 2 in Borisov. Not daring to disobey my mother, I enrolled in correspondence courses at the Moscow Technological Institute of the Meat and Dairy Industry (now the Moscow State University of Food Production ), and at the same time worked at the Borisov Rubber Technical Products Plant . However, six months later, he fulfilled his dream: leaving the institute and passing the exams, in July 1967 he entered the Higher Naval School of Scuba Diving named after the Lenin Komsomol ( Leningrad ).

In the Navy
In the Navy since July 1967. In June 1972 he graduated from the Higher Naval School of Scuba Diving named after the Lenin Komsomol with a "red" diploma. He served in the Red Banner Northern Fleet , in the 4th squadron of submarines : from August to October 1972 - commander of the torpedo group of the submarine B-856 , from October 1972 to February 1974 - commander of the mine-torpedo warhead ( BC- 3 ) B-169
Since February 1974, he continued to serve in the nuclear submarines of the Northern Fleet: from February 1974 to September 1976 - commander of BC-3, and then to October 1978 - assistant commander in the first crew of the nuclear submarine K-418 ( project 667A ) of the 19th division of the 3rd flotilla of submarines of the Northern Fleet.
From October 1978 to July 1979, VN Dronov studied at the Higher Special Officer Classes of the Navy , after which he continued his service at the Red Banner Northern Fleet: until April 1983, he was a senior assistant to the commander of the K-228 nuclear submarine in the second crew; from April 1983 to September 1985 - commander of the K-418 nuclear submarine of the 19th division of the 3rd submarine fleet.
In July 1987 he graduated from the Grechko Naval Academy . Returning to the Red Banner Northern Fleet, he was appointed Chief of Staff - deputy commander of the 13th Division of Submarines of the 3rd Submarine Flotilla, serving in this position until November 1991 According to other sources, in 1987-1992 - chief of staff of the 29th separate submarine brigade.

Since November 1991, Captain 1st Rank V.N. Dronov - commander of the 10th detachment of aquanauts of military unit No. 45707 of the 19th Center of the USSR Ministry of Defense (now the Main Directorate for Deepwater Research of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation ). According to other sources - the commander of the 29th separate submarine brigade . Participant of many combat services and more than 10 long voyages, including the Arctic . He successfully fired ballistic missiles from the North Pole . He made a great contribution to the development of new military equipment, to the development of new forms and methods of combat employment of nuclear missile submarine cruisers of strategic purpose. He headed the State Commission, which supervised the testing and adoption of the newest ships of the Russian fleet.

Since February 23, 1996 - Rear Admiral
By the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of May 2, 1996 "for courage and heroism shown during the testing of new technology", Rear Admiral Dronov Vladimir Nikolayevich was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation with the award of a badge of special distinction - the Gold Star Medal. The same decree of high rank awarded his fellow hydro-naval captain 1st rank AP Sugakov and captain 1st rank ATPanfilov .

Since April 2000, Rear Admiral VN Dronov in reserve. Moved with his family to St. Petersburg . In 2000-2003 he worked in the Administration of St. Petersburg as an adviser to the governor of St. Petersburg, and since 2003 - deputy chief builder, also worked on the development of the Russian submarine fleet. In particular, he was in charge of preparations for the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the city on the Neva . Since 2005 he has been working as Deputy General Director - Head of the Personnel and Social Development Department of the federal state unitary enterprise " Admiralty Shipyards ".

Member of the Council of the International Association of Public Organizations of Veterans of the Navy and submariners . He makes a great contribution to military-patriotic education of youth [2] .

He lives in the city of St. Petersburg.
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