The World - News from Dec. 12, 1985
Adm. Sergei G. Gorshkov, 75, who commanded the Soviet navy for 29 years and built it into a powerful armada of nuclear submarines and warships, has been replaced by Adm. Vladimir N. Chernavin, 57, according to a report in the Defense Ministry newspaper Red Star. Chernavin has been one of two deputies to Gorshakov and is considered a specialist in submarine warfare.
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