Yuri Khaliullin
Russian naval officer (1943–2022) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yuri Mikhailovich Khaliullin (Russian: Юрий Михайлович Халиуллин; 10 August 1943 – 1 July 2022) was an officer of the Soviet and Russian Navies. A specialist in naval engineering, he held the rank of rear-admiral, and was head of the Lenin Higher Naval Engineering School [ru]. When the school combined with the Dzerzhinsky Higher Naval Engineering School [ru] to form the Naval Engineering Institute [ru], Khaliullin was appointed the institute's head.
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Native name | Юрий Михайлович Халиуллин |
Born | (1943-08-10)10 August 1943 Anisimova Polyana, Sharansky District, Bashkir ASSR, Russian SFSR, USSR |
Died | 1 July 2022(2022-07-01) (aged 78) Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia |
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Years of service | 1962–2000 |
Rank | Rear-Admiral |
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Born during the Second World War, Khaliullin grew up in Verkhnodniprovsk, and was drafted in to the navy in 1962. He embarked on a career in naval engineering, enrolling in the Lenin Higher Naval Engineering School in 1963, and graduating in 1968. He was assigned to the Pacific Fleet, beginning an enduring relationship with the forces in the Far East. He spent two terms of service there, rising from the post of commander of the electromechanical weapons department, to the brigade's flagship mechanical engineer, having graduated with honours from the Kuznetsov Naval Academy in the meantime.
In 1980, he became deputy head of the Lenin Higher Naval Engineering School's 1st faculty for educational work, but in 1982 returned to the Far East as head of the Kamchatka Flotilla's technical department. In March 1987, he was appointed head of the Black Sea Fleet's technical department, and in March 1989 became deputy commander of the Black Sea Fleet, with responsibility for operations and maintenance.
In 1992, Khaliullin, by now with the rank of rear admiral, was appointed head of the Lenin Higher Naval Engineering School, and became a Doctor of Technical Sciences in 1997. He authored numerous scientific papers and books, and conducted research into ship's acoustic fields, to improve the efficiency of methods for technical diagnostics and continuous maintenance. In 1998, Khaliullin oversaw the merger of two of the navy's engineering schools; the Lenin Higher Naval Engineering School, and the Dzerzhinsky Higher Naval Engineering School [ru], to form the Naval Engineering Institute [ru], with Khaliullin as its head. He retired from the navy in 2000, though he continued to teach at the institute, and held several senior positions in shipbuilding companies. Over his career Khaliullin received numerous awards and honours, prior to his death in 2022 at the age of 78.