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Higher legal education, in 2000 graduated from the Saratov State Academy of Law with a degree in jurisprudence

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The head of the Kaluga Investigative Committee has changed

For the first time in 10 years of its existence, there was a change of leadership in the regional department of the TFR. Major General Vladimir EFREMENKOV, who created the structure virtually from scratch and headed it for 10 years, left this position. The duties of the head of the Kaluga Investigative Committee are now being performed by Colonel Vadim KOROBOV (pictured).

Kaluga lawyer accused of fraud for 300 thousand rubles

According to investigators, a resident of Obninsk turned to a lawyer with a request for legal assistance in a criminal case of theft, which is being processed by the department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Borovsky District. The 58-year-old suspect offered his confidant a “deal”, according to which, for a monetary reward, he would resolve the issue with law enforcement officers about not bringing her to criminal responsibility.

A Kaluga lawyer was caught taking a bribe of 300 thousand rubles that was not transferred.

According to investigators, a resident of the city of Obninsk turned to a 58-year-old lawyer for legal assistance.

On January 17, the acting head of the regional Investigative Committee, Vadim Korobov, opened a criminal case against a lawyer from the Kaluga region, who is suspected of fraud on an especially large scale (part 3 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). He is suspected of committing an offense under Part 3 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (large-scale fraud

How a Solovki cabin boy became a tester of the first naval ballistic and cruise missiles, was the first to launch an underwater missile salvo and circumnavigated the world under water

The desire to be the first only for the sake of superiority rarely gives a person real victories. Much more often, gifts of fate go to those who stand in the front row for the sake of protecting their comrades, for the sake of their homeland - because duty dictates so. A golden rain of awards and high titles rarely falls on the shoulders of such people, but the memory of them never dies. A vivid example of this is the fate of Admiral Vadim Korobov, one of the most famous post-war submariners of the Soviet Union. Born on February 15, 1927 in Vologda, he served in the North all his life and became a real legend of the Northern Fleet - and indeed of the entire Russian submarine fleet, perhaps.

Admiral, Hero of the Soviet Union Vadim Korobov. Photo from http://lexicon.dobrohot.org

From the Vologda region - to the Arkhangelsk region

“The future Hero of the Soviet Union, the legendary admiral grew up beyond his years as a serious boy ...” - this is probably how this story would begin if it was written thirty or forty years ago. But we will not start ours like that. Because little is known about the childhood of the future Vice Admiral. What exactly? That his parents were, as indicated in the documents, employees, that he was born in Vologda, and spent his childhood in the Vinogradovsky district of the Arkhangelsk region. More precisely, in the childhood of Vadik Korobov, this area was called differently - Berezniki. And he became Vinogradovsky only in 1940, having received his name in honor of an active participant in the Civil War and one of the creators of the North Dvina military flotilla - Pavlin Vinogradov. He died in 1918 in a battle near the village of Shidrovo, which a dozen years later became part of the newly formed Berezniki district.

This is how the seemingly enigmatic phrase from the official biography of Vadim Korobov is explained: “In my childhood, I lived in the Vinogradovsky district of the Arkhangelsk region, studied at the Bereznikovskaya secondary school.” Berezniki is the regional center, which was never renamed along with the district. And in the village school, which is now called MBOU Bereznikovskaya secondary school, to this day they are proud of one of their most famous graduates. In 2015, on September 1, the school hosted the opening of a memorial plaque in honor of Vice Admiral Korobov: so that her students remember, as they say on the school website, “about the glorious deeds of heroes, ordinary soldiers and eminent admirals.” But then, in the early 1930s, no one could even imagine which of the Berezniki students would become an all-Union celebrity ...

Apparently, Vadim Korobov got to Berezniki two or three years old - more precisely, without archival materials it is impossible to establish. The district was created in 1929, and most likely, the parents of the future admiral were transferred here "for reinforcement", providing the newly formed administration with experienced personnel from other regions - a common Soviet practice. And then - the ordinary fate of an ordinary boy, born in the second half of the twenties. A poor childhood, a seven-year district school, and then - the war.

Jung, who did not get into the war

Vadik Korobov met the Great Patriotic War as a fourteen-year-old teenager: neither to go to the front, nor to go to school. So he would have floundered in the rear, waiting for his call, which fell just at the very end of the war ...
Everything was changed by the creation of the famous school of cabin boys on the Solovetsky Islands. Yes, yes, that’s exactly how, in the old, pre-revolutionary spelling, this word was written in the order of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Nikolai Kuznetsov dated May 25, 1942 “On the creation of a school for cabin boys of the Navy”. Thus, the obstinate commander-in-chief, as it were, emphasized the continuity of the Solovetsky school in relation to its predecessors - the Kronstadt school of sea cadets, created by Peter I in 1707, which appeared a century later, the School of cadets at the Navigator School of the Russian fleet and the Kronstadt school of cadets, revived in 1910.

In such dugouts, built with their own hands, the cabin boys from the first set of the Solovetsky school lived. Photo from the site http://sy-museum.ru

Vadim Korobov did not get into the first set of cadets of the Solovetsky school of youngsters - and most likely, not by age. For years, it was quite suitable: in the Kuznetsov order there was clause 3, according to which the school was supposed to be “staffed with young Komsomol members and non-Komsomol members aged 15-16 years old, with an education in the amount of 6-7 classes, exclusively by volunteers through Komsomol organizations in the regions in agreement with the Central Committee Komsomol". But he got into the second, the smallest - only 1300 people, among whom was 16-year-old Vadim. In July 1943, at the height of the battle on the Kursk Bulge, the Vinogradovsky district military commissariat, on the proposal of the district committee of the Komsomol, sent him to the Solovetsky youth school to study radio engineering.

In the classroom at the Solovetsky youth school. Photo from the site http://sy-museum.ru

What an outstanding student he was can be judged by the following two facts. First: almost immediately after the arrival of Korobov, they elected Komsomol organizer of the second company of radio operators. Second: in July 1944, Korobova, among the best graduates of the Solovetsky Jung School, was sent for further education to the newly liberated Leningrad at the newly created Leningrad Naval Preparatory School. It would seem a complete collapse of hope! Instead of going into the thick of sea battles, defending the freedom of the country, taking revenge on the Nazis, he is back at his desk... But Vadim Korobov realized very early what the commander's order meant. And he began to study textbooks, preparing to become no longer just a radio operator on a minesweeper or destroyer, but a fleet officer, the future owner of the captain's bridge. And this way he went surprisingly quickly.

Star mate of the first missile

However, almost certainly the cadet of the Leningrad Naval Preparatory School Vadim Korobov, this time seemed almost endless. While he was sitting at his desk, the war ended, they returned - or did not return, which happened, alas, more often! - from the military campaigns of his classmates at the Solovetsky youth school. And he studied all the sciences: the standard training course for “trainers” included mathematics, physics, chemistry, literature and the Russian language, history and geography, foreign languages, physical education, and naval affairs. And here - again from study to study: after graduating from a preparatory school in 1946, Vadim Korobov immediately becomes a cadet of the Higher Naval Order of Lenin, the Red Banner School. M. V. Frunze - the first and main forge of officer cadres of the Soviet Navy. And only in September 1950 - seven years after the military registration and enlistment office sent him to the service! - Lieutenant Korobov finally gets on a warship! And in fact, he returned home: the newly minted officer was assigned to the Northern Fleet.

And then it turns out that the study has not gone away - it just took a different form! Probably, it was this long “training” entry into the service that gave the future vice admiral one of his most important skills - the ability to constantly learn and not shy away from any new knowledge. The first two years of service - from November 1950 to November 1952 - Lieutenant Vadim Korobov was the navigator of the S-19 medium submarine of the submarine training brigade. The skills and abilities of the young officer, and most importantly, the very ability to learn oneself and teach others were quickly appreciated by the commanders, and a month before the new 1953 year, Vadim Korobov became a cadet in the class of submarine commanders of the Higher Special Officer Classes for Diving and Anti-Submarine Defense at the Training Detachment them. S.M. Kirov.

In September of the same year, Senior Lieutenant Vadim Korobov returned to his S-19 submarine, but already as a senior assistant commander - he was only one step away from the highest position on the ship. But it is not so easy to pass it: you need to gain more experience, serve on different boats. And so, just five months later, in February 1954, Korobov, who received the next rank of captain-lieutenant, was sent to the Kronstadt naval base. There he was to participate in the understaffing and training of the crew of the Project 611 B-67 boat under construction at the Leningrad Plant No. 196 (now part of the Admiralty Shipyards).

Submarine B-67 on the march. Photo from the site http://www.uhlib.ru

This task turned out to be more difficult than it seemed at first glance. While Senior Lieutenant Korobov was driving his subordinates on submarines of the same type, a decision was made at the very top which of the new submarines to take for experiments with the latest - sea-based nuclear missiles. And we decided that it would be the B-67. So it fell to First Officer Korobov to transfer the boat in tow along the White Sea-Baltic Canal from Leningrad to Molotovsk (as the current Severodvinsk was called at that time). Because the commander of the submarine, Captain II rank Fedor Kozlov, as well as the commander of the BCH-2 - missile unit - Senior Lieutenant Semyon Bondin and 12 of his subordinates, sailors and foremen, went on a business trip to the Kapustin Yar training ground. They had to master a new weapon: the first Soviet ballistic missile for submarines R-11FM, created in the design bureau of Sergei Korolev.

"New things are brewing"

For the young - only 28 years old! - the first mate, all this was a secret with seven seals. Here is how Vadim Korobov himself, already vice admiral, spoke about this in one of his last interviews: I could not guess that there was already a government decision to re-equip this ship for testing the first R-11FM naval missile. Everything was kept secret. When they started to cut out the mines for the missiles, they didn't even say anything. The boat was in Molotovsk on the White Sea. I realized that new things were brewing only after the commander and several other crew members were sent to the Kapustin Yar training ground in the Volga, where the “earthly” tests of the R-11FM began. Well, I was instructed to accept any of the barracks of the former Gulag as a coastal barracks. There is a “thorn” all around, rotten floors, water, rats ... As if two eras converged.

It is noteworthy that these two eras did not converge for the first time in the fate of Vadim Korobov. After all, the Solovetsky school of cabin boys was also located on the territory of the Solovetsky special purpose camps - SLON. And before moving to the cells of the Solovetsky Monastery, the cadets lived in frame dugouts - 32 people each, on three-tiered bunks. Such dugouts were heated by potbelly stoves, and illuminated by oil lamps - iron inkwells with wicks soaked in fish oil, which was used to lubricate boots.

No matter how difficult the living conditions in which the crew of the first missile submarine of the Soviet Union lived, work on the development of the submarine was in full swing. On September 11, 1955, the naval flag was hoisted on the B-67, and on the same day the boat was enlisted in the 162nd separate division of submarines under repair at the White Sea Naval Base. Three days later, on the night of September 14-15, the first rocket ammunition was loaded onto it. And a day later, the boat went to sea for the first time - and immediately to rocket firing.

Launch of the R-11FM ballistic missile from the B-67 submarine silo. Photo from the site http://www.uhlib.ru

Admiral Vadim Korobov, even after his resignation, sparingly shared his memories of how the world's first sea launch of the world's first ballistic missile for submarines took place. Not too talkative and other test participants. But some idea of the atmosphere of the first sea launches is given by a quote from the book of memoirs of Academician Boris Chertok “Rockets and People”: “The time has come to go to sea. The base for the first missile submarine was Severodvinsk, which was still called Molotovsk in the early 1950s. This coastal city had everything we needed: a shipyard, a base for ground storage and testing of missiles, a base for submarine crews and, most importantly, an atmosphere of "maximum favor" for our work. Seven missiles were prepared for the first sea trials. They were fitted with a new maritime control system. The Saturn-M and Dolomit maritime test and launch launch systems were developed jointly with us and NII-885 by the marine institutes MNII-1 and NII-10. To control the flight, telemetry receiving stations were installed on the coast. Observation and communication were carried out by a special ship. The onboard transmitting equipment for telemetry and orbit control was mounted in a non-detachable head and worked for a slot antenna.

Practicing an emergency missile drop from a B-67 submarine. Photo from the site http://www.uhlib.ru

The first launch of the R-11FM missile from a submarine was made in the White Sea on September 16, 1955. Korolev, together with Isanin, personally supervised these tests. Seven launches in the White Sea were successful. At the same time, three missiles were launched after long-term storage. The launches were carried out in conditions of an immovable and moving boat at a speed of up to 10 knots and waves of up to 2-3 points. Admiral<Лев>Vladimirsky, Marshal<Митрофан>Nedelin (Deputy Minister of Defense of the USSR for special weapons and rocketry. - Approx. Aut.), commanders of fleets and flotillas.
The process of surfacing the boat, discarding the mine cover, lifting the rocket<…>Finally, the effective launch at a precisely set time caused all the guests on board the destroyer to stormy applause. This was the beginning of arming the fleet with long-range ballistic missiles.

"... Depart for Sormovo on the Volga"

The launch of the R-11FM ballistic missile was the first of the “first times”, of which there will be four more in the life of military submariner Vadim Korobov. The second "first time" for him was participation in the test launches of the first Russian sea-based cruise missile P-5. He spent them, having already reached the post of commander of a submarine. After a successful launch on September 10, 1955, many members of the B-67 crew received promotions. Korobov also went on a promotion, in January 1957 becoming the commander of the S-146 submarine modernized for the new weapon. Here is how he himself tells about it: “Being the first mate on the B-67, he seriously took up the study of“ ballistics ”. Moreover, Korolev has let slip several times that an intercontinental missile is already being prepared. Over time, it was planned to equip submarines with these missiles. In a word, I personally saw the prospects. And the appointment to the “one hundred and forty-sixth” happened without any preliminary conversation. An encrypted code came: by order of the commander-in-chief N ... he was appointed commander of S-146, to leave for Sormovo on the Volga to receive the boat. I plucked up courage and sent a telegram to the Korolev Design Bureau so that Sergei Pavlovich interceded with the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy to cancel this order, since I wanted to continue serving on a ship with ballistic missiles. There was no answer. Maybe the telegram was simply not sent from our communication center. I had to go to Gorky.”

Project 613 submarine, which also included S-146, while sailing in the ice. Photo from the site http://militaryrussia.ru

A familiar situation, isn't it? Once, in 1944, instead of the warring fleet - in the school, now, thirteen years later - a new torpedo boat instead of a missile one ... But an order is an order, and Lieutenant Commander Vadim Korobov once again obeys him. Submits to become a trailblazer again! And most likely, this appointment, which was unpleasant for him at first glance, was a manifestation of the highest confidence on the part of the command. There are no coincidences in the fleet - there are patterns that are not immediately clear. And since Korobov was entrusted with a boat with the latest weapons, which was to be the first to go to his tests, it means that the headquarters understood that he had shown himself from the best side in previous test launches - he would show them on these. And they weren't wrong.

And again, a quote from an interview with Admiral Vadim Korobov: “Somewhere in April 1957, two months after my arrival in Gorky, an invitation came to OKB-52. I immediately leave for Reutov, where Chelomey's design bureau was located. The conversation with Vladimir Nikolaevich began with the fact that the chief designer showed me a French magazine, where on the color insert was a P-5 (our secret missile!) In a longitudinal section. By the way, Chelomei leafed through the magazine with some special satisfaction. Like, look, the boat is just about to fire this rocket, and the French already appreciate my work so well. And then the "new construction" everyday life began, then the boat was transferred to the White Sea in the dock. We stood in Severodvinsk at the wall of the 402nd plant (later and now the enterprise for the construction of nuclear submarines - V.U.). The flight test plan broke down immediately after a rocket model was brought from the test site. It turned out that he did not fit into the container. Oh, and we cursed the engineers after that. I had to urgently dismantle the inside of the container, cut down the stainless steel. The factory team (which is 30 people) worked on the boat for a month and a half. They went to sea only in November.

"The depth did not accept us"

To be more precise, work on bringing the launch container to the desired size dragged on until November 5, and it was clear that it was impossible to postpone the first launch: it was necessary to make it before winter. And so, on November 20, the boat entered the tests, accompanied by port icebreakers: no one knew if the ice situation would change dramatically, and the launch of the rocket had to be bleeding from the nose! “There was already pancake ice. And although he did not interfere with the movement yet, we were in a hurry, ”recalls Vadim Korobov. - The launch took place in the evening. They were afraid that the membranes of the personnel of the 10th compartment would be damaged from the impact of a jet of gases on a strong hull. The sailors plugged their ears with cotton wool, we installed sensors, but nothing happened. The rocket went. For about a minute and a half, we saw a glowing starter. Then he disappeared, and telemetry showed that the P-5 "lost track" and fell into the sea. Instead of the prescribed 350, she flew 35-40 km. The crew did the right thing. The problem was in the rocket. But the reasons for the breakdown were not brought to me. That's why I can't name them now. Unlike Korolev, who during the tests of the R-11FM in 1955-56 went to sea for each launch, Chelomey said goodbye to us at the wall, wished us good luck - and began to wait for the results.

Submarine S-146 during tests of the P-5 cruise missile. Photo from the site http://militaryrussia.ru

The failure hit the test program hard: they were frozen, and the submarine hibernated at the 402nd plant in Molotovsk. “From spring to late autumn of 1958, flight and design tests continued,” Admiral Vadim Korobov continues his story. - And with the beginning of freeze-up on the White Sea, S-146 was transferred to the Northern Fleet (Olenya Bay) to conduct state tests of the P-5. And with each new launch (and there were about fifty of them), the rocket more and more acquired its combat qualities. Deficiencies were eliminated over time, especially in the control system. The autopilot was given not only the range in terms of flight time, but also the altitude according to the barometric sensor. But even on the White Sea near Arkhangelsk there can be one pressure, and on the other side, that is, near the Kola Peninsula, it is completely different. It is impossible to take all this into account at once, and the missile goes to the target, depending on the data entered on the pressure at the launch site. It was after numerous firings from the S-146 that they decided to abandon the barometric altitude sensor. So soon the P-5D complex with a radiometric altitude sensor appeared.

Diagram of the first Soviet sea-launched P-5 cruise missile. Photo from the site http://kollektsiya.ru

But one day all the test results could be buried at the bottom of the Barents Sea. Due to the fault of my mechanic, when diving to periscope depth, the boat unexpectedly failed. And at the bottom of the order of hundreds of meters. "Under the keel 50 ... 15 ... 10 meters!" - from such reports the heart was torn. “5 meters”, - only then the “eska” stopped, and then it was thrown up sharply. The boat flew to the surface to the keel and lay on its side. Electrolyte splashed out in the second compartment, everyone was thrown up ... But there seemed to be no serious damage. The rocket is complete. If not for the missile container, the C-146 could have rolled over. The depth did not accept us only due to the design of the boat.

First underwater launch

However, the submarine remained intact, the launches were completed successfully, and on June 19, 1959, the P-5 sea-based cruise missile was adopted by the Soviet Navy. The commander of the S-146, following the results of all tests, received his first military order - the Order of the Red Star. And two months later, the newly-made order bearer - here they are, the quirks of naval decisions! - returned to the B-67 submarine. On it, Vadim Korobov received his third "first time": under his command, the boat carried out the world's first underwater salvo of a ballistic missile.

The first launch of the S-4.7 ballistic missile from the B-67, which the boat carried out in August 1959, was unsuccessful. Although all sensors showed that the launch had taken place, the rocket remained standing in the mine and went to take off only after the boat surfaced and the mine cover was opened, frightening both the submariners and the observers on the Aeronaut test ship. After this failure, the commander changed on the submarine - Korobov returned to it. But his first underwater launch was unsuccessful.

Commander of B-67 Captain II rank Vadim Korobov. Photo from the site http://www.uhlib.ru

Vadim Korobov behind the periscope. Photo from the site http://vpk-news.ru

Another quote from an interview with Vadim Korobov: “August 14, 1960 we go out for the second shooting. For me, shooting from under the water, of course, is the first. Immersion. I'm in the conning tower, Kirtok in the control room. I command: “Fill the mine!” And then - a blow, the boat shook.<…>We float up under the lid of the cabin, we try to open the lid automatically. But the lid is stuck. Several attempts are useless. I was only able to manually open it. We surface, I run out to the bridge. Rocket in the mine, working gyro. But ... the "head" of the rocket is crushed from four sides. What to do?<…>You can climb into the shaft under the engine through the lower hole, open the mechanical valve and bleed the air from the cylinder. Then the rocket is completely safe. He turned for help to the designers who went to the shooting. They looked at me in bewilderment: “Under the nozzle? Vadim Konstantinovich, we are not fools...”. I had to build the personnel of the missile warhead. There were those who wanted to perform a risky operation. The foreman of the 1st article from the old-timers climbed up. Another sailor helped him. Unfortunately, I forgot their names. Let's be honest: the guys accomplished a feat. Moreover, having saved the rocket, we found out the cause of the accident, and this, as it turned out, was an elementary violation of technology. A pipe runs along the shaft cover, through which air enters the tank when the shaft is filled with water. The pipe is above the cap. Usual factory marriage! When the lid was closed, the pipe was crushed. This means that the flow area and water pressure have changed when filling the upper level of the mine. Water crushed the "head" of the rocket.

And only on September 10, 1960, the first successful underwater launch of a ballistic missile in the USSR took place from the B-67. Vadim Korobov recalls: “<Ракета стартовала>from a depth of 30 meters at a boat speed of 3.2 knots. Of the authorities, only the chairman of the commission, Captain 1st Rank Kirtok, was on board. Many no longer believed in success. The S-4.7 rocket did not go into production due to its short flight range, but it gave impetus to further research. Diesel boats of the 629th project were already mass-produced in Severodvinsk, which were soon upgraded for R-21 missiles, launched from under water and having a range of up to 1,400 km.

The first volley and the first circumnavigation

In September 1961, Captain II rank Vadim Korobov left the B-67 submarine for the second time - and this time for good. The submariner became a student of the Naval Order of Lenin Academy (the current Military Educational and Scientific Center of the Navy "Naval Academy named after Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union N. G. Kuznetsov"), which he graduated in 1964, and in 1965 became the commander of a modernized nuclear missile submarine K-33. On it, Captain 1st Rank Vadim Korobov experienced his fourth "first time": under his command in June 1967, for the first time in the country, a nuclear submarine fired an underwater volley with all its ammunition - three R-21 ballistic missiles.

Submarine K-33 on trials. Photo from the site http://svpg.ru

The last, fifth "first time" Rear Admiral Vadim Korobov survived in 1976. Then, under his command, a tactical group consisting of the missile submarine cruiser K-171 (commander - captain of the 1st rank Eduard Lomov) and the multi-purpose submarine K-469 guarding it (commander - captain of the 2nd rank Viktor Urezchenko) made a unique transition from the Northern to the Pacific Fleet by the southern way - around Cape Horn. For 80 days, the submarines never surfaced - only when leaving the bases in Gremikha and Zapadnaya Litsa and at the entrance to the base in Vilyuchinsk, a total of just over a hundred miles out of a total distance of less than 22 thousand!

Project 667B submarine, which included K-171. Photo from the site http://files.balancer.ru

Northern Fleet. The Project 671 submarine, to which K-469 belonged, is returning to base. Photo from podlodka.info

For this unprecedented transition, six submarine officers, including Rear Admiral Vadim Korobov, were awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on May 25, 1976. The high award was the highest recognition of the merits of the former Solovki cabin boy, who devoted his whole life to the Russian fleet. Vadim Korobov remained in the service until July 14, 1989 - that is, exactly 46 years! During this time, he managed to go through all its steps - from a cabin boy and a cadet to the commander of submarine formations, and he retired with the rank of admiral, from the post of admiral-inspector of the Navy of the Main Inspectorate of the USSR Ministry of Defense. By this time, his black naval tunic was decorated with the Golden Star of the Hero of the Soviet Union, the Order of Lenin, the Order of the October Revolution, the Order of the Red Banner, two Orders of the Red Star, the Order of the Patriotic War 1st degree (award for the 40th anniversary of the Victory) and 15 medals .

But what about the fate that gave Vadim Korobov such a wonderful opportunity - to become a pioneer five times in his life? No fate decided it! All this is his own merit. What else does the one who formulated his officer’s credo deserve like this: “I think that the essence of military officer service lies in the fact that a person who has taken on this difficult duty fulfills it conscientiously, sees in it the content of his life, finds the highest moral satisfaction in his work. If not, if he serves "from" and "to", then he simply earns a living. But to exist like this, honestly, is boring ... "

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http://www.warheroes.ru
http://www.armscontrol.ru
http://www.solovki.ca
http://flot.com
http://nordflot.ru
http://bossh.rf
http://vpk-news.ru
http://www.deepstorm.ru
https://www.chitalnya.ru
https://v-filatov.jimdo.com
http://www.famhist.ru

15.02.1927 - 12.04.1998
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TO Orobov Vadim Konstantinovich - Chief of Staff of the 3rd Submarine Flotilla of the Red Banner Northern Fleet, Rear Admiral.
Born February 15, 1927 in the city of Vologda in the family of an employee. Russian. Member of the CPSU since 1953. As a child, he lived in the Vinogradovsky district of the Arkhangelsk region, studied at the Bereznikovskaya secondary school, at the Solovetsky school of the cabin crew of the Navy, at the Leningrad Naval Preparatory School.
In the Navy since 1946. Graduated from the Higher Naval School named after M.V. Frunze. He served in the Northern Fleet: navigator and senior assistant commander of the B-67 diesel submarine of project 611. On board, on September 16, 1955, he was directly involved in the first launch of the Soviet sea-based ballistic missile R-11FM. This campaign was attended by the general designer of the rocket S.P. Korolev and a number of designers of his Design Bureau.
Since 1956, he was the commander of the S-146 diesel submarine of project 613, on which the launcher of naval cruise missiles was mounted for the first time in the USSR and in November 1957 the first Soviet naval cruise missile P-5 was successfully tested for the first time. Then he was appointed commander of his native submarine "B-67", which by that time had undergone a deep modernization. And again for the first time in the USSR on September 10, 1960 V.K. Korobov conducted the first successful launch of a ballistic missile from a submerged position from a depth of 30 meters.
In 1964 V.K. Korobov graduated from the Naval Academy. From November 1965 he was the commander of the K-33 nuclear submarine of project 658. In September 1967 (again - for the first time!) He performed salvo fire with three ballistic missiles at once. Since 1968 - Chief of Staff of the 31st Red Banner Submarine Division of the Red Banner Northern Fleet. In this position, in 1971, he took part in a campaign to the North Pole aboard the K-411 strategic missile submarine (RPK SN).
From 1972 to October 1974, Rear Admiral Korobov V.K. commands the 19th and 41st submarine divisions. Since October 1974 - Chief of Staff of the 3rd Flotilla of nuclear submarines of the Red Banner Northern Fleet (settlement of Gadzhiyevo, Murmansk region).
From January 15 to April 3, 1976 Rear Admiral Korobov V.K. commanded the campaign of a tactical group (deputy commander of the campaign for the political part, Rear Admiral Padorin Yu.I.), consisting of two ships - RPK SN project 667-b "K-171" (commander 1st-rank captain E.D. Lomov) and a torpedo nuclear submarine of project 671 "K-469" (commander 2nd-rank captain Urezchenko V.S.). The task of this group was to make the transition without a single surfacing from the Northern Fleet to Kamchatka around South America through the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
In the ultra-long difficult 80-day long-distance voyage of submarines, Rear Admiral Korobov showed his best qualities as a sailor, naval commander and a highly trained person, combining organization, scientific thinking and sober calculation, which ultimately allowed him to successfully complete the task assigned to him. Of the 21,754 miles of campaign, 21,641 miles were covered underwater.
W and the successful fulfillment of command assignments and the courage and courage shown at the same time by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 25, 1976 to Rear Admiral Korobov Vadim Konstantinovich He was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal.
From November 1976 - commander of the 3rd Flotilla of nuclear submarines of the Red Banner Northern Fleet. Vice Admiral (10/27/1977). From July 1981 - Chief of Staff - First Deputy Commander of the Red Banner Northern Fleet. From June 1986 - Inspector Admiral of the Main Military Inspectorate of the USSR Ministry of Defense. Since July 1989, Admiral Korobov V.K. - in reserve.
He lived in the hero city of Moscow, where he died on April 12, 1998. He was buried in Moscow, at the Troekurovsky cemetery (plot 4).
Admiral (10/29/1987). He was awarded the Orders of Lenin (1976), the October Revolution (1974), the Red Banner (1982), the Patriotic War of the 1st degree (1985), two Orders of the Red Star (1959, 1968), and medals.
The name of the Hero was given to the working tug "RB-331", working on the rivers Vologda, Sukhona, Kubenskoye Lake.
The biography was corrected and supplemented by Anton Bocharov (Koltsovo village, Novosibirsk region).

Vadim Konstantinovich Korobov was the senior assistant to the commander of the B-67 submarine. On September 16, 1955, the first launch of a Soviet sea-based ballistic missile was made from this submarine. He commanded the submarine "S-146", which first tested the first Soviet naval cruise missile "P-5" (1957).

"On Saturday, on the night of April 12, 1998, Vadim Konstantinovich Korobov passed away ... Commander of the K-33 nuclear submarine, commander of a division, a flotilla of strategic submarines, chief of staff of the Northern Fleet, admiral-inspector of the Main Navy inspections of the USSR Ministry of Defense - these are just some of the pages of his bright biography.The path of Admiral V.K.Korobov was marked by many state awards.In 1976, he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union... left military service.Despite his age and deteriorating health, he sacrificed all his strength, passing on invaluable experience to the older generation. " ( Myasnikov Evgeny. In memory of Admiral Korobov... The place of publication is not known. 04.1998)

Submarines tested missiles
and lived in the old barracks of the ELEPHANT

- A well-known fact, one might say historical: on September 16, 1955, a ballistic missile was launched from a submarine for the first time in the world in the White Sea. It was the royal rocket R-11FM. And the submarine with the tactical number B-67 was commanded by Captain 2nd Rank Fedor Ivanovich Kozlov. On board was the chief designer Sergei Pavlovich Korolev. And then you were the senior assistant commander - the second person on the first Soviet submarine missile ship. Is this fate, Vadim Konstantinovich?

In what sense?

- The fact that then throughout the entire service you had to act as a pioneer in the development of sea-based missile weapons. I don't think you will find another person like him. Or am I exaggerating?

Then fate. That's what I'll say. After all, the officer himself rarely chooses fate. You see, when I, then a lieutenant commander, at the end of 54, was appointed first mate on the B-67 torpedo boat under construction (I emphasize) of the then new project 611, I could not even guess that there was already a government decision to re-equip this ship for testing the first naval missile R-11FM. Everything was kept secret. When they started to cut out the mines for the missiles, they didn't even say anything. The boat was in Molotovsk (since 1957 the city of Severodvinsk) on the White Sea. I realized that new things were brewing only after the commander and several other crew members were sent to the Kapustin Yar training ground in the Volga region, where the "ground" tests of the R-11FM began. Well, I was instructed to take under the coastal barracks As if two eras converged. "( Vladimir Urban. Underwater launch. A red star. Moscow. July 1, 1995 p.7)

Round-the-world trip of the Solovetsky cabin boy

Admiral Vadim Konstantinov Korobov was born on February 15, 1927 in Vologda, lived in the Vologda and Arkhangelsk regions. “At the age of 16, at his personal request, he goes to the school of the cabin boy of the Northern Fleet, which was located on the Solovetsky Islands. A year later, as one of the capable pupils, Vadim was sent to Leningrad to study ...

In 1955, from the submarine "B-67", on which Vadim Korobov was the senior assistant to the commander, for the first time a ballistic missile was launched in a surface position. Five years later, a submarine, commanded by Vadim Konstantinovich, launched the first ballistic missile in the USSR from under water.

A historic event in the life of V.K. Korobov was the round-the-world voyage under water from January to April 1976 as a group commander of a strategic missile submarine and a nuclear torpedo submarine. The group left the KSF base on the Kola Peninsula without ever surfacing, crossed the equator, reached the Antarctic latitudes, evading icebergs, passed the Drake Passage and other areas dangerous for navigation, and safely arrived at their native shores. For the exemplary fulfillment of the command assignment and the courage, courage and skill shown at the same time, V.K. Korobov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Sergei Goryachev. Around the world life of Admiral Korobov. Red North. Vologda. 03/19/2003)

Korobov Vadim Konstantinovich(February 15, 1927, Vologda - April 12, 1998, Moscow) - Soviet submariner, Hero of the Soviet Union (1976), admiral (1987).

Biography

Born February 15, 1927 in the city of Vologda in the family of an employee. Russian. As a child, he lived in the Vinogradovsky district of the Arkhangelsk region, studied at the Berezniki secondary school and the Solovetsky naval junior school.

In the Navy since 1946. Graduated from the Higher Naval School. Member of the CPSU since 1953. Served in the Northern Fleet.

As a senior assistant to the commander of the B-67 diesel submarine of project 611, on September 16, 1955, he was directly involved in the first launch of the Soviet sea-based ballistic missile R-11FM.

In 1957, he commanded the S-146 diesel submarine of project 613, on which the first Soviet naval cruise missile P-5 was successfully tested.

In 1964, after graduating from the Naval Academy, he was appointed commander of the K-33 nuclear submarine of project 658.

Since 1968 - Chief of Staff of the 31st Red Banner Submarine Division of the Red Banner Northern Fleet. In this position, in 1971, he took part in a campaign to the North Pole aboard a strategic missile submarine.

From 1972 to October 1974 he commanded the 19th and 41st submarine divisions, and in October 1974 he was appointed chief of staff of the 11th submarine flotilla of the Red Banner Northern Fleet.

At the beginning of 1976, he led a tactical group consisting of two submarines of the K-171 SSBN of project 667-b (commander - captain 1st rank E. D. Lomov) and a torpedo nuclear submarine "K-469" of project 671 (commander - Captain 2nd Rank V.S. Urezchenko). The task of this group was to make a transition without surfacing from the Northern Fleet to Kamchatka around South America through the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

For the successful fulfillment of command assignments and the courage and courage shown at the same time, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 25, 1976, Rear Admiral Vadim Konstantinovich Korobov was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal (No. 11416).

In 1976, Rear Admiral V.K. Korobov was awarded the military rank of "Vice Admiral", in the same year he was appointed commander of the 3rd submarine flotilla of the Red Banner Northern Fleet.

In 1981-1985, V.K. Korobov was the chief of staff of the Red Banner Northern Fleet. From 1986 to 1989 - Admiral-Inspector of the Main Military Inspectorate of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR.

Since 1989, Admiral V.K. Korobov - in reserve, and then retired. He lived in the city of Moscow, where he died on April 12, 1998. He was buried in Moscow, at the Troekurovsky cemetery (plot 4).

Awards

Hero of the Soviet Union (1976);
The order of Lenin;
Order of the October Revolution;
Order of the Red Banner;
2 orders of the Red Star;
medals.

Memory

The name of V.K. Korobov was given to the working tug "RB-331", operating on the rivers Vologda, Sukhona, Kubenskoye Lake.

Literature

M. M. Tkhagapsov. In the service of the Fatherland. - Maikop: LLC "Quality", 2015. - S. 181. - 262 p. - 500 copies. - ISBN 978-5-9703-0473-0.

Sources

Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary / Prev. ed. Collegium I. N. Shkadov. - M .: Military Publishing House, 1987. - T. 1 / Abaev - Lyubichev /. - 911 p. - 100,000 copies. - ISBN out., Reg. No. in RCP 87-95382.

Korobov, Vadim Konstantinovich. Site "Heroes of the country".