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The IHO Secretariat regrets to inform you that former Chief of the Head Department of Navigation and Oceanography and Hydrographic Service of the Russian Navy (1994-2006) Admiral (Retired) Anatoly Komaritsin, 70, died suddenly on Sunday, February 12, 2017. We extend our sincere condolences to Russian Federation. Please find attached the information note on this sad news. The IHO Secretariat 1690370 8890 Department of Navigation and Oceano g raphy of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation regrets to inform that Admiral (Ret.) Anatoly Komaritsin, 70, died suddenly on Sunday, February 12, 2017. Admiral Komaritsin is a leading personality of the Soviet and Russian Navy, Chief of the Head Department of Navigation and Oceanography and Hydrographic Service of the Navy (1994-2006), President of the Russian Geographic Society (2002-2009), Chairman of the National Oceanographic Commission (1996-2006), Admiral (1998), PhD, military sciences, Doctor, technical sciences, Academician of the Military Sciences Academy, Academician of the Russian Natural Sciences Academy. Anatoly was born June 6,1946, in the family of a naval officer. A graduate of the Admiral Makarov Pacific Ocean Naval Academy, the Marshal Grechko Naval Academy, the Military General Staff Academy of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union, he covered a long way from a leutenant – a navigator of a nuclear submarine to Vice Admiral in charge of a flotilla of nuclear submarines of the Pacific Ocean Fleet. He made an enormous contribution to the develoment of the Navy and support of the Hydrographic Service of the Navy. Admiral Komaritsin was one of the initiators of establishing the World Hydrography Day, which was approved by the UN General Asembly and is held on June 21 st . The command and personnel of the Department of Navigation and Oceanography of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation mourn this tremendous loss together with the family and friends of Admiral Komaritsin.