Vladimir Vladimirovich Kozlov (born October 19, 1956, in Gomel Region) is a naval officer and, since March 2002, General Director of the closed joint-stock company with foreign investment "Volna" — a Nizhny Novgorod hotel at Lenin Avenue, 98 [1][2].
Twenty Years in the Navy
He graduated from the Black Sea Higher Naval School named after P. S. Nakhimov in 1981 and is a naval officer [1]. From 1981 to 2001 he held senior officer positions in the navy and was awarded the badge "For Service in the Armed Forces" [1].
In October 2001 he joined "Volna" as head of the security service, and within a few months became Deputy General Director; in March 2002 he was appointed head of the company [1].
He made a point of studying the hospitality business: in 2002 he took part in a Moscow seminar held by the State Academy of Investment Sector Specialists on "New Approaches to the Organization and Technology of Hotel Services" [1].
| Years | Position |
|---|---|
| 1981–2001 | senior officer positions in the navy |
| from October 2001 | head of security, Volna CJSC |
| 2001–2002 | deputy general director, Volna CJSC |
| from March 2002 | general director, Volna CJSC |
Hotel Volna
The closed joint-stock company with foreign investment Volna was registered by the administration of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Governor on 18 April 1995; the company was registered for tax purposes on 1 June of the same year [2].
The company operated in Avtozavodsky District, at 98 Lenin Avenue; its authorized capital was 107,190,000 rubles [2].
The hotel at that address is still in operation today, but under a different legal entity — the limited liability company Hotel Volna, registered on 19 February 2003 [3].
Bankruptcy
In the summer of 2016 the company was declared insolvent: the record of the bankruptcy declaration and the opening of insolvency proceedings was entered into the register on 20 June, and on 22 June Valery Torgashev was appointed bankruptcy trustee [2].
On January 26, 2017, Volna was liquidated pursuant to an arbitration court ruling concluding the bankruptcy proceedings [2].
The hotel business on Lenin Avenue did not cease, however: it continued under a different legal entity registered as far back as 2003 [3].
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| April 18, 1995 | registered by the administration of the Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Region |
| June 1, 1995 | registered for tax purposes |
| October 31, 2002 | entered into the Unified State Register of Legal Entities |
| June 20, 2016 | declared bankrupt; bankruptcy proceedings opened |
| June 22, 2016 | V. P. Torgashev appointed bankruptcy trustee |
| January 26, 2017 | liquidated pursuant to an arbitration court ruling |
The address that outlived the company
Lenin Avenue, 98 — the southern part of Avtozavodsky District in Nizhny Novgorod, developed during the Soviet years; the Volna hotel still stands here today [2][3].
The legal entity that now owns it was registered on 19 February 2003 — thirteen years before the bankruptcy of the previous company [3].
Thus, the hotel business at this address went its separate way from the fate of the joint-stock company that Kozlov had managed [2][3].
Sources
- yumpu.com — Who's Who in Nizhny Novgorod Region — Kozlov Vladimir Vladimirovich, General Director of ZAO "Volna" since March 2002. Issue 5, p. 87 (archive)
- saby.ru — Unified State Register of Legal Entities (archive)
- saby.ru — Unified State Register of Legal Entities — OOO "Gostinitsa 'Volna'", INN 5256043997, OGRN 1035204880358: registered 19 February 2003, active enterprise