Russian Baltic Fleet sleeve ensign

The Baltic Fleet (Russian: Балтийский флот, in the Soviet period - The Double Red Banner Baltic Fleet - Дважды Краснознамённый Балтийский флот) is located at the Baltic Sea and headquartered in Kaliningrad, the other major base is at Kronstadt, located in the Gulf of Finland. The Fleet was part of the former Soviet Navy and is now part of Russian Navy. Image File history File links BF_ensign. ... Image File history File links BF_ensign. ... State motto (Russian): Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Translated: Workers of the world, unite!) Capital Moscow Official language None; Russian (de facto) Government Federation of Soviet republics Area  - Total  - % water 1st before collapse 22,402,200 km² Approx. ... Order of the Red Banner Red Banner (Russian: Красное знамя) was a symbol of the USSR associated with its state flag. ... The Baltic Sea is located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 20°E to 26°E longitude. ... Government Russia District Subdivision Russia Northwestern Federal District Kaliningrad Oblast Mayor Yuri Savenko (2005) Geographical characteristics Area  - City 215. ... 1888 map of Kronstadt bay Kronstadt (Russian: ), or Kronshtadt, Cronstadt, is a strongly fortified Russian seaport town, located on Kotlin Island, near the head of the Gulf of Finland, at , . It lies thirty kilometers west of Saint Petersburg, of which it is the chief port. ... The Baltic Sea The Gulf of Finland is an arm of the Baltic Sea that extends between Finland (to the north) and Estonia (to the south) all the way to the city of Saint Petersburg in Russia, where the river Neva drains into it. ... The Soviet Navy (Russian: Военно-морской флот СССР, Voyenno-morskoy flot SSSR, literally Naval military forces of the USSR) was the naval arm of the Soviet armed forces. ... The Russian Navy (Russian: Военно Морской Флот (ВМФ) - Voyenno- Morskoy Flot (VMF) or Military Maritime Fleet) is the naval arm of the Russian armed forces. ...

Imperial Russia

The fleet was created during the Great Northern War at the instigation of Peter the Great, who ordered first ships for the fleet to be constructed at Lodeynoye Pole in 1702 and 1703. The first commander was a Dutch admiral, Cornelius Cruys, who in 1723 was succeeded by Count Fyodor Apraksin. In 1703, the main base of the fleet was established in Kronstadt. One of the fleet's first actions was the taking of Shlisselburg. Specially for this fleet, a navigation school was opened in Saint Petersburg in 1701; it was renamed the Marine Cadet Corps in 1752. By 1724, the fleet boasted 141 sail warships and hundreds of oar-propelled ships. Combatants Sweden Ottoman Empire (1710–1714) Russia Denmark-Norway Poland-Lithuania Saxony later also Prussia) Commanders Charles XII of Sweden Ahmed III Peter the Great August II Frederick IV of Denmark Battle of Poltava as painted by Denis Martens the Younger in 1726 This is an article about the 18th... Peter I Emperor and Autocrat of All Russia Peter I (Pyotr Alekseyvich) (9 June 1672–8 February 1725 [30 May 1672–28 January 1725 O.S.1]) ruled Russia from 7 May (27 April O.S.) 1682 until his death. ... Lodeynoye Pole (Russian: ) is a town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Svir River (Lake Ladoga basin) some 244 km northeast of St. ... Admiral Cornelius Cruys Cornelis Cruys (Russian: ) (1655-1727) was a Vice Admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy and the first commander of the Russian Baltic Fleet. ... Fyodor Matveyevich Apraksin (also known as Fyodor Matveyevich Apraxin) (1661 - 1728) was a Russian admiral. ... 1888 map of Kronstadt bay Kronstadt (Russian: ), or Kronshtadt, Cronstadt, is a strongly fortified Russian seaport town, located on Kotlin Island, near the head of the Gulf of Finland, at , . It lies thirty kilometers west of Saint Petersburg, of which it is the chief port. ... Shlisselburg (Russian: ) is a town in western Russia (Kirovsky District, Leningrad Oblast) located at the head of the Neva River on Lake Ladoga, 45 km east of Saint Petersburg, which lies at the mouth of the Neva on the Gulf of Finland. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and...

Battle of Gangut.

During the Great Northern War, the Baltic Fleet took Vyborg, Tallinn, Riga, Moonsund, Helsinki, and Turku. The first great victories of the Russian Navy were won at Gangut in 1714 and at Grengam in 1720. During the concluding stages of the war, the fleet would land in mainland Sweden and devastate the shore. Image File history File links Bakua. ... Image File history File links Bakua. ... The naval Battle of Gangut took place on July 27, 1714 during the Great Northern War, in the waters north of the Hanko Peninsula, near the site of the modern-day city of Hanko, Finland, between the Swedish Navy and Imperial Russian Navy. ... Combatants Sweden Ottoman Empire (1710–1714) Russia Denmark-Norway Poland-Lithuania Saxony later also Prussia) Commanders Charles XII of Sweden Ahmed III Peter the Great August II Frederick IV of Denmark Battle of Poltava as painted by Denis Martens the Younger in 1726 This is an article about the 18th... A view of Vyborg from the castle tower Vyborg (Russian: ; Finnish: ; Swedish: ; German: ) is a town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, situated on the Karelian Isthmus near the head of the Bay of Vyborg, 130 km to the northwest of St. ... County Harju County Mayor Jüri Ratas Area 159. ... Map of Latvia Coordinates: Founded 1201 Mayor Aivars Aksenoks Area    - City 307. ... Founded 1550 Country Finland Province Southern Finland Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki Area[1] - Of which land - Rank 185. ... Turku (IPA: , Swedish:  ), founded in the 13th century, is the oldest and fifth largest city in Finland, with a population of 174,868 (as of 2005). ... The naval Battle of Gangut took place on July 27, 1714 during the Great Northern War, in the waters north of the Hanko Peninsula, near the site of the modern-day city of Hanko, Finland, between the Swedish Navy and Imperial Russian Navy. ... The Battle of Grengam of 1720 was a major battle in the Great Northern War that marked the end of Swedish supremacy in the Baltic waters. ...

During the Seven Years' War, the Russian Baltic Sea was active in Pomerania, helping the infantry to take Memel in 1757 and Kolberg in 1761. The Oresund was blockaded in order to prevent the British Navy from entering the Baltic. During Catherine II's Swedish War the fleet, commanded by Samuel Greig, routed the Swedes at Hogland (1788) and Vyborg (1790), An impetuous Russian attack on the Swedish galley flotilla on July 9 1790 at the Second Battle of Svensksund resulted in disaster for the Russians who lost some 9,500 out of 14,000 men and about one third of their flotilla. It was the greatest naval victory ever gained by Sweden and saved her from yet another defeat in the pointless war. Combatants Kingdom of Prussia Kingdom of Great Britain Hanover Kingdom of Ireland Portugal Brunswick Hesse-Kassel Austria France Russia Sweden Spain Saxony The Seven Years War (1754 and 1756–1763), some of the theatres of which are called the Pomeranian War and the French and Indian War (see below), was... Duchy of Pomerania ruled by the slavic dynasty of Griffits (Polish: Gryfici, German: Greiffen) was a semi-independent state in the 17th century. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... 1757 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Kolberg is the German name for the Polish town of Kołobrzeg. ... 1761 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Denmark (red) / south Sweden (yellow), connected with the Oresund Bridge. ... The term Russo-Swedish War can apply to any of the wars fought between Sweden and Russia: Swedish-Novgorodian Wars Russo-Swedish War (1496–1499) Russo-Swedish War (1554–1557) Livonian War (1558–1583) Russo-Swedish War (1590–1595) Ingrian War (1610–1617) Russo-Swedish War (1656–1658) Great Northern... Samuil Karlovich Greig. ... Combatants Sweden Russia Commanders Prince Karl, Duke of Södermanland Samuel Greig Strength 15 ships of the line 17 ships of the line Casualties {{{notes}}} The naval Battle of Hogland took place on 17 July (July 6 OS) 1788 during the Russo-Swedish War (1788-1790). ... Combatants Russia Sweden Commanders Vasily Chichagov Gustav III of Sweden Charles XIII of Sweden Strength 50 ships 72 galleys 8 frigates 21,000 sailors and soldiers 21 ships of the line 13 frigates 366 smaller ships 3,000 guns 40,000 sailors and soldiers Casualties 5 ships of the line... The Second Battle of Svensksund was a naval engagement fought in the Baltic Sea on 9-10 July 1790 during the Russo-Swedish War (1788-1790) (also known as King Gustav IIIs Russian War) in which Swedish naval forces defeated the Russian coastal fleet losing 9,500 of 14... Gustav IIIs Russian War, also known as the Russo-Swedish War, was fought between Sweden and Russia from June 1788 to August 1790. ...

During the Russo-Turkish Wars the fleet sailed into the Mediterranean and destroyed the Ottoman Navy at Chesma (1770), the Dardanelles (1807), Athos (1807), and Navarino (1827). At about the same time, Ivan Krusenstern circumnavigated the globe, while another Baltic Fleet officer — Faddei Bellingshausen — discovered Antarctica. The Russo-Turkish Wars were a series of ten wars fought between the Russian Empire and the Turkish-ruled Ottoman Empire during the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. ... The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. ... The naval Battle of Chesma took place on 5-7 July 1770 near and in Chesma (Turkish: ÇeÅŸme) Bay, in the area between Asia Minor and the island of Chios, the site of a number of past naval battles between Turkey and Venice. ... The Battle of the Dardanelles was a naval clash during the Russo-Turkish War, 1806-1812. ... The Battle of Mount Athos, also known as the Battle of Monte Sancto and Battle of Lemnos, was a key naval battle of the Russo-Turkish War, 1806-1812. ... Combatants United Kingdom, France, Russia Ottoman Empire, Egypt Commanders Edward Codrington, Henri de Rigny, Login Petrovich Geiden Ibrahim Pasha Strength 7 battleships, 10 frigates, 4 brigs, 2 schooners, 1 cutter 3 battleships, 17 frigates, 30 corvettes, 28 brigs, 5 schooners, 5 or 6 fireships Casualties 181 killed, about 480 wounded... Adam Johann Ritter von Krusenstern was an Estonian Baltic German who became a Russian admiral and explorer. ... Fabian Gottlieb Thaddeus von Bellingshausen (Russian: ; Faddey Faddeyevich Bellinsgauzen) (September 20, 1778–January 13, 1852) served as a naval officer of the Russian Empire and commanded the second Russian expedition to circumnavigate the globe. ...

The Chesme Column commemorates the victories of the Baltic Fleet.

In the Crimean War, the fleet — although stymied in its operations by the absence of steamships — prevented the Allies from occupying Hanko, Sveaborg, and Saint Petersburg. Despite being greatly outnumbered by the technologically superior Allies, it was the Russian Fleet that introduced into naval warfare such novelties as torpedo mines, invented by Boris Yakobi. Other outstanding inventors who served in the Baltic Fleet were Alexander Stepanovich Popov (who was the first to demonstrate the practical application of electromagnetic (radio) waves^[1]), Stepan Makarov (the first to launch torpedoes from a boat), Alexei Krylov (author of the modern ship floodability theory), and Alexander Mozhaiski (co-inventor of aircraft). As early as 1861, first armor-clad ships were built for the Baltic Fleet. Eight years later, the fleet commissioned the first turret battleship in the world - Pyotr Veliky. Furthermore, in the second half of the 19th and early 20th century a strong network of coastal artillery batteries was created to cover the approaches to St. Petersburg, Riga, and other important bases. Image File history File links Чесменская_колонна.jpg‎ |} File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): 1774 Battle of Chesma Baltic Fleet Chesme Column ... Image File history File links Чесменская_колонна.jpg‎ |} File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): 1774 Battle of Chesma Baltic Fleet Chesme Column ... Chesme Column in Tsarskoe Selo. ... Combatants United Kingdom France Ottoman Empire Kingdom of Sardinia Russian Empire Casualties 17,500 British 90,000 French 35,000 Turkish 2,050 Sardinian killed, wounded and died of disease 256,000 killed, wounded and died of disease The Crimean War lasted from 1854 until 1 April 1856 and was... The word Hanko may refer to Hanko, Finland, town and municipality Hanko Peninsula Hanko, a Japanese signature stamp Hanko is sometimes a misspelling of Hankou (汉口), China This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Utsikt över Sveaborg (View over Sveaborg), painting by Augustin Ehrensvärd Suomenlinna (Finnish), or Sveaborg (Swedish), is an inhabited sea fortress built on six islands, today within Helsinki, the capital of Finland. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and... Moritz Hermann von Jacobi Moritz Hermann (Boris Semyonovich) von Jacobi (Russian: ) (September 21, 1801 – March 10, 1874) was a Prussian engineer and physicist born in Potsdam. ... Alexander Popov (1859-1905) Alexander Stepanovich Popov (Russian: Александр Степанович Попов) (March 4/16 1859 - January 13/December 31 1905/6) was a Russian physicist who publicly demonstrated the transmission of radio waves (but did not apply for a patent for this invention). ... Stepan Osipovich Makarov (Russian: Степа́н О́сипович Мака́ров) (January 8, 1848/1849 — March 31, 1904) was a famous Russian vice-admiral, a highly accomplished and decorated commander of the... A modern torpedo, historically called a locomotive torpedo, is a self-propelled projectile that (after being launched above or below the water surface) operates underwater and is designed to detonate on contact or in proximity to a target. ... Alexei Nikolaevich Krylov (Russian: , August 15, 1863 N.S. - October 26, 1945) was a Russian Naval engineer, applied mathematician and memoirist. ... Floodability is a characteristic of the construction of a ship to resist flooding. ... Alexander Fyodorovich Mozhaiski (Александр Федорович Можайский; March 9 [O.S. March 9] 1825 in Rochensalm, current Kotka, Finland — 1 April [O.S. March 20] 1890 in Saint Petersburg) , was a Russian naval officer, aviation pioneer, researcher and designer of heavier-than-air-craft. ... An Airbus A380, currently the worlds largest airliner An aircraft is any vehicle or craft capable of atmospheric flight. ... Corbelled corner turrets at Newark Castle, Port Glasgow. ... 19th century coastal artillery guns preserved in Suomenlinna fortress in Helsinki Coastal artillery is the branch of armed forces concerned with operating mobile anti-ship artillery or fixed gun batteries in coastal fortifications. ... Map of Latvia Coordinates: Founded 1201 Mayor Aivars Aksenoks Area    - City 307. ...

The Baltic Fleet took a prominent part in the Russo-Japanese War. In September 1904, a squadron under the command of Admiral Rozhdestvenski was sent around Africa - stopping in French and German colonial ports Tangier, Dakar, Gabon, Great Fish Bay, Angra Pequeña, and Nossi Be (Madagascar), then across the Indian Ocean to Cam Ranh Bay in French Indochina and then northward to its doomed encounter with the Japanese fleet at the Battle of Tsushima. The German Hamburg-Amerika Line provided 60 colliers to supply the Baltic Fleet on its epic journey. The decision to send the fleet to the Baltic was made after Russia had suffered a string of defeats at the hands of the Japanese Army in Manchuria. This historic naval battle broke Russian strength in East Asia and set the stage for the unsuccessful Russian Revolution of 1905, setting in motion the decline that would see the monarchy brought down in 1917. Combatants Imperial Russia Empire of Japan Commanders N/A N/A Strength 500,000 Soldiers 400,000 Soldiers Casualties 134,817+ KIA/POW, 170,000 MIA etc. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Zinovi Petrovich Rozhdestvenski1 (1848-January 14, 1909) was an admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy, who was involved in the Russo-Japanese War. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa. ... Tangier bay at sunrise Tangier or Tangiers (Tanja طنچة in Berber and Arabic, Tânger in Portuguese, and Tanger in French), is a city of northern Morocco with a population of 669,685 (2004 census). ... (City of Dakar, divided into 19 communes darrondissement) City proper (commune) Région Dakar Département Dakar Mayor Pape Diop (PDS) (since 2002) Area 82. ... Angra Pequeña, Portuguese for small cove, was discovered in 1487 on the west coast of Southern Africa by the Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias. ... Nosy Be (also Nossi-bé) is an island just off the northwest coast of Madagascar. ... Cam Ranh Bay is a deep-water seaport in Vietnam in the province of Khanh Hoa. ... Combatants Japan Russia Commanders Heihachiro Togo Zinovi Rozhdestvenski Nikolai Nebogatov Strength 4 battleships, 27 cruisers, in addition to destroyers and auxiliary vessels 8 battleships, 3 coastal battleships, 8 cruisers Casualties 117 dead, 583 injured, 3 torpedo boats sunk 4380 dead, 5917 injured 21 ships sunk, 7 captured, 6 disarmed The... The Hamburg America Line (also known as the Hamburg-Amerika Line and the Hamburg Line) was established in Hamburg, Germany in 1847 under the name Hamburg Amerikanische Packetfahrt Actien Gesellschaft (HAPAG) for shipping across the Atlantic Ocean. ... Manchuria (Manchu: Manju; Traditional Chinese: 滿洲; Simplified Chinese: 满洲; pinyin: MÇŽnzhōu, Russian: ) is a vast territorial region in northeast Asia. ... East Asia is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either geographical or cultural terms. ... The Russian Revolution of 1905 was an empire-wide struggle of both anti-government and undirected violence. ... Year 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ...

Following the catastophic losses in battleships during the Russo-Japanese war, Russia embarked on a new naval building program which was to incorporate a number of the most modern dreadnaught-type battleships into the fleet. In late 1914 4 dreadnaughts of the Gangut class entered service with the fleet: "Gangut"; "Poltava"; "Petropavlovsk"; and "Sevastopol". Four more powerful battlecruisers of the Borodino class were under construction, but were never completed. The Fleet's main operation during the First World War was the Ice Cruise of the Baltic Fleet (1918), led by Alexander Zelenoy. However, on the whole the heavy units of the fleet remained in port during the war, as the German superiority in battleships was overwhelming. The sixth HMS Dreadnought of the British Royal Navy was the first battleship to have a uniform main battery, rather than having a secondary battery of smaller guns. ... HMS Victory in 1884 Battleship was the name given to the most powerfully gun-armed and most heavily armored classes of warships built from the mid-16th through the mid-20th centuries. ... Year 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Gangut Class were the first series of Dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy. ... October Revolution cruiser on the Soviet postal stamp Gangut (Russian: линейный корабль Гангут) was a Russian, later Soviet battleship named after the Battle of Gangut and giving its name to the Gangut class of battleships. ... The Petropavlovsk (Russian: ) was a Russian battleship of the Gangut Class. ... The Sevastopol (Севастополь) was a Russian Dreadnought battleship of the Gangut class The Sevastopol built by Admiralty Shipyard, St. ... The Borodino class was a class of 4 battlecruisers of the Imperial Russian Navy. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... Ice Cruise of the Baltic Fleet (Russian: Ледовый поход Балтийского флота) was an operation on shifting the ships of the Baltic Fleet from Revel (Tallinn) and Helsingfors (Helsinki) to Kronstadt in 1918 caused by the proposed threat of German offensive. ... Alexander Pavlovich Zelenoy (Russian: Александр Павлович Зеленой, September 6, 1872, Odessa - September 4, 1922, Petrograd) was a Russian and Soviet naval commander. ...

Soviet Era

During the October Revolution the sailors of the Baltic Fleet were among the most ardent supporters of Bolsheviks, and formed an elite among Red military forces. Some ships of the fleet took part in the Russian Civil War, notably by clashing with the British navy operating in the Baltic as part of intervention forces [1]. Over the years, however, the relations of the Baltic Fleet sailors with the Bolshevik regime soured, and they eventually rebelled against the Soviet government in the Kronstadt rebellion in 1921, but were defeated. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Bolshevik Party Meeting. ... Combatants Red Army (Bolsheviks) White Army (Monarchists, SRs, Anti-Communists) Green Army (Peasants and Nationalists) Black Army (Anarchists) United States of America Commanders Leon Trotsky Mikhail Tukhachevsky Semyon Budyonny Lavr Kornilov, Alexander Kolchak, Anton Denikin, Pyotr Wrangel Alexander Antonov, Nikifor Grigoriev Nestor Makhno Strength 5,427,273 (peak) +1,000... Britain, France, Canada and the United States, along with other World War I Allied countries, conducted a military intervention into the Russian Civil War during the period of 1918 through 1920. ... This article is about the events that took place in Russia, 1921. ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for full calendar). ...

The fleet was developed further during the Soviet years, initially relying on tsarist warships, but adding modern units built in Soviet yards from 1930s onwards. Among the Fleet's Soviet commanders were Gordey Levchenko in 1938-39 and Arseniy Golovko in 1952-56. Ships and submarines commissioned to the fleet included Soviet submarine M-256, a Project 615 short-range attack diesel submarine of the Soviet Navy. The fleet also acquired a large number of ground-based aircraft to form a strong naval aviation force. Gordey Ivanovich Levchenko (Russian: Гордей Иванович Левченко, February 1, 1897, Dubrovka, Ukraine - 1981) was a Soviet naval commander and admiral from 1944. ... Arseniy Grigoriyevich Golovko (Russian: Арсений Григорьевич Головко) (June 10, 1906 – May 17, 1962) was a Soviet admiral, whose naval service extended from the 1920s through the early Cold War. ... The ceremonies involved in commissioning ships into a military force are based in traditions thousands of years old. ... M-256 was a Project 615 (also known by the NATO reporting name of Quebec-class) short-range attack diesel submarine of the Soviet Navy. ... Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel (1858-1913), inventor of the Diesel engine. ... German UC-1 class World War I submarine A model of Günther Priens Unterseeboot 47 (U-47), German WWII Type VII diesel-electric hunter-killer (SSK) submarine Inside of the Argonaute, showing the typical obstructed, tiny space of a post-WWII diesel attack submarine. ... The Soviet Navy (Russian: Военно-морской флот СССР, Voyenno-morskoy flot SSSR, literally Naval military forces of the USSR) was the naval arm of the Soviet armed forces. ... Naval aviation is the application of manned military air power by the navies of the world such as those operated by the United States Navy. ...

The Naval Cathedral in St Petersburg is the main church of the Russian Navy. Its outside is covered with plaques to Russian sailors lost at sea.

The fleet played a limited role in the Winter War with Finland in 1939-1940, mostly through conducting artillery bombardments of Finnish costal fortifications. Many fleet aircraft were involved in operations against Finland, however. Its operations came to a close with the freezing of the Gulf of Finland during the exceptionally cold winter of that year. Image File history File links Buberel_StPetersburg_StNicolas_Cathedral. ... Image File history File links Buberel_StPetersburg_StNicolas_Cathedral. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and... Combatants Finland Soviet Union Commanders Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim Kliment Voroshilov, later Semyon Timoshenko Strength 250,000 men 30 tanks 130 aircraft[1][2] 1,000,000 men 3,000 tanks 3,800 aircraft[3][4] Casualties 26,662 dead 39,886 wounded 1,000 captured[5] 126,875 dead... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ...

In the beginning of the Great Patriotic War the Baltic Fleet had 2 battleships, 2 cruisers, 2 flotilla leaders, 19 destroyers, 48 MTBs, 65 submarines and other ships, and 656 aircraft. During the war the Fleet, commanded by the vice-admiral Vladimir Tributz, defended the Hanko Peninsula, Tallinn, several islands in Estonian SSR, participated in the break through breach of the Siege of Leningrad, etc. 137 sailors of the Baltic Fleet were awarded a title of the Hero of the Soviet Union. However, for most of the war the fleet was trapped by German minefields in Leningrad and nearby Kronstadt, the only bases left in Soviet hands on the Baltic coast. Many of the fleet sailors fought on land as infantry during the siege. Only submarines could risk the passage into the open sea to strike at German shipping. They were particularly successful towards the end of the war, sinking ships like Wilhelm Gustloff, Steuben and Goya, causing great loss of life. The Eastern Front1 was the theatre of combat between Nazi Germany and its allies against the Soviet Union during World War II. It was somewhat separate from the other theatres of the war, not only geographically, but also for its scale and ferocity. ... HMS Victory in 1884 Battleship was the name given to the most powerfully gun-armed and most heavily armored classes of warships built from the mid-16th through the mid-20th centuries. ... USS Port Royal (CG-73), a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser (really an uprated guided missile destroyer), launched in 1992. ... A flotilla leader was a warship suitable for commanding a flotilla of destroyers or other small warships, typically a small cruiser or a large destroyer. ... USS Lassen, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range attackers (originally torpedo boats, later submarines and aircraft). ... Motor Torpedo Boats (MTB) was the name given to fast torpedo boats by the US and Royal Navies. ... German UC-1 class World War I submarine A model of Günther Priens Unterseeboot 47 (U-47), German WWII Type VII diesel-electric hunter-killer (SSK) submarine Inside of the Argonaute, showing the typical obstructed, tiny space of a post-WWII diesel attack submarine. ... Vice Admiral is a naval rank of three star level, equivalent to Lieutenant General in seniority. ... Vladimir Fillipovich Tributz (Russian: Владимир Филиппович Трибуц, July 28, 1900, Saint Petersburg - 1977) was a Soviet naval commander and admiral from 1943. ... Hanko, (Hangö in Swedish) in Finland is a small bilingual port town on the south coast of Finland, 130 kilometers west of Helsinki. ... County Harju County Mayor Jüri Ratas Area 159. ... State motto: Kõigi maade proletaarlased, ühinege (Translated: Workers of the world, unite!) Official language Estonian, Russian (de facto) Capital Tallinn Chairman of the Supreme Council Arnold Rüütel (at the time of regaining independence) Established In the USSR:  - Since  - Until July 21, 1940 August 6, 1940 August 20, 1991... Combatants Germany Spanish Blue Division Soviet Union Commanders Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb Georg von Küchler Kliment Voroshilov Georgy Zhukov Strength 725,000 930,000 Casualties Unknown 300,000 military, 16,470 civilians from bombings and an estimated 1 million civilians from starvation The Siege of Leningrad (Russian: блокада Ленинграда (transliteration: blokada... Hero of the Soviet Union (Russian: Герой Советского Союза, Geroy Sovetskogo Soyuza) was the highest honorary title and the superior degree of distinction of the Soviet Union. ... The Wilhelm Gustloff slides into the water during launch ceremonies. ... The Dampfschiff (DS) General von Steuben (formerly called the München (after Munich), but renamed in 1938) was a German luxury passenger ship which was turned into an armed transport ship in World War II. The 14,600-ton liner set sail from Pillau in the bay of Danzig (now... The Goya was a German refugee ship which was originally built as the freighter Akers in Oslo in 1940 with a length of 131 m and width of 17 m. ...

During the Cold War the importance of the fleet declined, as the Baltic was a shallow sea with the exits blocked by NATO countries. Instead, the Soviet Union poured resources into building up the Northern Fleet and the Pacific Fleet, which both had easy access to the open ocean. Still, it remained a powerful force, which in the event of war was tasked with conducting amphibious assaults against the coast of Denmark and Germany, in cooperation with allied Polish and East German naval forces. The Cold War was the period of protracted conflict and competition between the United States and the Soviet Union and their allies from the late 1940s until the late 1980s. ... Red Banner Northern Fleet (Северный флот in Russian, or Severniy flot), a part of the Soviet Navy, created in 1933 for the purpose of defending Soviet territory beyond the Arctic circle (Заполярье, or Zapolyariye). ... Pacific Fleet (Тихоокеанский флот in Russian, or Tikhookeanskiy flot), a part of the Soviet Navy stationed in the Pacific Ocean, which secured the Far Eastern borders of the USSR. The fleet headquarters was located at... GDR redirects here. ...

A notable incident involving the fleet occurred in 1975 when a mutiny broke out on the frigate Storozhevoy. There were also numerous allegations by Sweden of Baltic Fleet submarines illegally penetrating its territorial waters. In October, 1981 the Soviet submarine U 137 run aground in Swedish territorial waters, near the important naval base of Karlskrona, causing a serious diplomatic incident. Swedish naval vessels raised the damaged submarine and permitted it to return to the Soviet fleet in early November[2]. 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Storozhevoy (from Russian: Сторожевой - Guardian) was a Soviet 1135 Burevestnik class anti-submarine frigate (Krivak class according to NATO classification). ... U 137 was a Soviet Whiskey class submarine that ran aground only 10 km from Karlskrona, which holds one of the larger naval bases of the Swedish fleet, on the East coast of Sweden on October 27, 1981. ... Karlskrona is a city in south-eastern Sweden. ...

Russian Federation

The breakup of the Soviet Union deprived the former-Soviet and Russian Baltic Fleet of key bases in Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, leaving Kaliningrad Oblast as the Fleet's only ice-free naval outlet to the Baltic Sea. However, the Kaliningrad Oblast between Poland and Lithuania is not contiguous with the rest of national territory of the Russian Federation. // Although reform in the Soviet Union stalled between 1969 and 1982, a generational shift gave new momentum for reform. ... Location of the Kaliningrad Oblast Map of the Kaliningrad Oblast Kaliningrad Oblast Flag Kaliningrad Oblast (Russian: ; German: or Nordostpreussen, Northeast Prussia), informally called Yantarny kray (, meaning Amber region) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) on the Baltic coast, with no land connection to the rest of Russia; it... A harbor or harbour (see spelling differences), or haven, is a place where ships may shelter from the weather or are stored. ...

As of 1996 operational forces included nine submarines, twenty-three principal surface combatants (three cruisers, two destroyers, and eighteen frigates), and approximately sixty-five smaller vessels. 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... German UC-1 class World War I submarine A model of Günther Priens Unterseeboot 47 (U-47), German WWII Type VII diesel-electric hunter-killer (SSK) submarine Inside of the Argonaute, showing the typical obstructed, tiny space of a post-WWII diesel attack submarine. ... USS Port Royal (CG-73), a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser (really an uprated guided missile destroyer), launched in 1992. ... USS Lassen, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range attackers (originally torpedo boats, later submarines and aircraft). ... For the bird, see Frigatebird. ...

As of mid-2000 the Baltic Fleet included about 100 combat ships of various types, and the Fleet's Sea Aviation Group units were equipped with a total of 112 aircraft. This article is about the year 2000. ...

The remnant of the 11th Guards Army was reorganised as the Ground and Coastal Defence Forces of the Baltic Fleet in the late 1990s and includes the 7th Motor Rifle Brigade and 18th Motor Rifle Division, plus a Naval Infantry brigade. Russian Marines emblem and slogan Naval Infantry of Russia: Victory follows us! The Russian Marines, perhaps better translated as the Russian Naval Infantry, (Russian: Морская пехота ) are an elite force of the Russian Armed Forces. ...

Naval Aviation

The Fleet's Naval Aviation currently consists of:

• 689th Separate Fighter Aviation Regiment (Kaliningrad Chkalovsk) (Su-27)
• 4th Separate Maritime Assault Aviation Regiment (Chernyakhovsk Air Base) (Su-24)
• 263rd Separate Mixed Aviation Squadron (An-26/Mi-8)
• 396th Separate Shipborne Anti-Submarine Helicopter Squadron (Donskoye (air base)) (Ka-27/Mi-14)
• 288th Separate Helicopter Squadron (Kaliningrad Chkalovsk) (squadron of Mi-8, squadron of Mi-24)

Kaliningrad Chkalovsk (also Chkalovskoye, Tchalov, or Proveren) is a naval air base in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia located 9 km northwest of Kaliningrad. ... The Sukhoi Su-27 (NATO reporting name Flanker) is a Russian fighter aircraft designed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau (SDB). ... Chernyakhovsk (also Chernyahovsk or Tchernyatshovsk) is a naval air base in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia located 4 km southwest of Chernyakhovsk. ... Su-24 Fencer of the Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 (NATO reporting name Fencer) was the Soviet Unions most advanced all-weather interdiction and attack aircraft in the 1970s and 1980s. ... Donskoye (also Bryusterort or Donskoe) is an air base in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia located 1 km east of Donskoye. ... The Mil Mi-14 (NATO reporting name Haze) was a Soviet military transport helicopter, derived from the earlier Mi-8. ... Kaliningrad Chkalovsk (also Chkalovskoye, Tchalov, or Proveren) is a naval air base in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia located 9 km northwest of Kaliningrad. ...

References

• Richard Connaughton, 1988, 1991, 2003. "Rising Sun and Tumbling Bear: Russia's War With Japan". Cassell. ISBN 0-304-36657-9.
• Jürgen Rohwer and Mikhail S. Monakov, Stalin's Ocean Going Fleet - Soviet Naval Strategy and Shipbuilding Programmes: 1935-1953, Frank Cass, 2001, ISBN 0-7146-4895-7.
• Gunnar Aselius, The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Navy in the Baltic, 1921-40, Routledge (UK), 2005, ISBN 0-7146-5540-6.

External links

• http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/agency/mf-baltic.htm
• http://www.gwpda.org/naval/ruflt17.htm
• http://www.aeronautics.ru/table21.htm