Russia's Black Sea Fleet

[yasin_khan]

Russia's Black Sea Fleet



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The "Moskva" (former "Slava") surface-to-surface missile cruiser of the Guards, Russia's Black Sea Fleet flagship, in the Bay of Sevastopol.

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The "Bora" hoverborne guided missile ship on the Black Sea Fleet central base in Sevastopol.

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Anti-ship missile launch by a shore installation during Russia's Black Sea Fleet exercise.

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Russia's Black Sea Fleet anti-aircraft defense unit target plotters follow an air target.

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The "Bora" hoverborne guided missile ship on the Black Sea Fleet central base in Sevastopol.

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Russia's Black Sea Fleet motorized infantry landing drill on the central base in Sevastopol.

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Sight gunner of a Russian Black Sea Fleet warship.

[Lostfleet]

Thank you for the nice photos,

I have a question, I dont know the region very well but why does the Bora have camouflage paint on it?

[Wall83]

Its not mush left of the Russian Blacksea Fleet. One cruiser and two destroyers I think (plus many small missileboats and some amf). NATO would have no problem macthing that.

[yasin_khan]

Its not mush left of the Russian Blacksea Fleet. One cruiser and two destroyers I think (plus many small missileboats and some amf). NATO would have no problem macthing that.

I dont know why people compare Russia with NATO or other countries.NATO is nothing in front of Russia.Russia is super power in the region.

[Wall83]

I dont know why people compare Russia with NATO or other countries.NATO is nothing in front of Russia.Russia is super power in the region.

Becouse Russia always has been compared with NATO and the US in the last 60 years or so. Russia is an super power in the region yes, in the world...no.

[yasin_khan]

Becouse Russia always has been compared with NATO and the US in the last 60 years or so. Russia is an super power in the region yes, in the world...no.
Russia is second super power.You can compare Russia with USA but never under estimate Russia.France,UK,China,Germany or any other are non comparable with Russia.

[metalkat 77]

I'm watching the pictures and I note about the russian sailors, is they do not have another uniforms for the job I mean the uniform wich are wearing, for example in México and the United States is an exibition uniform(I do not know to say uniforme de gala) used when they are parading, or when they leave or arrive to navy facilities in their countries they wear this uniforms, and ofcourse when they are in the service rutine they wear another uniform did the russian sailors have diferent uniforms or is only one

Thanks

[yasin_khan]

I'm watching the pictures and I note about the russian sailors, is they do not have another uniforms for the job I mean the uniform wich are wearing, for example in México and the United States is an exibition uniform(I do not know to say uniforme de gala) used when they are parading, or when they leave or arrive to navy facilities in their countries they wear this uniforms, and ofcourse when they are in the service rutine they wear another uniform did the russian sailors have diferent uniforms or is only one

Thanks
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[indiana46767]

Hope the day never comes when the US gets into war with Russia...bloodbath on both sides..scary.

[Feanor]

Its not mush left of the Russian Blacksea Fleet. One cruiser and two destroyers I think (plus many small missileboats and some amf). NATO would have no problem macthing that.

Easily. But why would NATO do that? The Black Sea is small and practically land locked. Lots of ASMs, with little need for major naval presence.

Not to mention that NATO consists of over a dozen countries, while Russia is just one. The combined NATO budget is over 10 times that of Russia. The situation is not only incomparable in nature, but also completely unrealistic. ;)

[metalkat 77]

Hope the day never comes when the US gets into war with Russia...bloodbath on both sides..scary.

I hope so to :shudder in that moment will be the end of the world.

[dragonfire]

Its not mush left of the Russian Blacksea Fleet. One cruiser and two destroyers I think (plus many small missileboats and some amf). NATO would have no problem macthing that.

Doesnt russia have subs in the region i thought the black sea fleet had a Kilo class attack sub too

[yasin_khan]

Doesnt russia have subs in the region i thought the black sea fleet had a Kilo class attack sub too
They have subs in black sea but not known which one.

[lalitghag]

Thanks for Pic
Pl upload more.

[nevidimka]

What was the original Black Sea Fleet like b4 the breakup of the Soviet Union?

[yasin_khan]

The Black Sea Fleet came into being in 1783, when naval units were formed in the Bay of Akhtiar (and from 1784 at Sevestopal) to serve in the sea of Azov[/URL] and in wars against Turkey.The Paris Peace Conference in 1856 allowed Russia to have naval units in the Black Sea, a right expanded by the 1871 London Conference. At the start of World War I, the Black Sea Fleet consisted of five battleships, two cruisers, seventeen destroyers, and a number of auxiliary vessels; during the conflict it engaged in several actions against the Germans and Turks.
The fleet also became a center of revolutionary activity. In 1904 socialist cells were organized among its sailors, and this led to the mutiny (http://www.answers.com/topic/sea-of-azov) on the battleship Potemkin the following year. In December 1917 Bolsheviks and other factions were active among the sailors. In May 1920 units that had sided with the Bolsheviks were organized as the Black Sea and Azov naval units, both of which took part in the fighting against Peter Wrangel's White forces. The Tenth Party Congress in 1921 decided to form a fleet in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov using two repaired destroyers and five escort vessels. Over the years these were substantially reinforced by the addition of larger ships and naval aviation.
At the start of World War II the fleet had one battleship, six cruisers, seventeen destroyers, and numerous cutters, minelayers, mine sweepers, torpedo boats, and auxiliary vessels.Beginning in the 1950s, the Black Sea Fleet began to receive new ships and was a major component of the Soviet advance into the Mediterranean and the third world, but its buildup was marred by an explosion on the Novorossiysk in October 1955, the greatest peacetime[URL="http://www.answers.com/topic/peacetime"] (http://www.answers.com/topic/buildup) disaster in the history of the Soviet Navy, which cost the commander in chief of the Navy, Admiral N. G. Kuznetsov, his job. The buildup, which even included the introduction of aircraft carriers, continued until the breakup of the Soviet Union. After 1991 both Russia and Ukraine claimed ownership of the fleet. An agreement on May 28, 1997, gave Russia the more modern ships and a twenty-year lease on the Sevastopol naval base. The Black Sea Fleet is now a shadow of its once-proud self, decaying along with other Russian military assets.

[yasin_khan]

At the disintegration of the Soviet Union, estimates of the number of ships counted in the Black Sea Fleet(BSF) varied widely, from as many as 635 to as few as 300 warships and submarines. The number of Russian personnel associated with the fleet was variously estimated at between 47,000 to 70,000. In 1995, the fleet reportedly had approximately 48,000 naval and marine personnel, 14 submarines, 31 surface ships, 43 patrol and coastal ships, 125 combat aircraft, and 85 helicopters.