Soviet Navy
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The Soviet Navy (Russian: Военно-морской флот СССР (ВМФ), tr. Voyenno-morskoy flot SSSR (VMF), lit. Military Maritime Fleet of the USSR) was the naval warfare uniform service branch of the Soviet Armed Forces. It was usually called the Red Fleet (Russian: Красный флот, tr. Krasnyy flot).
The Soviet Navy made up a large part of the Soviet Union's strategic planning if a war were to every start with the opposing superpower, the United States, during the Cold War period between the two countries.[2] The Soviet Navy played a large role during the Cold War (1945-1991). It confronted the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation in Western Europe and helped to keep the Soviet sphere of influence in eastern Europe.[3]
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Fleets
The Soviet Navy was divided into four major fleets: the Northern, Pacific, Black Sea, and Baltic Fleets. It also had a smaller force, the Caspian Flotilla, which worked in the Caspian Sea and was followed by a larger fleet, the 5th Squadron, in the Middle East. The Soviet Navy included Naval Aviation, Naval Infantry, and the Coastal Artillery.
Disestablishment
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Russian Federation took the largest part of the Soviet Navy and turned it into the Russian Navy. The rest of the Soviet Navy were given to the other post-Soviet states.
Inventory

In 1990, the Soviet Navy had:[4]
- 63 ballistic missile submarines:
- 6 Project 941 (Typhoon-class) submarines
- 40 Project 667B (Delta-class) submarines
- 12 Project 667A (Yankee-class) submarines
- 5 Project 658 (Hotel-class) submarines
- 72 cruise missile submarines:
- 6 Oscar-class submarines
- 6 Yankee Notch submarines
- 14 Charlie-class submarines
- 30 Echo-class submarines
- 16 Juliett-class submarines
- 68 nuclear attack submarines:
- 5 Akula-class submarines
- 2 Sierra-class submarines
- 6 Alfa-class submarines
- 46 Victor-class submarines
- 6 November-class submarines
- 3 Yankee SSN submarine
- 63 conventional attack submarines:
- 18 Kilo-class submarines
- 20 Tango-class submarines
- 25 Foxtrot-class submarines
- 9 auxiliary submarines
- 1 Beluga-class submarine
- 1 Lima-class submarine
- 2 India-class submarines
- 4 Bravo-class submarines
- 1 Losos-class submarine
- 1 Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier
- 4 Kiev-class aircraft carriers
- 2 Moskva-class helicopter carriers

- 3 Kirov-class battlecruisers
- 30 cruisers:
- 3 Slava-class cruisers
- 7 Kara-class cruisers
- 4 Kresta I-class cruisers
- 10 Kresta II-class cruisers
- 4 Kynda-class cruisers
- 2 Sverdlov-class cruisers
- 45 destroyers:
- 11 Sovremennyy-class destroyers
- 11 Udaloy-class destroyers
- 18 Kashin-class destroyers
- 3 Kanin-class destroyers
- 2 Kildin-class destroyers
- 113 frigates:
- 32 Krivak-class frigates
- 1 Koni-class frigates
- 18 Mirka-class frigates
- 31 Petya-class frigates
- 31 Riga-class frigates
- 124 corvettes:
- 10 Parchim-class corvettes
- 36 Nanuchka-class corvettes
- 78 Grisha-class corvettes
- 42 amphibious warfare ships:
- 3 Ivan Rogov-class landing ships
- 19 Ropucha-class landing ships
- 14 Alligator-class landing ships
- 6 Polnocny-class landing ships
- ≈425 patrol boats
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