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Caspian Flotilla
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Naval Warfare
Naval warfare is combat in and on the sea, the ocean, or any other battlespace involving a major body of water such as a large lake or wide river. Mankind has fought battles on the sea for more than 3,000 years. Even in the interior of large landmasses, transportation before the advent of extensive railroads was largely dependent upon rivers, canals, and other navigable waterways. The latter were crucial in the development of the modern world in Britain, the Low Countries and northern Germany, for they enabled the bulk movement of goods and raw materials without which the Industrial Revolution would not have occurred. Before 1800, war materials were largely moved by river barges or sea vessels and needed a naval defence against enemies. History Mankind has fought battles on the sea for more than 3,000 years. Even in the interior of large landmasses, transportation before the advent of extensive railways was largely dependent upon rivers, canals, and other navigable waterways. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of Red Banner
The Order of the Red Banner (russian: Орден Красного Знамени, Orden Krasnogo Znameni) was the first Soviet military decoration. The Order was established on 16 September 1918, during the Russian Civil War by decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee. It was the highest award of Soviet Russia, subsequently the Soviet Union, until the Order of Lenin was established in 1930. Recipients were recognised for extraordinary heroism, dedication, and courage demonstrated on the battlefield. The Order was awarded to individuals as well as to military units, cities, ships, political and social organizations, and state enterprises. In later years, it was also awarded on the twentieth and again on the thirtieth anniversary of military, police, or state security service without requiring participation in combat (the "Long Service Award" variant). Award history The Russian Order of the Red Banner was established during the Russian Civil War by decree of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, often described as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. An endorheic basin, it lies between Europe and Asia; east of the Caucasus, west of the broad steppe of Central Asia, south of the fertile plains of Southern Russia in Eastern Europe, and north of the mountainous Iranian Plateau of Western Asia. It covers a surface area of (excluding the highly saline lagoon of Garabogazköl to its east) and a volume of . It has a salinity of approximately 1.2% (12 g/L), about a third of the salinity of average seawater. It is bounded by Kazakhstan to the northeast, Russia to the northwest, Azerbaijan to the southwest, Iran to the south, and Turkmenistan to the southeast. The sea stretches nearly from north to south, with an average width of . Its gross coverage is and the surface is about below sea level. Its main freshwater inflow, Europe's longest river, the Volga, enters at the shallow north end. Two deep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flotilla
A flotilla (from Spanish, meaning a small ''flota'' ( fleet) of ships), or naval flotilla, is a formation of small warships that may be part of a larger fleet. Composition A flotilla is usually composed of a homogeneous group of the same class of warship, such as frigates, destroyers, torpedo boats, submarines, gunboats, or minesweepers. Groups of larger warships are usually called squadrons, but similar units of non-capital ships may be called squadrons in some instances, and flotillas in others. Formations including more than one capital ship, e.g. men-of-war, battleships, and aircraft carriers, typically alongside smaller ships and support craft, are typically called fleets, each portion led by a capital ship being a squadron or task force (see reference below). A flotilla is usually commanded by a rear admiral, a commodore or a captain, depending on the importance of the command (a vice admiral would normally command a squadron). A flotilla is often divided into tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caspian Sea From Orbit
Caspian can refer to: *The Caspian Sea *The Caspian Depression, surrounding the northern part of the Caspian Sea *The Caspians, the ancient people living near the Caspian Sea *Caspian languages, collection of languages and dialects of Caspian people In fiction * ''Prince Caspian'', a book in the Chronicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis ** Caspian X, "Prince Caspian", a prince of the Telmarines ** '' The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian'', a film based on the novel by C. S. Lewis *Caspian (Highlander), a fictional character on ''Highlander: The Series'' * Judson Caspian, alter-ego of one of three characters named the Reaper (DC Comics) Other uses *Caspian horse, a small horse breed native to Northern Iran *Caspian tiger, a panthera tigris population native Northern Iran and Caucasus *Caspian Airlines Caspian Airlines ( fa, هواپیمایی کاسپین, ''Hevapimaii-ye Kaspyen'') is an airline headquartered in Tehran, Iran. Established in 1993, it operates services betw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergey Pinchuk
Sergei Mikhailovich Pinchuk (russian: Сергей Михайлович Пинчук; born 26 July 1971) is an officer of the Russian Navy. He currently holds the rank of vice-admiral, and is deputy commander in chief of the Black Sea Fleet. Career Pinchuk was born on 26 July 1971 in Sevastopol, then part of the Ukrainian SSR, in the Soviet Union. His father, Mikhail Fedorovich Pinchuk, was also a naval officer, who commanded the Kynda-class cruiser ''Groznyy'', and served as the deputy commander of the Baltic Fleet for rear services, reaching the rank of ''kontr-admiral'' during his career. Sergei attended the Nakhimov Naval School in Saint Petersburg, graduating in 1988 and entering the in Sevastopol. Pinchuk's initial service as an officer was spent with the Baltic Fleet, where from 1993 he commanded the anti-aircraft missile battery aboard the fleet's flagship, the ''Sovremenny''-class destroyer ''Nastoychivy''. Over a period of several years he rose through the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igor Osipov
Igor Vladimirovich Osipov (russian: Игорь Владимирович Осипов; born 6 March 1973) is an officer of the Russian Navy. He has held the rank of admiral since 2021. Born 1973 in the Kazakh SSR, part of the Soviet Union, Osipov studied at the , and joined the Pacific Fleet after graduation. His early service was spent aboard the small anti-submarine ''Grisha''-class corvettes, gradually rising through the ranks to command his own vessel. Staff appointments in the fleet followed, as well as further study in the navy's higher education establishments, before he took command of the Baltic Fleet's base at Baltiysk. He was appointed commander of the Caspian Flotilla in 2015, returned to the Pacific Fleet as its chief of staff and deputy commander the following year, and in 2018 became Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. He took command of the Black Sea Fleet in May 2019. Career Osipov was born on 6 March 1973 in the v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Masorin
Admiral of the Fleet Vladimir Vasilyevich Masorin (russian: Владимир Васильевич Масорин; born August 24, 1947) is a retired Russian admiral who commanded the Caspian Flotilla in 1996–2002 and the Black Sea Fleet in 2002–2005. In September 2005, he was appointed the Commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy. The newspaper Kommersant speculated that Admiral Masorin was a temporary appointment until the new Chief of the Main Naval Staff, appointed at the same time, took command of the Navy. Masorin completed the P.S. Nakhimov Black Sea Higher Naval School in 1970. He served as principal warfare officer on the Kashin class destroyer ''Smyshleny'' of the Northern Fleet. In 1977 he completed additional officer training and became executive officer of the Kashin class destroyer ''Ognevoy''. In 1980 he became commanding officer of the Sovremennyy class destroyer ''Otchayannyy'' and in 1983 Masorin became chief of staff of the Northern Fleet's destroyer sq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fyodor Zozulya
Fyodor Vladimirovich Zozulya (russian: Фёдор Владимирович Зозуля; – 21 April 1964) was an admiral of the Soviet Navy. Zozulya spent most of his career as a staff officer, serving as deputy chief of the Baltic Fleet after Operation Barbarossa began, and as chief of staff of the White Sea Flotilla between 1941 and 1943. He commanded the Caspian Flotilla between 1944 and 1945, and the 8th Fleet during the late 1940s. After a stint as commander of the Krylov Naval Academy of Shipbuilding and Armaments in the early 1950s, Zozulya served on the Main Naval Staff, which he was chief of from 1958 until his death. Early life and prewar service Born on 9 November 1907 in Stavropol to Ukrainian parents, Zozulya entered the Soviet Navy (then the Naval Forces of the Red Army) in 1925 as a student at the M.V. Frunze Naval School from October of that year. After graduating from the school in May 1928, he became a naval cadet aboard the destroyer '' Kalini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arseniy Golovko
Arseny Grigoryevich Golovko (; 10 June 1906 – 17 May 1962) was a Soviet admiral, whose naval service extended from the 1920s through the early Cold War. Service He entered the Soviet Navy in 1925 and graduated in 1928 from the M.V. Frunze Higher Naval School in Leningrad. After that he served in various Fleet assignments. In 1937 and 1938 he took part in the Spanish Civil War on the side of the Republicans. After his return to the USSR he attended the naval warfare school. From 1940 to 1946, during the Second World War, he was Commander of the Soviet Northern Fleet. After the war he held various naval commands, among them Commander of the Baltic Fleet. In 1956 he was named First Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy. He died in 1962. Honours and awards For his services, Golovko received the Order of Lenin four times and the Order of the Red Banner four times (twice with the Order of Ushakov). He also was decorated numerous times with other domestic and forei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fyodor Apraksin
Count Fyodor Matveyevich Apraksin (also ''Apraxin''; russian: Фёдор Матве́евич Апра́ксин; 27 October 1661 10 November 1728, Moscow) was one of the first Russian admirals, governed Estonia and Karelia from 1712 to 1723, was made general admiral (1708), presided over the Russian Admiralty from 1718 and commanded the Baltic Fleet from 1723. Early shipbuilding activities The Apraksin brothers were launched to prominence after the marriage of their sister Marfa to ''Tsar'' Feodor III of Russia in 1681. Fyodor entered the service of his brother-in-law at the age of 10 as a ''stolnik''. After Feodor's death he served the little ''tsar'' Peter in the same capacity. He took part in military amusements of the young ''tsar'' and helped to build a toy flotilla for him. The playfellowship of the two lads resulted in a lifelong friendship. In 1692 Apraksin was appointed governor of Arkhangelsk, the foremost trade port of Russia at that time, and built ships capable o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
