Russian Black Sea Fleet

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formation of the Russian Navy naval fleet

The Russian Black Sea Fleet is a major formation of the Russian Navy responsible for operations in the Black Sea and Mediterranean regions.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Black Sea Fleet 3
Imperial Russian Black Sea Fleet 2
Black Sea Fleet facilities 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf formation of the Russian Navy ⓘ
naval fleet ⓘ
areaOfResponsibility Black Sea ⓘ
surface form: Black Sea region

Mediterranean region ⓘ
branch Navy ⓘ
conflictStatus actively engaged in 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine ⓘ
controlledBy Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
formedIn 1783 ⓘ
foundedBy Russian Empire ⓘ
garrison Sevastopol ⓘ
garrisonLabel Headquarters ⓘ
hasBase Donuzlav ⓘ
Feodosia ⓘ
Novorossiysk ⓘ
Tartus ⓘ
hasBaseCountry Russia ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ
hasLanguage Russian ⓘ
hasMission power projection in the Mediterranean ⓘ
protection of maritime approaches to southern Russia ⓘ
sea control in the Black Sea ⓘ
strategic deterrence ⓘ
support of ground forces in coastal areas ⓘ
hasPrimaryBase Sevastopol ⓘ
headquartersLocation Sevastopol ⓘ
operatesIn Black Sea ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
participatedIn Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation ⓘ
surface form: Annexation of Crimea

Cold War naval operations ⓘ
Crimean War ⓘ
Russo-Georgian War 2008 ⓘ
surface form: Russo-Georgian War

Russo-Ukrainian War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
partOf Russian Navy ⓘ
predecessor Russian Black Sea Fleet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Russian Black Sea Fleet

Soviet Black Sea Fleet ⓘ
serviceBranch Russian Navy ⓘ
uses amphibious assault ships ⓘ
coastal defense units ⓘ
frigates ⓘ
minesweepers ⓘ
missile corvettes ⓘ
naval aviation ⓘ
patrol boats ⓘ
submarines ⓘ
surface combatants ⓘ
usesEquipmentFrom Russian defense industry ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Monument to the Sunken Ships → associatedWith → Russian Black Sea Fleet ⓘ
Imperial Russian Navy → fleet → Russian Black Sea Fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Sea Fleet
Russian Navy → hasBranch → Russian Black Sea Fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Sea Fleet
Novorossiysk → hasMilitaryFacility → Russian Black Sea Fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Sea Fleet facilities
Crimea → navalBaseUsedBy → Russian Black Sea Fleet ⓘ
Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855) → opponent → Russian Black Sea Fleet ⓘ
Soviet Black Sea Fleet → precededBy → Russian Black Sea Fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Russian Black Sea Fleet
Russian Black Sea Fleet → predecessor → Russian Black Sea Fleet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Russian Black Sea Fleet
Soviet Black Sea Fleet → successor → Russian Black Sea Fleet ⓘ
Donuzlav → usedBy → Russian Black Sea Fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Sea Fleet