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instanceOf
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maritime military force
→
military branch
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navy
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alliance
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Warsaw Pact
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commandStructure
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Main Navy Staff of the USSR
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component
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Baltic Fleet
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Black Sea Fleet
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Caspian Flotilla
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Coastal Troops
→
Naval Aviation
→
Naval Infantry
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Northern Fleet
→
Pacific Fleet
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conflict
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Arab–Israeli conflicts
→
Cold War
→
Cuban Missile Crisis
→
Korean War
→
Soviet–Japanese War
→
Vietnam War
→
Winter War
→
World War II
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country
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Soviet Union
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dissolved
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1991
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doctrine
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bastion strategy
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emphasis on submarines over carriers
→
sea denial
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equipmentClass
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amphibious warfare ships
→
corvettes
→
destroyers
→
diesel-electric attack submarines
→
frigates
→
guided missile cruisers
→
naval aircraft
→
nuclear-powered attack submarines
→
nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines
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era
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Cold War
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flag
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Soviet naval ensign
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governedBy
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Ministry of Defence of the Soviet Union
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headquartersLocation
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Moscow
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ideology
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Marxism–Leninism
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inception
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1918
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language
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Russian
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motto
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For the Soviet Motherland
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nativeName
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Военно-морской флот СССР
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notableBase
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Baltiysk
→
Murmansk region
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Sevastopol
→
Severomorsk
→
Vladivostok
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notableCommander
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Sergey Gorshkov
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notableFeature
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ballistic missile submarines
→
blue-water navy ambitions
→
cruise missile submarines
→
extensive use of diesel-electric submarines
→
heavy missile cruisers
→
large nuclear-powered submarine force
→
large submarine fleet
→
limited aircraft carrier capability
→
strategic rivalry with the United States Navy
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notableShipClass
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Akula-class submarine
→
Delta-class submarine
→
Kiev-class aircraft carrier
→
Kirov-class battlecruiser
→
Oscar-class submarine
→
Typhoon-class submarine
→
Victor-class submarine
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opposedBy
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United States Navy
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partOf
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Armed Forces of the Soviet Union
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peakPersonnel
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hundreds of thousands of sailors and officers
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predecessor
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Imperial Russian Navy
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rankStructure
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Soviet naval ranks
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role
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power projection
→
protection of Soviet maritime borders
→
strategic nuclear deterrence
→
support of allied states overseas
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serviceBranchOf
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Soviet Armed Forces
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shortName
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VMF
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strategicObjective
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counter NATO naval forces
→
protect Soviet ballistic missile submarines
→
support Soviet foreign policy globally
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successor
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Russian Navy
→
Ukrainian Navy
→
navies of other post-Soviet states
→
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symbol
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hammer and sickle
→
red star
→
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theater
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Arctic Ocean
→
Atlantic Ocean
→
Baltic Sea
→
Black Sea
→
Mediterranean Sea
→
Pacific Ocean
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trainingFacility
|
naval academies in Leningrad
→
naval academies in Sevastopol
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