Soviet Navy

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The Soviet Navy was the maritime military force of the Soviet Union, known during the Cold War for its large submarine fleet, blue-water ambitions, and strategic rivalry with the United States Navy.


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


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