Imperial Russian Navy

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military branch navy

The Imperial Russian Navy was the maritime armed force of the Russian Empire, which played a major role in 18th–early 20th century conflicts before its decline was marked by defeats such as those in the Russo-Japanese War.

Aliases (2)

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military branch → navy →
allegiance	Tsar of Russia →
country	Russian Empire →
dissolved	1917 →
era	18th century → 19th century → early 20th century →
fleet	Baltic Fleet → Black Sea Fleet → Caspian Flotilla → Pacific Squadron →
foundedBy	Peter the Great →
headquartersLocation	Saint Petersburg →
inception	1696 →
languageOfCommand	Russian →
nativeName	Российский императорский флот →
notableAdmiral	Dmitry Senyavin → Fyodor Ushakov → Grigory Spiridov NERFINISHED → Pavel Nakhimov → Stepan Makarov →
notableBattle	Battle of Chesma → Battle of Gangut → Battle of Port Arthur → Battle of Sinop → Battle of Tsushima → Battle of the Yellow Sea →
notableShip	Aurora → Knyaz Suvorov → Oryol NERFINISHED → Potemkin → Retvizan → Varyag →
partOf	Armed Forces of the Russian Empire →
primaryBase	Kronstadt → Port Arthur → Sevastopol →
replacedBy	Soviet Navy →
serviceBranchColor	naval blue →
significantDefeat	Battle of Tsushima → Russo-Japanese War →
significantEvent	February Revolution → October Revolution → mutiny on battleship Potemkin →
usedInWar	Crimean War → Great Northern War → Napoleonic Wars → Russo-Japanese War → Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774) → Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) → World War I →
usedShipType	cruiser → destroyer → dreadnought battleship → frigate → ironclad warship → pre-dreadnought battleship → ship of the line → submarine →

Referenced by (31)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alexander Kolchak → Otto von Kotzebue → Pavel Nakhimov → Prince Menshikov → Wilgelm Vitgeft → Zinovy Rozhestvensky →	militaryBranch
Rurik (ship) → Russian battleship Retvizan → Russian battleship Tsesarevich →	operator
Admiralty building → Monument to the Sunken Ships →	associatedWith
Battle of Tsushima → Battle of the Yellow Sea →	belligerent
Otto von Kotzebue → Vitus Bering →	employer
Finnish Navy ("Imperial Russian Baltic Fleet units in Finland") → Soviet armed forces →	precededBy
Russian Navy → Soviet Navy →	predecessor
Kotlin Island → Kronstadt →	usedBy
Bombardment of Odessa →	combatant
Battle of Sinop →	combatant1
Rurik (ship) →	flag
Pacific theater of the Russo-Japanese War →	hasMajorBelligerent
Battle of Navarino →	hasParticipant
Siege of Port Arthur →	involvedBranch
Imperial Russian Navy ("Российский императорский флот") →	nativeName
Battle of Sinop →	opponentOf
Russian Pacific Squadron →	partOf
Imperial German Navy →	rival