Russian fleet. Navy of the Russian Federation

The fleet has always been the pride of our state - both during the time of the Russian Empire, and the USSR, and in modern times. We know that our sea, ocean open spaces, coastlines are reliably protected. We invite you to talk about what the Russian fleet is in modern times. We learn about his tasks, structure, prospects, command.

Russian fleet

The Navy (Navy) - this is the name now, in the days of the Russian Federation, the successor to the Navy of the USSR, the Navy of the Russian Empire, the naval forces of our country. It leads its modern history since January 1992. The Navy is part of the Armed Forces of Russia, subordinate to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The main headquarters of the Russian fleet is located in the Northern capital - St. Petersburg. The current admiral is Vladimir Korolev. In 2016, 148 thousand people served in the Navy.

The Russian fleet in its short history managed to take part in a number of military operations:

• The first and second Chechen wars.
• Armed conflict of 2008 in South Ossetia.
• Fighting Somali pirates.
• Participation in the Syrian military operation.

Russian Fleet Day is the last Sunday of July. This is a professional holiday for the guardians of the sea open spaces and coastlines, and all those who have linked their lives with the preparation of ships, and family members of sailors, and workers, employees of naval enterprises, and dear veterans of the Navy.

Goals of the Russian Navy

In its activities, the Russian fleet pursues the following goals:

• Participation in humanitarian, military and peacekeeping missions organized by the world community, which meet the interests of our state.
• The naval presence of the Russian Federation in the oceans, a demonstration of military power and the flag, visits of ships and ships of the Navy.
• Both the creation and maintenance of conditions capable of ensuring the safety of maritime activities in the waters of the oceans.
• Military methods of protecting Russian sovereignty outside the territory of the land - in inland sea waters, as well as territorial seas.
• Defending the sovereign rights of the state in exclusive economic zones, a continental loop. Speaking for the freedom of the high seas.
• Deterrence from the use of military violence or a similar threat against the Russian Federation.
  

Navy Associations

The Russian fleet is represented by the following components - see table.

We continue to disassemble the fleet system of the Russian Federation.

The structure of the Russian Navy

The naval forces of the Russian Federation are a system of operational-strategic associations. Briefly get to know them.

Surface forces. This structure pursues the following tasks:

• Protection of maritime communications.
• Confrontation of mine danger (including the setting of minefields).
• Cover and transportation of troops.
• Assistance to submarine forces: ensuring the release and deployment of the latter, as well as their return to base.

Submarine forces. The main goals are reconnaissance activities, as well as delivering unexpected strikes on continental and naval targets. Their basis is atomic submarines, which are equipped with cruise and ballistic missiles.

Naval Aviation. It is represented by two groups - coastal and deck. The main tasks are as follows:

• Reflection of attacks of anti-ship missiles of the enemy, as well as his aircraft.
• Confrontation in the ocean with fleets of surface ships.
• Striking coastal enemy targets - bomb and missile.
• Targeting missile forces of ships at the time of destruction of enemy submarines.
  

Navy coastal troops. They consist of two units - the marines and coastal defense troops. They have two main tasks:

• Participation in combat operations as part of air, sea, air and sea landing.
• Defense of coastal facilities - ports, naval bases, coastal facilities, basing systems.

Other units. The Russian Navy also includes:

• Units and parts of the rear.
• Special units.
• Hydrographic service. It belongs to the General Directorate of Oceanography and Navigation of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

Command

Meet the command of the Navy:

• Admiral (Commander-in-Chief) - Korolev V.I. (since 2016).
• The chief of staff (first deputy commander in chief) - A. Volozhinsky
• Deputy commanders: Vice Admiral Bursuk V.I., Vice Admiral Fedotenkov A.N., Lieutenant General Makarevich O. L.
  

Modernity and perspectives

The Russian Navy reached its peak of power in 1985. Then it included 1561 ships. The fleet occupied the honorable second place (after the USA) in the world. In the two thousandths, its gradual weakening began. As a result, in 2010, the Russian fleet owned only 136 warships.

In 2011, the former Commander of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation V. P. Komoyedov bitterly noted that the superiority of one Turkish fleet over the Russian fleet was estimated 4.7 times. And the combined forces of NATO are 20 times stronger than the Russian Navy. The main tasks of the fleet were only coastal protection and the fight against maritime terrorism.

But in our time, Russia has already resumed its naval presence in the oceans. In 2014, the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation was founded. The objectives of his activities are as follows:

• Management, control and coordination of the performance of combat missions and combat duty of the domestic Navy.
• Coordination of participation in special and international operations.
• International legal support of the actions of the Russian fleet.
  

In 2013, the Operational Command of the Permanent Mediterranean Unit of the Russian Navy (Mediterranean Squadron) was created.

As for the development prospects, it is planned to allocate about 4.5 trillion rubles for the Navy for these purposes under the State Arms Program until 2020. Active funding has already begun in 2015. One of the main tasks is to increase the number of warships in the Navy by 70%.

The fleet of the Russian Federation is still the pride of our Fatherland. Today it is going through difficult times - it is in the stage of rebirth, striving for its former power.