The Caspian Flotilla is one of the oldest operational associations of the Russian Navy (Navy). The main base is Astrakhan, the base and dislocation areas are Makhachkala and Kaspiisk in Dagestan, the village of Nikolskoe and Trud Front in the Astrakhan region.
The flagship is a patrol ship "Tatarstan" (project 11661K, type "Gepard").
At present, the fleet includes more than 50 ships and vessels, including:
2 patrol ships of the project 11661K ("Tatarstan" and "Dagestan"),
3 small missile ships of the project 21631 ("Grad Sviyazhsk", "Uglich", "Great Ustyug"),
4 small artillery ships of projects 21630 (Astrakhan, Volgodonsk, Makhachkala) and 12411 (MAK-160),
1 missile boat (in repair since 2008),
5 artillery boats,
2 basic trawlers,
5 road sweepers,
6 landing craft,
small hydrographic vessel "Anatoly Guzhvin",
rescue and towing vessel SB-45, etc.
The flotilla includes several brigades and divisions of ships, part of the marines, coastal rocket and artillery troops, and others.
On August 17, a new rescue tug SB-738 of Project 22870 was adopted in the flotilla. By the end of 2016, two raid tugs should be delivered: RB-410 is being constructed under the 705B project by the Astrakhan branch of the shipyard Zvezdochka, the construction of RB-937 (project 90600) is being completed at the piles of the Pella plant in St. Petersburg.
It is expected that in 2017 the flotilla will be replenished by airborne landing craft of project 12061 "Murena", and until 2020 its composition will be replenished with 6 more warships and boats and will be almost 90% of new military equipment.
Training and combat tasks of the fleet
In 2016, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation publishes only general statistics on the implementation of combat missions for the Black Sea Fleet (PF) and the Caspian Flotilla.
From January to October, the ships of the Black Sea Fleet and the fleet passed more than 400 thousand sea miles (more than 750 thousand km). The surfacing (time spent at sea) amounted to more than 4.6 thousand days, which is almost 40% higher than in the previous year.
More than 600 combat exercises were carried out, including more than 40 rocket firings, more than 250 mine-fighting exercises, and about 290 depth bombings. In August, the crew of the small missile ship "Uglich" won the "Sea Cup - 2016" contest, which was held within the framework of the "Army International Games - 2016".
In September, the ships of the flotilla fired artillery fire during the strategic command post exercise "Kavkaz-2016".
In October, the Tatarstan missile ship and the small rocket ship Grad Sviyazhsk made a 20-day gathering trip, during which they traveled about 2,000 nautical miles (3,600 km), visited the ports of Aktau (Kazakhstan) and Bender-Enzeli (Iran).
From the history of the flotilla
It was formed on November 15 (November 4 according to the old style) in 1722 by the decree of Emperor Peter I, simultaneously with the establishment of a military port in Astrakhan. The flotilla and port served to protect the coasts of the Caspian - the northern and part of the western.
Among the first operations of the flotilla - participation in the Persian campaign of Peter I (1722-1723), by the end of which the fleet had up to 80 large ships.
In 1867 the main base of the flotilla was the port of Baku (now the capital of Azerbaijan). Before the October Revolution of 1917, the flotilla protected trade and fisheries in the Caspian Sea, and also represented Russian trade and industrial interests in Iran. For military merit the flotilla was awarded the St. George ribbon, which the personnel carried on the caps.
After the October Revolution, in April 1918, the Military Fleet of the Astrakhan Region was established, on June 27, 1931, reorganized into the Caspian military flotilla.
During the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. sailors fought near Sevastopol, Kerch, Mariupol and other sectors of the front, accompanied by transports with oil and military cargo, etc. For the services in the defeat of the Nazi invaders, hundreds of sailors of the flotilla were awarded orders and medals, eight of them were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union .
April 27, 1945 for military service in the years of the Civil and Great Patriotic Wars by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the Caspian Flotilla was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.
In the 1950-1980's. The flotilla was one of the most important stabilizing factors in the region. At its sea testing ranges, new types of weapons, including cruise missiles, were tested.
Following the collapse of the USSR and the transformation of the former republics into sovereign states, on April 16, 1992 there was a division of forces, means and ships of the flotilla between the Russian Federation and Azerbaijan. 70% of the forces and assets were transferred to Russia and were relocated from Baku to Makhachkala and Astrakhan, which became its main base. Azerbaijan got the right to dispose of the remaining 30% of ships, coastal infrastructure and flotilla housing stock.
In 2010, the Caspian Flotilla became part of the Southern Military District as a marine component. Its main task is to ensure the national-state interests of Russia in the region.
On the night of 6 to 7 October 2015, flotilla ships from the water area of the Caspian Sea inflicted a massive attack by cruise missiles of the sea-based "Caliber NK" complex on the objects of the "Islamic State" (a terrorist organization banned in Russia) in Syria.
Commander of the Caspian Flotilla - Rear Admiral Sergei Pinchuk (since September 20, 2016).
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