Caspian Flotilla
| Caspian Flotilla | |
|---|---|
Caspian Flotilla sleeve ensign
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| Active | November 1722 – present |
| Allegiance |
 Russian Empire(1722–1917)  Soviet Union(1917–1991) Russian Federation(1991–present) |
| Branch |
 Russian navy
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| Role |
Naval warfare Amphibious warfare |
| Size | 16 surface combatants 8 landing ships 3 minesweepers |
| Part of |
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| Garrison/HQ |
Astrakhan(HQ) Makhachkala Kaspiysk Baku (historical) |
| Engagements |
Russo-Persian War (1722–23) |
| Decorations |
 Order of the Red Banner
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| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
Rear Adm. Sergey Pinchuk |
Russo-Persian War (1722–23)
Persian Expedition of 1796
Russo-Persian War (1804–13)
Russian Civil War
World War II
The Caspian Flotilla (Russian: Каспийская флотилия, tr. Kaspiyskaya flotiliya) is the oldest Russian military flotilla, stationed in the Caspian Sea. It was awarded the Order of the Red Banner in 1945.
The Caspian Flotilla (CF) was created in November 1722 in Astrakhan by the order of Peter the Great. Led by the admiral Fyodor Apraksin, it participated in Peter's Persian campaign of 1722–1723 and the Russo-Persian War (1804–1813), assisting the Russian army in capturing Derbent and Baku during the Persian Expedition of 1796. As a result of the Treaty of Gulistan of 1813, the CF remained the only military flotilla in the Caspian Sea. Baku became its main base in 1867.
As the situation on the Caspian Sea stabilized in due course, the number of ships in the CF began to decrease. By the beginning of the 20th century, it had two gunboats and a few armed steamers. The sailors of the CF were actively engaged in the revolutionary movement in Baku in 1903–1905 and establishment of the Soviet authority in 1917 in that region. In order to provide assistance to the Red Army, they formed the Military Fleet of the Astrakhan Region (Военный флот Астраханского края, or Voyenniy flot Astrakhanskogo kraya) in April – June 1918, reinforced with torpedo boats and submarines from the Baltic Sea in the fall of 1918. On October 13, the Soviets renamed it to the Astrakhan-Caspian Military Flotilla (Астрахано-Каспийская военная флотилия, or Astrakhano-Kaspiyskaya voennaya flotiliya). The ships of the flotilla were captured by the counterrevolutionary Centrocaspian Dictatorship in August 1918 and later regained by the Soviets after the overthrow of the Musavat government.
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