Imperial Russian Navy
| Imperial Russian Navy | |
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| Active | 1696–1917 |
| Country |
 Tsardom of Russia Russian Empire
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| Type | Navy |
| Engagements |
Russo-Turkish War of 1686–1700 Great Northern War Russo-Persian War of 1722–23 Napoleonic Wars Russo-Turkish War of 1768–74 Crimean War Russo-Japanese War World War I Russian Civil War |
| Insignia | |
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| Naval Jack |  |
| Navies of Russia |
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Imperial Navy (1696–1917) White movement fleet (1917—1922)
Soviet Navy (1918–1991)
Russian Navy (1991–Present[update]) |
Imperial Russia
Imperial Navy (1696–1917)
White movement fleet (1917—1922)
Soviet Union
Soviet Navy (1918–1991)
Russian Federation
Russian Navy (1991–Present[update])
The Imperial Russian Navy (Russian: Российский императорский флот) was the navy of the Russian Empire, existing from 1696 until the February Revolution of 1917; it grew out of a smaller force that existed prior to Peter the Great's founding the regular Russian Navy during the Second Azov campaign. It was expanded in the second half of the 18th century and by the early part of the 19th century had reached its peak strength, only behind the British and French fleets in terms of size. The navy then went into a period of decline due to Russia's slow technical and economic development in the first half of the 19th century but it underwent a revival in the latter part of the century during the reign of Tsar Nicholas II until most of its Pacific Fleet was destroyed in the disastrous Russo-Japanese War. The First World War was mixed for the navy, with the Germans generally gaining the upper hand in the Baltic but the Black Sea falling under Russian control. The Russian Revolution marked the end of the Imperial Navy with its sailors fighting on both sides and its surviving ships forming the core of the Soviet Navy upon its creation in 1918.
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