Russian navy
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Военно-морской Флот Российской Федерации Voyenno-Мorskoy Flot Rossiyskoy Federatsii |
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Emblem of the Russian Navy
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| Active |
October 1696 – present (320 years, 3 months) |
| Country |
 Russian Federation |
| Type | Navy |
| Size | 130,000 personnel (2014), incl. Naval Infantry and Naval Aviation 271 ships (excl. auxiliaries) Approx. 359 aircraft |
| Part of | Russian Armed Forces |
| Headquarters | Admiralty building, Saint Petersburg |
| Motto(s) | "С нами Бог и Андреевский флаг!" (God and St. Andrew's flag are with us!) |
| Colors | Blue, White |
| March | "Экипаж—Одна семья" (The Crew—One Family) |
| Anniversaries | Navy Day (last Sunday in July) Submariner's Day (19 March) |
| Fleet | 1 aircraft carrier 2 battlecruiser 3 cruisers 15 destroyers 6 frigates 81 corvettes 19 landing ship tanks 32 landing craft 14 special-purpose ships 28 patrol boats 46 mine countermeasures vessel 3 special-purpose submarines 64 submarines |
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As Russian Navy: |
| Website | Official webpage |
| Commanders | |
| Commander-in-Chief | Admiral Vladimir Ivanovich Korolev |
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| 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]) |
October 1696 – present
As Russian Navy:
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 Russian Navy (Russian: Военно-морской Флот Российской Федерации (ВМФ России), lit. Military-Maritime Fleet of the Russian Federation) is the naval arm of the Russian Armed Forces. The present Russian Navy was formed in January 1992, succeeding the Navy of the Commonwealth of Independent States, which had itself succeeded the Soviet Navy following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991.
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