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On June 1, 1933, the Northern Military Flotilla was formed. Four years later, by order of the People's Commissar of Defense, the flotilla was transformed into the Northern Fleet.

In 2014, a significant part of the combat exercises will take place in the waters of the White and Barents Seas. The crews of the ships, in particular, will perform air defense tasks with missile launches from Osa-MA man-portable anti-aircraft missile systems.

On the day of the celebration of the 81st anniversary, all those wishing to enter military service in the Navy will be able to pass an interview right during holiday events, which will take place at the main base of the Northern Fleet - in the city of Severomorsk.

Parade of ships of the Northern Fleet on May 9, 2010. Photo: Commons.wikimedia.org / Alexey Pavlov

Composition of the Northern Fleet

Today, the Northern Fleet is based on nuclear missile and torpedo submarines, missile-carrying and anti-submarine aviation, missile and anti-submarine ships.

The only heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser in Russia, the Admiral of the Fleet, is based in the fleet. Soviet Union Kuznetsov.

The flagship of the Northern Fleet is the Pyotr Veliky missile cruiser, a third-generation heavy nuclear missile cruiser from the Project 1144 Orlan series.

In total, the Northern Fleet has 45 submarines and 39 surface ships.

The main bases of the fleet are Severomorsk, Zapadnaya Litsa, Gadzhiyevo, Polyarny.

What ships are part of the Northern Fleet, see the AiF.ru infographic

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History of creation

It was decided to create a navy in the North 300 years ago. In 1693, at the direction of Peter I, the Solombala shipyard was laid in Arkhangelsk, where warships began to be built.

On August 14, 1694, the 24-gun frigate "St. Paul" built at this shipyard, the 44-gun ship "Holy Prophecy" bought in Holland and the yacht "St. Peter" under the leadership of Peter went to sea, escorting eight English merchant ships.

In 1740, the first formation of Russian warships appeared, which prevented the entry of the Swedish fleet.

As part of the Northern Fleet, ships began to carry out raids from 1933, when the Northern Military Flotilla based in the Kola Bay was formed by the Circular of the Chief of Staff of the Red Army on June 1. On May 1, 1937, the flotilla was reorganized into the Northern Fleet. The fleet received its first baptism of fire in the war with Finland, covering the coastal flank of the 14th Army from shelling of enemy ships.

By the beginning of World War II, the fleet included 15 submarines, 8 destroyers, 7 patrol ships, and other ships. Aviation consisted of 116 combat aircraft. AT post-war years the fleet continued to improve, it became nuclear, missile-carrying, ocean-going.

In September 1955, for the first time in the world, a ballistic missile was launched from a submarine in the White Sea, and in June 1956 the first B-67 submarine with ballistic missiles was accepted into the Northern Fleet.

In 1966, a detachment of submarines of the Northern Fleet made a group round-the-world voyage, passing 25,000 miles without a single surfacing.

In September 1963, for the first time in history, two nuclear submarines of the Northern Fleet made a transition under the ice of the Arctic from the Northern to the Pacific Fleet.

The Russian Federation is washed by 15 seas, 7 of which belong to the Arctic Ocean. Their expanses are guarded by the Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy. In order to honor the personnel of the units, to draw the attention of society to the problems of employees, veterans and their families, a professional holiday has been established.

Who notes

The events are attended by the personnel of the Northern Fleet, auxiliary personnel of bases, military-patriotic organizations, public figures, officials of the Ministry of Defense.

History and traditions of the holiday

The event was established by the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Russian Federation F. Gromov Order No. 253 of July 15, 1996 "On the introduction of annual holidays and professional days in the specialty." The chosen date has a symbolic meaning. It is dedicated to the day of the creation of the Northern Military Flotilla on June 1, 1933.

Festive events received wide support and distribution on the territory of the Russian Federation. On this day, employees of the Northern Fleet are honored. People who have made a significant contribution to the maritime field are honored. Memorials and commemorative plaques are opened. People lay flowers and wreaths at the monuments to sailors. Politicians propose measures to develop the defense industry. Public organizations carry out actions. Charitable foundations raise funds to help military families. Thematic feature films and documentaries are broadcast on television and radio stations.

About the profession

Employees of the Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy ensure the safety of navigation, protect the economic zone, stop illegal production activities, and maintain the naval strategic nuclear forces in constant readiness. The activity is classified as dangerous. Seafarers can continuously stay on ships for several months.

The basis of the Northern Fleet is torpedo, nuclear missile submarines, missile-carrying and anti-submarine aviation, anti-submarine ships.

On June 13, 1996, F. Gromov, who was then Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, received the high rank of Admiral of the Fleet. This title has 2 more people in the Russian Federation.

Peter the Great is the flagship of the Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy. The ship belongs to the class of heavy nuclear missile cruisers. Its purpose is the destruction of aircraft carrier groups. The crew of the cruiser - 1000 people.

The Joint Strategic Command "North" is a military-administrative unit of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the north of the country, designed to protect the Russian Arctic region.
It was formed on June 1, 1933 as the Northern Military Flotilla. On May 11, 1937, the flotilla was reorganized into the Northern Fleet. In 2014, it was transformed into the joint strategic command "North".
Strikethrough text indicates ships/boats under repair.

43rd missile ship division, military unit 20475 (Severomorsk):

TAKR "Admiral Kuznetsov" heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser of project 11435. Board number 063.
aRKR "Peter the Great" heavy nuclear missile cruiser of project 11442. Tail number 099.
RKR "Marshal Ustinov" missile cruiser of project 1164. Board number 055.
EM "Admiral Ushakov" destroyer of project 956. Board number 474.

14th brigade of anti-submarine ships, military unit 20546 (Murmansk region, Severomorsk):

BOD "Admiral Chabanenko" large anti-submarine ship of project 11551. Board number 650.
BOD "Admiral Levchenko" large anti-submarine ship of project 1155. Board number 605.
BOD "Vice-Admiral Kulakov" large anti-submarine ship of project 1155. Board number 626.
BOD "Severomorsk" large anti-submarine ship of project 1155. Tail number 619.

432nd detachment of support vessels (Murmansk region, Severomorsk):

Enguri is a Project 1112 small cable ship.
KIL-164 - killer ship.
KSV-872 - communications boat of project 1388N.
"Rescuer Kononenko" - boats of project 23370M.
Manych - sea water-filled transport project 1549.
Prut - marine tanker project 160.
Dubna is a tanker.
MB 5 - Project 733 sea tug.
Sergey Osipov is a large offshore tanker.
MB 15 - project 714 sea tug.
MB 38 - project 714 sea tug.
RB 68 is a project 498 road tug.
RB 66 is a project 498 road tug.
RB 114 is a project 498 offshore tug.
Kama is a tanker.
Vyazma is a tanker.
MB 100 - project 745 sea tug.
Pechora - project 740 sea transport.
MB 110 - project 745 sea tug.
MB 56 - Project 745 sea tug.
RB 29 - project 737 road tug.
RB 49 - project 737 road tug.
Heinrich Gasanov is a large sea tanker.
Yauza is a dry-cargo vessel project 550.
Svir is a Project 320 hospital ship.
Terek is a Project 577 medium sea tanker.
RB 34 is a project 90600 offshore tug.
RB 47 is a project 90600 offshore tug.
RB 48 is a project 90600 offshore tug.
Pomorie is a Project 90600 road tug.

43rd separate division of guard ships water area(Severodvinsk):

"Onega" small anti-submarine ship of project 1124M. Board number 164.
"Naryan-Mar" small anti-submarine ship of project 1124M. Board number 138.
RT-259 - project 1258 raid minesweeper.
RT-236 - raid minesweeper of project 1258. Tail number 259.
VTR-140 - project 773 sea transport.

16th brigade of ships under construction and repair, military unit 20458 (Arkhangelsk region, Severodvinsk).

339th separate brigade of submarines under construction and repair, military unit 95420 (Arkhangelsk region, Severodvinsk):

B-90 "Sarov" experimental (test) Russian diesel-electric Submarine, the only ship of project 20120. The submarine is designed to test new types of weapons and military equipment.
TRPKSN TK-208 "Dmitry Donskoy" nuclear submarine with project 941U ballistic missiles. (Experimental nuclear submarine, used to test Bulava missiles).

44th group of support vessels (Arkhangelsk region, Severodvinsk):

MB 8 - Project 733 sea tug.
MNS 3500 is a small sea tanker of project 1844.
PZhK 1545 fire ship of project 14613.
MB 19 - project 745 sea tug.
SR 72 Vladimir Kotelnikov - project 1799 degaussing vessel.
VTN 36 is a small sea tanker of project 1844.
SB 9 - project 733 sea tug.
Mikhail Lomonosov - project 1806 physical field control vessel.
Asterisk is a project 20180 rescue and tugboat.
Ilya Muromets is a Project 21180 diesel-electric icebreaker.

41st district of the hydrographic service (Arkhangelsk region, Severodvinsk):

BGK-2154 - project 19920 hydrographic boat.
GS 192 is a small hydrographic vessel of project 871.
GS 392 is a small hydrographic vessel of project 872.

83rd group of hydrographic courts (Arkhangelsk region, Severodvinsk):
BGK 310 is a large hydrographic boat of project 1896.
GS 297 is a small hydrographic vessel of project 872.
GS 405 is a small hydrographic vessel of project 872.
BGK 192 is a large hydrographic boat of project 1896.

Kola Red Banner Flotilla of diverse forces, military unit 36070 (Murmansk region, Polyarny)

121st landing ship brigade, military unit 36045 (Polyarny):

BDK "George the Victorious" large landing ship of project 775. Tail number 016.
BDK "Alexander Otrakovsky" project 775 large landing ship. Board number 031.
BDK "Olenegorsky miner" large landing ship of project 775. Board number 012.
BDK "Kondopoga" large landing ship of project 775. Tail number 027.
BDK "Ivan Gren" large landing ship of project 11711. Board number 135 (adopted in 2017).
D-148 landing craft of project 1176 "Shark".
D-464 landing craft of project 1176 "Shark".
D-182 landing craft of project 1176 "Shark".
D-163 "Nikolai Rubtsov" landing craft.

161st Submarine Brigade, military unit 36021 (Polyarny):

Submarine B-177 "Lipetsk" diesel submarine of project 877.
Submarine B-459 "Vladikavkaz" diesel submarine of project 877.
Submarine B-471 "Magnitogorsk" diesel submarine of project 877.
Submarine B-800 "Kaluga" diesel submarine of project 877LPMB.
Submarine B-808 "Yaroslavl" diesel submarine of project 877E.
B-585 "St. Petersburg" diesel-electric submarine, the lead ship of project 677 "Lada".

7th Guards brigade of ships for the protection of the water area, military unit 90829 (Polyarny):

141st tactical group (Murmansk region, Olenya Bay):
"Monchegorsk" small anti-submarine ship of project 1124M. Board number 190.
"Snezhnogorsk" small anti-submarine ship of project 1124M. Board number 196.
"Brest" small anti-submarine ship of project 1124M. Board number 199.
"Yunga" small anti-submarine ship of project 1124M. Board number 113.

142nd tactical group (Polyarny):
RTO "Iceberg" small rocket ship project 1234. Board number 535.
MRK "Rassvet" small rocket ship of project 12341. Board number 520.

143rd tactical group (Polyarny):
TShch "Yelnya" base minesweeper of project 12650. Tail number 561.
TShch "Polyarny" base minesweeper of project 12650. Board number 402.
TSC "Solovki Yunga" base minesweeper of project 12650. Board number 466.
TShch "Kotelnich" base minesweeper of project 12650. Board number 454.
TShch "Yadrin" basic minesweeper of project 12650. Board number 469.
TShch "Kolomna" base minesweeper of project 12650. Board number 426.

144th tactical group (Polyarny):
TSC "Vladimir Gumanenko" sea minesweeper of project 12660. Board number 811.
TShch "Machinist" project 266M sea minesweeper. Board number 911.

152nd Special Forces Anti-PDSS Detachment, military unit 13106 (Murmansk region, Polyarny): 60 people.

601st Separate Division of Hydrographic Vessels (Murmansk Region, Polyarny):

BGK-2148 is a large hydrographic boat of project 19920.
MGK 657 - project 1403 small hydrographic boat.
BGK 462 is a large hydrographic boat.
BGK 663 is a large hydrographic boat.
BGK 754 is a large hydrographic boat.
BGK 885 is a large hydrographic boat.
VIZIR is a project 862 hydrographic vessel.
HYDROLOGIST - a hydrographic vessel.
HORIZONT - hydrographic vessel.
SENEZH is a hydrographic vessel.
GS 526 - hydrographic vessel.
GS 440 is a hydrographic vessel.
GS 278 - hydrographic vessel.
GS 87 - hydrographic vessel.
MARS is a hydrographic vessel.
ROMUALD MUKLEVICH - hydrographic vessel.

86th rescue squad of the search and rescue operations department (Murmansk region, Polyarny):

KIL-143 - killer ship.
KIL-22 is a killer vessel.
KIL-31 - killer ship.
RVK 557 - project 1415 road boat.
PZhK 1348 - project 14613 fire ship.
PZhK 1378 - project 14613 fire ship.
PZhK 1546 - project 14613 fire ship.
PZhK 2055 - project 14613 fire ship.
PZhK 49 - project 364 fireboat.
PZhK 54 - project 364 fireboat.
SB 131 Nikolai Chiker - rescue tug.
VM 33 - diving vessel of project 522.
VM 69 - Project 522 diving vessel.
VM 121 - diving vessel of project 522.
VM 126 - diving vessel of project 522.
VM 277 - Project 535 diving vessel.
VM 72 - project 1415 road boat.
VM 915 - Project 535 diving vessel.
PZhS-64 - project 1993 fire ship.
KRX-536 - project 1388 torpedo boats.
VM 227 - diving vessel of project 535.
RVK 122 - project 1415 raid boat.
Georgy Titov - rescue ship.
SB 365 - project 714 sea tug.
SB 523 - project 714 sea tug.
Altai - sea tug of project 1452.
SB 406 - project 712 sea tug.
Pamir is a sea tug of project 1452.
Mikhail Rudnitsky rescue ship.

Detachment of support vessels (Murmansk region, Roslyakovo):

СР 569 degaussing ship project 130.
RB 243 is a project 737 offshore tug.
SR 216 - project 130 degaussing vessel.
PKZ-23 is a project 130 degaussing vessel.
SR 215 is a project 1799 degaussing ship.
SR 261 - project 1799 degaussing vessel.
VTN 35 small sea tanker project 1844.
SPK-44150 is a project 02690 self-propelled floating crane.
SPK-45150 is a project 02690 self-propelled floating crane.

8th group of support vessels (Murmansk region, Roslyakovo):

Akademik Isanin is a project 1806 physical field control vessel.
Akademik Makeev is a project 1806 physical field control vessel.
Vladimir Peregudov - project 1806 physical field control vessel.
SR 548 - project 130 physical field control vessel.

518th division of reconnaissance ships, military unit 20524 (Murmansk region, Polyarny):

SSV-571 "Belomorye" - a large reconnaissance ship of the project 1826.
Viktor Leonov is a Project 864 medium reconnaissance ship.
SSV 169 "Tavria" - Project 864 medium reconnaissance ship.
SSV "Yuri Ivanov" - Project 18280 medium reconnaissance ship.
GS-31 "Chusovoi" - Project 745 sea tug.

Red Banner Submarine Forces of the Northern Fleet (Murmansk Region, Gadzhiyevo)

7th Submarine Division (Vidyaevo):

Nuclear submarine B-276 "Kostroma" nuclear submarine of project 945.
Nuclear submarine B-336 "Pskov" nuclear submarine of project 945A.
Nuclear submarine B-534 "Nizhny Novgorod" nuclear submarine of project 945A.
Nuclear submarine B-414 "Daniil Moskovsky" nuclear submarine of project 671RTMK.
Nuclear submarine B-448 "Tambov" nuclear submarine of project 671RTMK.

140th Special Forces Anti-PDSS Detachment, military unit 69068 (Videvo, Murmansk region)

11th submarine division (Murmansk-150):

Nuclear submarine K-119 "Voronezh" guards nuclear submarine with cruise missiles of project 949A.
Nuclear submarine K-266 "Eagle" nuclear submarine with cruise missiles of project 949A.
Nuclear submarine K-410 "Smolensk" nuclear submarine with project 949A cruise missiles.
APL B-138 "Obninsk" nuclear submarine of project 671RTMK.
Nuclear submarine K-560 "Severodvinsk" nuclear submarine of project 885.
Nuclear submarine K-561 "Kazan" nuclear submarine of project 885M "Ash-M" (adopted in 2018).

160th Special Forces Anti-PDSS Detachment, military unit 09619 (Murmansk region, Murmansk-150)

31st submarine division (Murmansk region, Gadzhiyevo):

Nuclear submarine K-18 "Karelia" nuclear submarine with project 667BDRM ballistic missiles.
Nuclear submarine K-51 "Verkhoturye" nuclear submarine with project 667BDRM ballistic missiles.
Nuclear submarine K-84 "Ekaterinburg" nuclear submarine with project 667BDRM ballistic missiles.
Nuclear submarine K-114 "Tula" nuclear submarine with project 667BDRM ballistic missiles.
Nuclear submarine K-117 "Bryansk" nuclear submarine with project 667BDRM ballistic missiles.
Nuclear submarine K-407 Novomoskovsk nuclear submarine with project 667BDRM ballistic missiles.
Nuclear submarine K 535 "Yuri Dolgoruky" nuclear submarine with project 955 ballistic missiles.

58th separate security company, military unit 10672
(Murmansk region, Gadzhiyevo village).

269th Special Forces Anti-PDSS Detachment, military unit 30853 (Murmansk region, Gadzhiyevo village)

24th Submarine Division (Yagelnaya Guba):

Nuclear submarine K-154 "Tiger" nuclear submarine of project 971.
Nuclear submarine K-157 "Vepr" nuclear submarine of project 971.
Nuclear submarine K-317 "Panther" nuclear submarine of project 971.
Nuclear submarine K-328 "Leopard" nuclear submarine of project 971.
Nuclear submarine K-335 "Gepard" Guards nuclear submarine of project 971.
Nuclear submarine K-461 "Volk" nuclear submarine of project 971.

29th separate brigade of special purpose submarines GUGI, military unit 13090 (Murmansk region, Gadzhiyevo, Olenya Guba):

APL AS-21 special-purpose nuclear submarine of project 1851.
APL AS-35 is a special-purpose nuclear submarine of project 1851.
APL AS-23 Project 1851 special-purpose nuclear submarine.
Nuclear submarine BS-129 "Orenburg" special-purpose nuclear submarine of project 09786.
The nuclear submarine BS-64 "Podmoskovye" is a special-purpose nuclear submarine of project 667BDRM.
The nuclear submarine K-329 Belgorod is a special-purpose nuclear submarine of project 09852 (adopted into service in 2019).
AC-31 "Losharik" nuclear deep-sea station of project 10831.
AC-13 nuclear deep-sea station of project 1910.
AC-15 nuclear deep-sea station of project 1910.
AC-33 nuclear deep-sea station of project 1910.

N-th tactical group (Arkhangelsk region, archipelago New Earth, p. Rogachevo)

N-th tactical group (Franz Josef Land archipelago, Alexandra Land island)

N-th tactical group (Severnaya Zemlya archipelago, Sredny Island)

99th tactical group, military unit 74777 (Novosibirsk Islands archipelago, Kotelny Island)

61st Kirkenes Red Banner Marine Brigade, military unit 38643 (Murmansk region, Pechenga district, Sputnik settlement)

153rd Special Forces Anti-PDSS Detachment (Murmansk Region, Gremikha)

420th naval reconnaissance point, military unit 40145 (Murmansk region, Kola district, settlement of Zverosovkhoz)

536th Separate Coastal Missile Brigade, military unit 10544 (Murmansk region, Guba Olenya village)

186th separate EW center, military unit 60134 (Murmansk region, Severomorsk)

Mobile communication center (Polar).

516th communication center, military unit 40630 (Severomorsk).

180th separate naval engineering battalion, military unit 36085 (Severomorsk).

3805th complex logistics base, military unit 96143 (MTO).

N-th army corps (Murmansk region, Murmansk):

80th Separate Arctic Motor Rifle Brigade, military unit 34667 (Alakurtti village, Murmansk region)

200th Separate Motor Rifle Pechenga Order of Kutuzov Brigade, military unit 08275 (Murmansk Region, Pechenga, Korzunovo, Upper and Lower Luostari)

58th separate control battalion (Murmansk region, Murmansk).

45th Air Force and Air Defense Army, military unit 06351 (Severomorsk, Safonovo).

403rd separate mixed aviation regiment, military unit 49324 (Murmansk region, Severomorsk-1, Severomosk-1 airfield)

2nd Guards Air Group, military unit 49324-2 (Vologda region, Fedotovo settlement, Kipelovo station, Kipelovo airfield)

3rd Guards Air Group, military unit 49324-3 (Moscow, Ostafyevo village, Ostafyevo airfield)

279th Separate Shipborne Fighter Aviation Smolensk Red Banner Regiment named after twice Hero of the Soviet Union B.F. Safonov, military unit 26808 (Murmansk region, Severomorsk-3 settlement, Severomorsk-3 airfield)

100th Separate Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment (Yeisk, with further relocation to Severomorsk-3, Severomorsk-3 airfield)

Russia - Day of the Northern Fleet. At the same time, in terms of combat potential and equipment, the "young" Northern Fleet is able to give odds to any other naval formation.

The Day of the Northern Fleet is celebrated on June 1 by no means by chance. It was on this day in 1933 that the Northern Naval Flotilla was formed. In the Russian Federation, the date of the celebration of the Day of the Federation Council was designated by order No. 253 of 1996 of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy. The aforementioned Northern Sea Flotilla was formed on the basis of a special circular from the Chief of Staff of the Red Army Alexander Yegorov.

Less than 4 years later, namely on May 11, 1937, the Northern Naval Flotilla received a new name - the Northern Fleet, and today the main tasks set by the command for the personnel of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation are:

maintaining maritime strategic nuclear forces in constant readiness in the interests of nuclear deterrence;
protection of the economic zone and regions production activities, suppression of illegal production activities;
ensuring the safety of navigation;
implementation of foreign policy actions of the government in economically important areas of the World Ocean (visits, business visits, joint exercises, actions as part of peacekeeping forces, etc.)

The appearance of the circular of the Headquarters of the Red Army on the creation of a naval flotilla in the northern direction, of course, cannot be called the starting point for the emergence of domestic naval military power on the northern sea frontiers. Since pre-Petrine times, the significance of the northern direction has been assessed. During the reign of Peter I, the first serious naval victories came in this direction. So in the summer of 1701, at the walls of the Novodvinsk fortress, a victory was won over maritime forces Sweden, with which Russia was at war (Northern War). Historiography says that this is the first Russian naval victory in the Northern War itself. This victory prevented the capture by the Swedes of Arkhangelsk, a strategic port of the region at that time.

The Northern Sea Route is also the well-known flotilla of the Arctic Ocean, which began to form in the Russian Empire in the pre-revolutionary 1916. The main bases of the flotilla were the Yokangsky churchyard (today - ZATO Ostrovnoy with the base of one of the bases of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation Gremikha) and Murmansk.

Gremikha (photo 2013):

A year later, the flotilla included about nine dozen ships and auxiliary vessels. From the historical notes of N. Zalessky "The Flotilla of the Arctic Ocean in the Civil War" and the military-historical publication of A. Taras "Ships of the Russian Imperial Fleet" about the military-technical equipment of the flotilla for October-November 1917:

1 battleship ("Chesma"),
2 cruisers (Askold and Varyag),
6 destroyers (destroyers) (two types of "Mechanical Engineer Zverev" - "Captain Yurasovsky" and "Lieutenant Sergeev", two types of "Kit" - "Silent" and "Fearless" and two types of "Trout" - "Imperious" and " Grozovoi"),
1 submarine ("St. George"),
1 minelayer ("Ussuri"),
18 messenger ships,
43 minesweepers,
4 hydrographic vessels,
3 transports,
8 port ships,
2 icebreakers (Svyatogor and Mikula Selyaninovich).

The further fate of the flotilla of the Arctic Ocean in connection with the outbreak of the Civil War in 1918 looks very tragic. Already at the first stage of the war, most of the ships were handed over to the "allies" in the Entente, who invaded Russia. Although the term "were transferred", to put it mildly, does not quite accurately explain the essence of what happened. According to the documents, the ships were withdrawn from the bases “for repairs” (mainly by the British and French), in fact, most of the ships were simply captured, their Russian crews were completely disbanded. Britain has done a great job in this regard...

After the signing of the document on the creation of the Northern Fleet (Northern Sea Flotilla) in the Soviet Union, a large-scale formation of a truly shock naval fist in the northern direction began. Actually still passing next stage The formation of the Federation Council faced a severe test, which became a test for the entire Fatherland. This, of course, is about the Great Patriotic War. It can be considered a remarkable fact that the Northern Fleet increased its military-technical potential during the great war. Data on the composition of the fleet by June 22, 1941:

submarines - 15;
patrol ships - 7;
destroyers - 8;
aircraft - 116.

By 1945 the fleet consisted of:

submarines - 42;
destroyers - 17;
patrol ships - 51;
minesweepers - 43;
anti-submarine ships - 45;
battleship - 1 ("Arkhangelsk");
cruiser - 1 ("Murmansk");
aircraft - 718.

Many warships and aircraft ended up in the Northern Fleet after the division of the Italian fleet and under the Lend-Lease program. Thus, military assistance provided to the Soviet Union during the Great Patriotic War became a kind of technical "compensation" for what was taken out of Russia abroad in 1918-1919. The compensation was significant, but it can’t be called gratuitous ...

The Northern Fleet during the Second World War was notable not only for the fact that it significantly increased in military-technical potentials, but also for the fact that it suffered the least losses out of all the Soviet warring fleets. This indicates the success of the command, which in September 1941 was taken at that time by Rear Admiral Arseniy Golovko, a native of the village of Prokhladnaya (Kabardino-Balkaria), belonging to the Terek Cossack Host.

Arseny Grigorievich ended up in the Navy in 1925. An interesting episode of his biography, according to which he wanted to get an agricultural education, but a few months after the start of his studies at the Timiryazev Agricultural Academy in Moscow, he was drafted into the fleet as part of the then-popular practice - the Komsomol recruitment. This moment of the biography became a turning point and fateful for Arseny Golovko - in 1928 he graduated from the Frunze Naval School, in 1938 he became a graduate of the Naval Academy. In 1936, Golovko volunteered for Spain. And during the war years, it was under his command that the Northern Fleet won brilliant victories.

According to the archives of the Navy, during the years of the Great Patriotic War, the irretrievable losses of the personnel of the Northern Fleet amounted to 10,905 people. At the same time, the fleet inflicted colossal damage to the enemy - about 53 thousand irretrievable losses of enemy personnel. The Federation Council of the USSR destroyed more than two hundred warships and auxiliary vessels, more than 1.2 thousand enemy aircraft and about four hundred transports of Nazi Germany and its allies.

One of the brightest feats of the North Sea sailors during the Second World War was the heroic defense of the Rybachy Peninsula, which lasted for 1273 days.

During the Great Patriotic War, 85 representatives of the personnel of the Northern Fleet received the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, of which three became Heroes twice: Alexander Shabalin (later rear admiral), Viktor Leonov (commander of the fleet reconnaissance detachment) and Boris Safonov (SF pilot who shot down two dozen aircraft opponent). The name of Boris Safonov is a village in the Murmansk region.

Today, the Northern Fleet is Russia's steel fist, which can deliver a crushing blow to any enemy if it encroaches on Russian borders. The ship structure of the Northern Fleet is replenished with new pieces of equipment as part of the rearmament of the army and navy, and this fact cannot but rejoice.

"Military Review" congratulates the personnel and veterans of the Northern Fleet on the holiday! The motto is as always in force: the Northern Fleet will not let you down!