The Vishnya class, Soviet designation Project 864, are a group of intelligence collection ships built for the Soviet Navy in the 1980s. The ships continue in service with the Russian Navy. The Russian
SSV-535 Kareliya (foreground) and USS Texas in 1988
SSV-208 Kurily in 2005
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The Soviet Navy was the naval warfare uniform service branch of the Soviet Armed Forces. Often referred to as the Red Fleet, the Soviet Navy made up a large part of the Soviet Union's strategic planni
Aurora was unofficially the first Soviet Navy ship, after it mutinied against the Russian Provisional Government of Alexander Kerensky in the 1917 October Revolution
Soviet souvenir naval cap
Pacific Fleet marines of the Soviet Navy hoisting the Soviet naval ensign in Port Arthur, on 1 October 1945
Soviet Navy enlisted personnel stand at attention (1982)