Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy
The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy is the chief commanding authority of the Russian Navy. He is appointed by the President of Russia. The position dates to the period of the Russian Empire. The current Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy is Admiral Aleksandr Moiseyev.
Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy
Image: Count Nikolay Mordvinov (1754 1845)
Image: Pavel Chichagov color
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The Russian navy is the naval arm of the Russian Armed Forces. It has existed in various forms since 1696; its present iteration was formed in January 1992 when it succeeded the Navy of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
The Russian Admiralty in St. Petersburg is famed for its gilded steeple topped by a golden weather-vane in the shape of a sailing ship.
Slava-class cruiser Moskva, sunk in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
A Naval Spetsnaz frogman
Oscar II class cruise missile submarine Tomsk