The Tashkent class consisted of a single destroyer leader, built in Italy for the Soviet Navy just before World War II. Three others were ordered from shipyards in the Soviet Union, but they were canc
Tashkent on her builder's sea trials, 1937
A B-2LM turret from the Polish destroyer Wicher
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
Tashkent-class destroyer
…The Tashkent class (officially known as Project 20) consisted of a single destroyer leader, built in Italy for the Soviet Navy just before World War II. Three others were ordered from shipyards in the Soviet Union, but they were cancelled before they were laid down as they were…
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)