Day of the Northern Fleet of Russia
Currently, the Northern Fleet is the most powerful of all Russian military fleets. It consists of modern nuclear and diesel submarines, surface ships of various classes, aviation, military equipment. On the navy The only heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov and the deck aviation regiment are based in Russia.
Of the fleets of Russia, the North is the youngest. If the Baltic Fleet turned 300 in May, the Black Sea 220, then the Northern 1 on June 2007 turned 74.
Over 300 years ago, the first attempt was made to create a navy in the North. In the 1693 year, on the orders of Peter I, the Solombalsk shipyard was laid in Arkhangelsk and the construction of warships began.
14 August 1694 built in Solombal 24-gun frigate "St. Paul", bought in Holland 44-gun ship "Holy Prophecy" and the yacht "Saint Peter" under the white-blue-red flag under the direction of Peter took to sea, accompanying eight English merchant ships.
But the warships in the White Sea did not stay long, but transferred to the Baltic.
In 1740, the first unit (squadron) of Russian warships appeared in the North, which cruised from the Norwegian Sea to the Kara Sea, thereby warning the entry of the Swedish fleet into the Russian harbors and the arbitrariness of their ships on the Murman coast. At all times, the North Sea people worked hard, mastering the northern maritime theater, ships and equipment, and improved their fighting skills.
However, the permanent, regular Northern Fleet began in the year 1933, when the Circular Chief of Staff of the Red Army with the June 1 formed the Northern Navy flotilla with a basing location - the Kola Bay. The first commander was appointed Zakhar Aleksandrovich Zakupnev.
Over the years 70 fleet passed a glorious heroic way.
In 1935, the submarine division made the first trip to Novaya Zemlya.
In 1938, the submarine “D-1” spent days 120 into the sea, having traveled more than 11 thousands of miles.
In 1936, the two destroyers Voikov and Stalin made an unprecedented transition from the Polar Region to the Far East by the Northern Sea Route.
In 1938, the submarine “D-3” carried out for the first time in stories Navy under-ice navigation, 30 minutes was under the ice.
In 1940, the first ever transition of the U-423 submarine from the Polar to Vladivostok by the Northern Sea Route was carried out.
11 May 1937 was reorganized into the Northern Fleet by order of the People’s Commissar of Defense of the Flotilla. The fleet commander was appointed the flagship 1 rank Konstantin Ivanovich Dushenov.
The fleet received its first baptism of fire in the war with Finland on 1939-1940. He was active on the coastal flank of the 14 Army. 72 North Sea were awarded military orders and medals.
The cruel test for the young Northern Fleet was the Great Patriotic War. By the beginning of the war, the fleet had 15 submarines, 8 squadron destroyers, 7 patrol ships, other ships. Aviation consisted 116 combat aircraft.
Throughout the war, the fleet reliably covered the coastal flank of the 14 Army from assault and assault forces of enemy ships, defended its naval posts, continuously striking enemy communications and disrupted enemy transportation and deprived its initiatives at sea.
The fleet landed assault forces and reconnaissance detachments to the rear of the enemy, formed and sent units of marines to the land front. Severomortsev famous in the battles of Moscow, Leningrad, Stalingrad, in the North Caucasus.
Confronting with large forces of the opponent, military seamen showed mass heroism, smashed the enemy on water, under water, in air and on land. Fleet forces destroyed and damaged over 600 warships, transports and auxiliary ships of the enemy, 1308 enemy planes, and provided wiring for 76 allied convoys with 1463 transports and 1152 escort ships. On internal communications of the Arctic Ocean, 1548 convoys were conducted.
Severomorsk people remember and honor the names of submariner heroes Ivan Kolyshkin, Mahomet Hajiyev, Nikolai Lunin, Gregory Shchedrin, Israel Fisanovich, Fyodor Vidyaev, pilots of Boris Safonov, Ivan Katunin, Zakhar Sorokin, Petr Sgibnev, Alexander Shabalin's katernikov, Vladimir Astrakina, Aleksera Alekseev, Vladimir Zhibar Sorokin, Pyotr Sgibnev, Alexander Shabalin's pilgrims, Vladimir Aleksera, and Zakhar Sorokin intelligence officers Viktor Leonov, Sergei Agafonov, Ivan Katorzhny, marines Vasily Kislyakov, Ivan Sivko, Anatoly Bredov and many other unbending defenders of the Polar Region.
The fleet has fulfilled its duty to the Motherland to the end. More than 48 thousands of North Sea residents were awarded orders and medals, 85 people were awarded the high title of Hero of the Soviet Union, and three of them - pilot Boris Feakistovich Safonov, katornik Alexey Osipovich Shabalin and intelligence officer Viktor Nikolaevich Leonov - became twice Heroes of the Soviet Union.
12 ships, parts and compounds of the fleet converted to the Guards, 47 - awarded orders, 14-ti assigned honorary names.
24 June 1945 of the North Sea 200 took part in the Victory Parade.
In the postwar years, the fleet continued to improve, it became nuclear, rocket-carrying, oceanic.
In September, 1955 was the first time in the world in the White Sea that a ballistic missile was launched from a submarine, and in June 1956, the first B-67 submarine with ballistic missiles was accepted into the Northern Fleet.
1 July 1958 was raised by the Naval flag on the first national nuclear submarine “K-3”.
17 July 1962, having made a campaign under the ice of the Arctic, the nuclear submarine “Leninsky Komsomol” floated for the first time in history near the North Pole, where the State Flag of the USSR and the Naval Flag were hoisted.
In all, since 1962, the submariners visited the North Pole and performed tasks in the polar regions more than 300 times.
In 1966, a detachment of submarines of the Northern Fleet made a round-the-world voyage, having traveled 25 thousands of miles without a single ascent.
In September 1963, two nuclear submarines of the Northern Fleet for the first time in history made a transition under the ice of the Arctic from the North to the Pacific Fleet. In subsequent years, such a transition made more than 25 submarines.
The first floating airfield for ship aviation was the heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser “Kiev”. For the first time a plane was raised into the sky from the deck of a ship, Colonel F. Matkovsky.
In 1965, the fleet was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.
Today, the North Sea sailors continue to improve combat training and military skills, vigilantly bear a difficult watch, hold high the rank of North Seaman.
Marines of the fleet courageously and heroically acted during the establishment of constitutional order in the Chechen Republic. 10-ti of them awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation.
In total, in the post-war period, for the selfless dedication of military duty, courage and heroism of 41, the North Sea man was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union, 26 of the fleet soldiers became Heroes of the Russian Federation.
The Northern Fleet continues to be combat-ready, reliably guarding the northern borders of the Motherland.
Happy Holidays!
Of the fleets of Russia, the North is the youngest. If the Baltic Fleet turned 300 in May, the Black Sea 220, then the Northern 1 on June 2007 turned 74.
Over 300 years ago, the first attempt was made to create a navy in the North. In the 1693 year, on the orders of Peter I, the Solombalsk shipyard was laid in Arkhangelsk and the construction of warships began.
14 August 1694 built in Solombal 24-gun frigate "St. Paul", bought in Holland 44-gun ship "Holy Prophecy" and the yacht "Saint Peter" under the white-blue-red flag under the direction of Peter took to sea, accompanying eight English merchant ships.
But the warships in the White Sea did not stay long, but transferred to the Baltic.
In 1740, the first unit (squadron) of Russian warships appeared in the North, which cruised from the Norwegian Sea to the Kara Sea, thereby warning the entry of the Swedish fleet into the Russian harbors and the arbitrariness of their ships on the Murman coast. At all times, the North Sea people worked hard, mastering the northern maritime theater, ships and equipment, and improved their fighting skills.
However, the permanent, regular Northern Fleet began in the year 1933, when the Circular Chief of Staff of the Red Army with the June 1 formed the Northern Navy flotilla with a basing location - the Kola Bay. The first commander was appointed Zakhar Aleksandrovich Zakupnev.
Over the years 70 fleet passed a glorious heroic way.
In 1935, the submarine division made the first trip to Novaya Zemlya.
In 1938, the submarine “D-1” spent days 120 into the sea, having traveled more than 11 thousands of miles.
In 1936, the two destroyers Voikov and Stalin made an unprecedented transition from the Polar Region to the Far East by the Northern Sea Route.
In 1938, the submarine “D-3” carried out for the first time in stories Navy under-ice navigation, 30 minutes was under the ice.
In 1940, the first ever transition of the U-423 submarine from the Polar to Vladivostok by the Northern Sea Route was carried out.
11 May 1937 was reorganized into the Northern Fleet by order of the People’s Commissar of Defense of the Flotilla. The fleet commander was appointed the flagship 1 rank Konstantin Ivanovich Dushenov.
The fleet received its first baptism of fire in the war with Finland on 1939-1940. He was active on the coastal flank of the 14 Army. 72 North Sea were awarded military orders and medals.
The cruel test for the young Northern Fleet was the Great Patriotic War. By the beginning of the war, the fleet had 15 submarines, 8 squadron destroyers, 7 patrol ships, other ships. Aviation consisted 116 combat aircraft.
Throughout the war, the fleet reliably covered the coastal flank of the 14 Army from assault and assault forces of enemy ships, defended its naval posts, continuously striking enemy communications and disrupted enemy transportation and deprived its initiatives at sea.
The fleet landed assault forces and reconnaissance detachments to the rear of the enemy, formed and sent units of marines to the land front. Severomortsev famous in the battles of Moscow, Leningrad, Stalingrad, in the North Caucasus.
Confronting with large forces of the opponent, military seamen showed mass heroism, smashed the enemy on water, under water, in air and on land. Fleet forces destroyed and damaged over 600 warships, transports and auxiliary ships of the enemy, 1308 enemy planes, and provided wiring for 76 allied convoys with 1463 transports and 1152 escort ships. On internal communications of the Arctic Ocean, 1548 convoys were conducted.
Severomorsk people remember and honor the names of submariner heroes Ivan Kolyshkin, Mahomet Hajiyev, Nikolai Lunin, Gregory Shchedrin, Israel Fisanovich, Fyodor Vidyaev, pilots of Boris Safonov, Ivan Katunin, Zakhar Sorokin, Petr Sgibnev, Alexander Shabalin's katernikov, Vladimir Astrakina, Aleksera Alekseev, Vladimir Zhibar Sorokin, Pyotr Sgibnev, Alexander Shabalin's pilgrims, Vladimir Aleksera, and Zakhar Sorokin intelligence officers Viktor Leonov, Sergei Agafonov, Ivan Katorzhny, marines Vasily Kislyakov, Ivan Sivko, Anatoly Bredov and many other unbending defenders of the Polar Region.
The fleet has fulfilled its duty to the Motherland to the end. More than 48 thousands of North Sea residents were awarded orders and medals, 85 people were awarded the high title of Hero of the Soviet Union, and three of them - pilot Boris Feakistovich Safonov, katornik Alexey Osipovich Shabalin and intelligence officer Viktor Nikolaevich Leonov - became twice Heroes of the Soviet Union.
12 ships, parts and compounds of the fleet converted to the Guards, 47 - awarded orders, 14-ti assigned honorary names.
24 June 1945 of the North Sea 200 took part in the Victory Parade.
In the postwar years, the fleet continued to improve, it became nuclear, rocket-carrying, oceanic.
In September, 1955 was the first time in the world in the White Sea that a ballistic missile was launched from a submarine, and in June 1956, the first B-67 submarine with ballistic missiles was accepted into the Northern Fleet.
1 July 1958 was raised by the Naval flag on the first national nuclear submarine “K-3”.
17 July 1962, having made a campaign under the ice of the Arctic, the nuclear submarine “Leninsky Komsomol” floated for the first time in history near the North Pole, where the State Flag of the USSR and the Naval Flag were hoisted.
In all, since 1962, the submariners visited the North Pole and performed tasks in the polar regions more than 300 times.
In 1966, a detachment of submarines of the Northern Fleet made a round-the-world voyage, having traveled 25 thousands of miles without a single ascent.
In September 1963, two nuclear submarines of the Northern Fleet for the first time in history made a transition under the ice of the Arctic from the North to the Pacific Fleet. In subsequent years, such a transition made more than 25 submarines.
The first floating airfield for ship aviation was the heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser “Kiev”. For the first time a plane was raised into the sky from the deck of a ship, Colonel F. Matkovsky.
In 1965, the fleet was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.
Today, the North Sea sailors continue to improve combat training and military skills, vigilantly bear a difficult watch, hold high the rank of North Seaman.
Marines of the fleet courageously and heroically acted during the establishment of constitutional order in the Chechen Republic. 10-ti of them awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation.
In total, in the post-war period, for the selfless dedication of military duty, courage and heroism of 41, the North Sea man was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union, 26 of the fleet soldiers became Heroes of the Russian Federation.
The Northern Fleet continues to be combat-ready, reliably guarding the northern borders of the Motherland.
Happy Holidays!
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