The Soviet Black SeaĀ Navy

Military and Naval Soviet 26 Min Read

Black Sea Fleet Sinking 1918 On April 23, 1918 in the face of a threat of the Crimea seizure by the German troops the RSFSR Council of Peopleā€™s Commissars (CPC) issued an order on relocation of the Black Sea fleet from Sevastopol to Novorossiysk. The Central Committee of the Black Sea Navy that was vested full power from early January…

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