Sevastopol hosted a naval parade at the weekend marking the 230th anniversary of the founding of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. The parade featured over 20 warships and supply ships from the Russian Black Sea Fleet and the Ukrainian Navy. The first line included the Guards guided cruiser Moskva, which is the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, as well as the Novocherkassk and Kerch amphibious assault ships and a Ukrainian frigate. The second line included Russia’s Alrosa submarine, a guided missile hovercraft and Ukraine’s Zaporizhya submarine.
Sevastopol hosted a naval parade at the weekend marking the 230th anniversary of the founding of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. The parade featured over 20 warships and supply ships from the Russian Black Sea Fleet and the Ukrainian Navy. The first line included the Guards guided cruiser Moskva, which is the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, as well as the Novocherkassk and Kerch amphibious assault ships and a Ukrainian frigate. The second line included Russia’s Alrosa submarine, a guided missile hovercraft and Ukraine’s Zaporizhya submarine.
On February 21, 1784, Empress Catherine the Great of Russia signed a decree renaming the city of Akhtiyar as Sevastopol, which is Greek for “Majestic City, Worthy of Worship.” Soon, the port city of Sevastopol became Russia’s main naval base on the Black Sea.
Sevastopol, now part of modern-day Ukraine, hosted a naval parade marking the 230th anniversary of the founding of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet.
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© RIA Novosti . Vasily Batanov
The naval parade featured over 20 warships and supply ships from the Russian Black Sea Fleet and the Ukrainian Navy.
The Black Sea Fleet, which was a combined Russian-Ukrainian naval force from 1992, was divided between the two countries in 1997.
Celebrating the 230th anniversary of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol.
Celebrating the 230th anniversary of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol.
Celebrating the 230th anniversary of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol.
Celebrating the 230th anniversary of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol.
Celebrating the 230th anniversary of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol.
Celebrating the 230th anniversary of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol.
