Peter the Great was father of Russian NAVY under his order first regiment of Russian NAVY was created on Azov Sea. Following his order Naval school was open in Moscow and students went to practice NAVY skills in Europe.

First real test newly created NAVY had during the North War with Sweden in 1700. In an attempt to size sea port Archangelsk by Swedish fleet, Russian NAVY declared its first victory. Following the war Baltic Fleet was create to thwart future attacks on the North. In order to supply newly created fleet with sailors and commanders Naval Academy in St. Petersburg was established in 1716.

Russian-Turkish War for Crimea (1787-1791) provided another chance for Russian NAVY to prove that its the best in the world. Which it proved by beating Turks and gaining hold on Crimea.

Technical progress in Russian NAVY designs and building produced its first small submarine in 1876. Submarine had an electric engine with storage battery and allowed to stay under water for longer time. In late 1880s first mine cruiser was built in St. Petersburg as well as famous cruiser "Aurora".

Another big challenge that Russian NAVY faced was during Russian-Japan War (1904-1905). Even though war was ultimately lost and territories succeed to Japan, Russian NAVY proved to be heroic branch of Russian military. This lose to Japan showed an importance of strong NAVY and many more ships and advancements in building ships were made. For instance first reverse diesel engines were used in submarines, first submarine mine layer was built, first Russian turbine ship produced world braking speed and Northern Flotilla was established.

Russian NAVY proved itself one more time during WWII where it played major role at defending Black Sea Naval base Sevastopol. Despite numerical superiority of Germans city was heroically protected by Russian NAVY along with ground forces. Russian NAVY saw many actions during WWII, one of war heroes was Marinesky who torpedoed several larg Germany ships. His legacy is still very much alive.

The Navy Ministry was formed in the USSR in 1950 that helped with further development of Russian NAVY that broke several world records. In 1970 Russian NAVY conducted massive maneuvers "Ocean" on the Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic oceans and bordering seas. NAVY experienced hardship right after Soviet Union disintegration as funding dried up and morale plummeted. But since economical revival of Russian in early 2000 Russian NAVY is trying to rebuild its past glory by introducing new ships, submarines into service.

Russian NAVY consists of:

• Northern Fleet
• Black Sea Fleet
• Baltic Fleet
• Caspian Flotilla
• Naval Aviation
• Naval Infantry
• Coastal artillery