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Project 1155 Vitse-Admiral Kulakov

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RFS 868 Pytlivyy, a Krivak II Class and RFS 861 Ladnyy, a Krivak I Class frigates anchored in Sevastopol Harbor on 20 June 2020.

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Frigates Ladny (Krivak I), Plytlivy (Krivak II) and Admiral Essen (Talwar/Admiral Grigorovich/Krivak V) at Sevastopol for "Victory Day"

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Soviet helicopter carrier Leningrad underway in 1990

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Russian Black Sea Fleet frigate Admiral Grigorovich transited the Bosphorus past Istanbul on its way home to Sevastapol.

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Pr. 1164 Slava class cruiser Marshal Ustinov

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Pr. 1164 Slava class cruiser Varyag

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RFS 490 Admiral Essen, an Admiral Grigorovich Class frigate just off the roadstead of Sevastopol on 26th July 2020

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RFS 431 Admiral Flota Kasatonov, an Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Gorshkov Class frigate was commissioned on 21 July 2020 anchored in the River Neva in St Petersburg.

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A very tight fit. A Kamov Ka-27PS search and rescue helicopter being loaded into the hangar of Udaloy-class destroyer Admiral Panteleyev during SAREX 2019

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RFS 861 Ladnyy, a Krivak I Class frigate moored in Sevastopol harbor preparing for Navy Day on 25th July 2020.

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Admiral Kuznetsov, July 2020, under repair after having a floating drydock collapse under her and a crane crash onto and through her flight deck.

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If you thought the idea of Russian spy trawlers went out with the Cold War, think again. They may not pretend to be catching Cod anymore, but purpose ELINT (ELectronic INTelligence) collections ships are still out there, snooping around Western naval bases and exercises.

In this case the Black Sea Fleet’s Project 864 class AGIM intelligence vessel Priazove SSV201, part of the Sevastopol based 519th Detached Battalion Unit of ELINT Ships transited the Bosphorus towards Mediterranean, no doubt to watch the Western Navy's watching the Russian Navy off Syria and Libya.

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KA-27 being lowered into Peter the Great’s below decks hanger

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Steregushchiy class corvette with Slava class cruiser in the background. Strange colour on that corvette.

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MikeJames wrote:Steregushchiy class corvette with Slava class cruiser in the background. Strange colour on that corvette.

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Hi Mike,

Another great picture, thanks for all your image posts.
I rather like the colour scheme. It is, however, the Project 22160 Corvette Pavel Derzhavin, not a Steregushchiy.

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Udaloy class destroyer Vice-admiral Kulakov conducting compatibility trials with the Ka-52 attack helicopter

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Russian Navy Bora-class guided missile corvette hovercraft, only 2 units were built and both remain in service with the Black Sea Fleet

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The cruiser "Varyag" in Provideniya Bay in the Pacific.

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Vice Admiral Kulakov leaving the port of Piraeus following a port visit.

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Russian Steregushchiy class corvette during a 'Navy Day' event.

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Some fantastic photo's Mike, I could never imagine some of these images being released years ago. Very interesting indeed. Scott
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Project 1171 (NATO:Alligator) class landing ship LST Saratov returned from Tartus in Syria & transited Bosphorus towards the Black Sea en-route to Sevastopol, during some gloomy early morning hazer.

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Buyan M class corvette Orekhovo-Zuevo 626 transiting the Bosphorus towards the Mediterranean

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Project 11356M frigate RFS Admiral Grigorovich coming into Port Sudan, Sudan - February 28, 2021

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Interesting image showing how they load two KA-27’s into the hanger of an Udaloy class destroyer,

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Similar vein, this time a KA-27 being lowered into Peter the Great’s below deck hangar

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RFS 121 Moskva (until 1995 was the Slava), a Slava Class guided missile cruiser in the Sevastopol roadstead on 12th March 2021.

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RFS Vitze Admiral Kulakov visiting Portsmouth in a friendlier age (August 2012.)

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Russian Navy Project 22160 patrol ship RFS Pavel Derzhavin at Sevastopol

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Interesting bow shape below the anchors, for operations in icy conditions perhaps?

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