The Caspian military flotilla played a huge role during the Great Patriotic War. The formation included 5 gunboats (a separate division), two torpedo boats, a separate coastal artillery battery, 13 fighter planes, an air surveillance, warning and communication radio company and a number of separate coastal units.
The ships covered the supply of oil to the refineries, where it was used to produce fuel for combat vehicles and other needs of the front. And the river fleet took a direct part in the hostilities.
These were the gunboats of the Caspian fleet that covered the defenders of Stalingrad with fire from the Volga. For successful conduct of combat operations, 13 sailors were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. And on August 27, 1945, the first flotilla from the Navy was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Battle.
As of today, the Caspian flotilla is entrusted with the most important task of ensuring the security of the southern sea borders and the economic activity of the country in the Caspian Sea. The funds cope with this task valiantly!
Happy holiday to active military personnel, civilians and veterans! We wish you health, happiness, prosperity, inexhaustible energy, success in achieving your goals, success in fulfilling the tasks assigned to you to protect the maritime borders of Russia!
The channel staff remembers the war.
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