The Russian Navy, also known as the Voyenno-Morskoy Flot Rossii (or literally Military Maritime Fleet of Russia) is the naval arm of the Russian military.
The Russian Navy is divided into five fleets:
- The Northern Fleet, based in Severomorsk.
- The Baltic Fleet, based in Kaliningrad.
- The Black Sea Fleet, based in Sevastopol.
- The Caspian Fleet, based in Astrakhan.
- The Pacific Fleet, based in Vladivostok.
The Russian Navy has approximately 100 combat vessels including one nuclear aircraft carrier and ten nuclear powered submarines, plus many more auxiliary and support vessels. It is composed of approximately 37,000 sailors.