Soviet Navy

For centurys, Russia had never had a large navy of any kind. However, this changed soon after the Communist took over. Inheriting a small plithy fleet of 7 battleships, to defend 23000 miles of Coastline up against 3 oceans.

Between 1924, and 1933 the Russian would form a very close bond with Germany. In a secret deal, Russia would allow Luftwaffe pilots to train at Russian bases, and in return, Russia would intern German Naval Architects to help rebuild her fleet.

During this partnership, thousands of Luftwaffe pilots would train at Russian airfields, and the Soviet Navy would see the Krasnaya Ploshchad, and Krasnaya Zvezda be primarily designed by Germany naval architects. However, after Hitler came to power in 1933, he ordered all collaboration with Russia to cease. With this, Russia was forced to turn to Italy to help finalize the plans for her ships.

Russia would also collaborate with the French to develop a new Fighter.

The Krondsthadt-class would mark a massive development for Russia, as it would be the first class of warships designed and built up by Russian shipbuilders.

However, with the Nazi invansion of her borders in 1943, Russia finally gained access to the production techniques to produce the necessary raw materials for ship building.

After 1945, Soviet naval intrests shifted from large battleships to carriers. This was primarily as a result of wanting to challenge the comparitively monsterous naval airwing of the American Navy.

## Battleships

### Gangut-class

* *Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya (Ex-Gangut)*
* *Marat* (Ex-*Petropavlovsk)*
* *Parizhskaya Kommuna (Ex-Sevastapol)*
* *Frunze* (ex-Poltava) (sunk 1932)

### Imperatritsa Mariya-class

* Imperatritsa Mariya (scrapped 1926)

* Svobodnaya Rossiya (Former *Imperatritsa Ekaterina Velikaya* - Scrapped 1930*)*

* *General Alekseyev* (Former *Imperator Aleksander III)*

### Krasynn Oktyaber-class

* *Krasynn Oktyaber (ex-Imperator Nikolai I)*

### Svoboda-class

* *Svoboda*
* *Krasnyy Soyuz*
* *Sodruzhestvo*

### Sovetskaya Rossiya-class

* *Sovetskaya Rossiya*
* *Soborna Ukraina*
* *Sovetskaya Belorussiya*

### Sovietsky Soyuz-class

* *Sovietsky Soyuz*
* *Krasny Tovarishch* (Converted into Carrier)

## Aircraft Carriers

### Konovalov-class

* Konovalov
* Gromov
* Gori
* Petropavlovsk
* Politovsky

### Izmail-class

* Izmail
* Ulyanovsk
* Arkhangelsk
* Novorossiysk

## Battlecruisers

### Borodino-class Battlecruiser

* Borodino
* Kinburn
* Navarin
* Izmail (cancelled)

### Kronshtadt-class Battlecruiser

* *Kronshtadt*
* *Sevastopol*

### Stalingrad-class Battlecruiser

* *Stalingrad*
* *Moskva*
* *Leningrad*
* *Kaliningrad*
* *Kursk*
* *Severstal*
* *Nikolayev*

## Heavy Cruisers

### Admiral Nakhimov-class

* Chervona Ukraina (Former Admiral Nakhimov)
* Admiral Kornilov (Converted into seaplane tender, renamed \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_)
* Admiral Istomin (CXL)
* Krasny Kavkaz (Former Admiral Lazarev)

### Kirov-class

* Kirov
* *Voroshilov*
* *Maxim Gorky*
* *Molotov*
* *Kaganovich*
* *Kalinin*

*Tallinn* (Admiral Hipper-class)

### *Chapayev-class* Cruiser

* *Chapayev*
* *Zheleznyakov*
* *Kuybyshev*
* *Chkalov*
* *Ordzhinikidze (ex-Fruze)*

### Rykov-class Heavy Cruiser

* *Rykov*
* *Enukidze*
* *Frunze*

### Lenin-class Heavy Cruiser

* *Lenin*
* *Dmitry Donskoy*